ICTA-UAB contributes to bridging science and society in the 100xCiencia.3

ICTA-UAB took part in the 100xCiencia.3 “Bringing Science and Society”, the annual event of the SOMMa Alliance held on November 15th at the CNIO in Madrid.  The event gathered representatives from the Severo Ochoa Centres and María de Maeztu Units of Excellence, as well as politicians, journalists and civic figures to underscore the importance of scientific education, citizen science and the participation of society in the present and future of science. The participants shared ongoing projects on science education, citizen science and public engagement that can encourage society and researchers to continue working together. Different stakeholders relevant for science and society participated in roundtables focused on timely and important topics. The 100xciencia.3 enabled an open debate about the different aspects of how and why science is important for society.



The challenges and opportunities offered by citizen science and science education were discussed over three different round tables: The media as channeling agents for science; Scientists and science policy together for society, and Scientific empowerment of society.



The selected twelve 10-minute flashtalks presented by both SOMMa and external partners displayed ongoing projects revolving around science education and public engagement.



Dr. Robert Huber, 1988 Chemistry Nobel Prize, was keynote speaker with a talk on “The century of vision: Protein structures for drug research”.