Young Filipino students participate in 2012 Asian Science Camp

Monday 3rd of September 2012

MANILA, Sept 3 -- A group of young Filipino scientists participated for the first time in the 2012 Asian Science Camp (ASC) in Jerusalem on August 26 to 31, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

Junior students John Keith Magali and Rovi Angelo Villaos and sophomore students Nicole Olayres and Shereyl Daguinod are all taking BS Applied Physics at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Los Baños, Laguna. Professor Lou Serafin M. Lozada accompanied the young scientists during the trip.

The ASC, an initiative led by a number of East Asian Nobel Prize laureates, is one of the most prominent and important gatherings for young scientists in the science world. ASC envisions fostering an epistemic community of young science enthusiasts and serves as a special opportunity to enhance scientific cooperation and exchanges among Asian countries.

The 2012 ASC was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was formally opened by Israel President Shimon Peres on August 26.

About 300 participants from countries in Asia and the Pacific attended the six-day event.

The event consisted mainly of lectures and discussions led by outstanding scientists from around the world.

At camp, the participants were exposed to fascinating scientific topics presented by leading scientists and at the same time, they had an opportunity to meet the next-generation of leading scientists, their peers.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific Ruth Kahanoff said Israel hosted and fully funded the participation of our young scientists including their airfare and accommodation. (DFA)