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In my science journalism art, I have been able to gather more than 35 years of wonderful experiences that I share with other people in different ways. Through seminars, talks, conferences, and workshops, I can teach, inspire, and motivate students, professors, professional journalists, and scientists. I also give talks at Colombian embassies in various countries to bring the topic of scientific diplomacy to the general public. In these talks I try to build bridges and establish contacts between science institutions, researchers, exploration programs and other initiatives that benefit Colombia and the host country.
UPCOMING in person CONFERENCES
-Science Festival Puerto de Ideas Antofagasta, Chile (April 2022)
-Science Festival Puerto de Ideas BioBio, Chile (August 2022)
Contact me to moderate and/or present your science-related conferences and content to diverse audiences. swafford_2001@yahoo.com
TALKS AT EMBASSIES / SCIENCE DIPLOMACY, SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, AND CULTURE
· Mar 2022. Colombian Embassy in Norway. Videoconference. "Colombia and Science in the Arctic". For the Arctic Council Science Summit Week.
· Nov 2021. Colombian Embassy in Chile. Videoconference. “La relación de Colombia y Chile en temas científicos: una mirada desde el tema antártico”. Con el director del Instituto Antartico Chileno Dr. Marcelo Leppe.
· Oct 2021. Colombian Embassy in Ireland. Videoconference. "Chiribiquete, Talking Walls".
· Sep 2021. Colombian Embassy in Spain. In person. Madrid Book Fair presentation.
· Jul 2021. Colombian Embassy in Argentina. Videoconference. "Cooperacion cientifica Colombia-argentina en la antartica". Con el contralmirante Marcelo Tarapow.
· May 2021. Colombian Embassy in Sweden. Videoconference. "El futuro de los polos, una cuestion global".
· Apr 2021. Colombian Embassy in United States. Videoconference. "Why Colombia is the Arctic".
· Dec 2020. Colombian Embassy in Australia and Nueva Zelanda. Videoconference. Con el Latin American Center for Asia Pacific Excellence. "Colombia & Antarctica".
· Dec 2020. Colombian Embassy in Canada. Videoconference. "Exploration Beyond Boundaries".
· Dec 2020. Colombian Embassy in South Africa/Pretoria. Videoconference. "Antarctic Day: Reflections from the Global South".
· Dec 2020. Colombian Embassy in United Kingdom. Videoconference. "Science Communication in Science Diplomacy and Society".
· Dec 2020. Colombian Embassy in Singapore. Videoconference. "The Humpback Whales". ("whales can be silver threads of friendship and cooperation between nations"). https://youtu.be/TmEwiwCSbVQ
· Nov 2020. Colombian Embassy in El Salvador. Videoconference. "Expediciones científicas de Colombia a la Antártida".
· Aug 2020. Colombian Embassy in Peru. Lima Book Fair. Videoconference.
· Aug 2020. Colombian Embassy in Chile/Agregaduria Naval. Videoconference.“Mis experiencias con la Armada colombiana en ciencia y diplomacia".
· May 2020. Colombian Embassy in Brazil. Videoconference. With the Instituto Cervantes. "La asombrosa ciencia de los virus".
· Nov 2919. Colombian Embassy in Germany and Berlin Science Week. In person. "The Science Behind Talking About Science".
· Oct 2019. Colombian Embassy in Uruguay. In person. Presentación del libro HIELO, a la luz de las relaciones diplomáticas y científicas entre las armadas de Colombia y Uruguay, así como de sus respectivos programas antárticos. Embajador Fernando Sanclemente Alzate; Contralmirante (r) Manuel Burgos, Instituto Antártico Uruguayo.
· Oct 2019. Colombian Embassy in Chile. In person. Con la Universidad Diego Portales, invitada a la Catedra Abierta en homenaje a Roberto Bolano: https://www.udp.cl/noticia/catedra-abierta-en-homenaje-a-roberto-bolano-con-angela-posada-swafford/
· May 2919. Colombian Embassy in Costa Rica. In person. Feria del Libro. Con Ministra de Cultura Sylvie Duran.
Recent gigs:
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Banco de La Republica: 2-day conference and workshop for 50 journalists, February 2019.
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February 2019: Hay Festival Cartagena: Presentation of the book "Ice: log of an Antarctic expeditionary"
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May 2018: Offshore Technology Conference 2018 - Houston. Panel Moderator of the Invited Organization, International Seabed Authority, to talk about Progress and Prospects in Deep Seabed Mining -50 Years On.
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Communicating Astronomy to the Public, Medellin, Colombia, May 2016
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The challenges of communicating climate change: Dartmouth College, conference, 2015.
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International workshop: How to communicate about science, agriculture and climate change? _CIAT_CCAFS_Honduras. 2015 Poynter Environmental Journalism Workshop with SEJ, Nov. 2014, St. Petersburg
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Astronomy Festival, Villa de Leyva, Colombia, February 8, 2014
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"Lonely Heart of the Cosmos", my experiences covering astronomy and cosmology for the last 25 years.
CONFERENCE THE 7 PUPILAS OF THE MAGALLANES TELESCOPE, 2013
Planetarium of Bogotá. After having witnessed the manufacture of one of the seven gigantic mirrors of this monster of the skies, I realized that we are in the middle of the golden age of astronomy. I am going to reveal the secrets of how these mirrors are constructed, prepared and configured in a huge rose of mirrors found in a 22-story building in Chile.
THE 7 PUPILS OF THE GIANT TELESCOPE OF MAGALLANES.
Health and Medicine Journalism Webinar, Roche, 2013
http://premiorochedeperiodismo.org/2013/03/webinar-gratuito-con-angela-posada-swafford/
TEDx Pura Vida Costa Rica and TEDx Joven Costa Rica, 2011 / Antartica, Misterious Ice:
http://tedxpuravida.org/?participante=angela-posada-swafford
Universal Thinking Forum, Mexico, 2013: