Thereafter, the forum transitioned into a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Janice Isabelle Lao, PhD, Environmental Scientist and Development Economist and Global Head – Regulatory, Sustainability & Governance, Helen of Troy.

The forum featured Dr. Ricardo del Rosario, PhD, Senior Computational Biologist at Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Dr. Janine Patricia G. Robredo, MD, MBA, MSC, Research Scientist at Ariadne Labs, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Glen Andrew de Vera, PHD, Research Scientist at MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mr. Jahmaine Renzo O. Yambing, Paleoclimate PhD Student at MIT- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program in Oceanography.

The panellists shared insights into their respective research in computational biology, healthcare, environmental science, and paleoclimatology, including studies on water quality and potential toxic contaminants in Laguna Lake in the Philippines, as well as the analysis of cave formations in the Philippines and Vietnam to understand historical monsoon rainfall patterns, among others.