INTEC celebrates Science Week 2025
This event seeks to promote scientific advances that enable us to solve the new economic, social and environmental challenges necessary to build a sustainable future.
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC inaugurated its Science Week, an event to disseminate the university's research progress.
During the opening of the event, Rosario Aróstegui, Vice-Rector for Research and Engagement at INTEC, expressed the importance of working on the development of research in the academic field.
“Only together can we achieve the results we desire and fulfill our mission—not just academic excellence, but our second mission as a research university, one of networking, achieving results that impact our country and, consequently, enabling us to have students and graduates who serve as ambassadors for us, generating the social change we so desperately need,” he said.
Meanwhile, Research Director, Carlos Sanlley, shared about the expected long-term impact of Science Week. "We don't work from today to tomorrow, but rather toward the future, thinking a little further ahead so that over the next ten years we can continue building a trajectory of innovation and a university of 4.0 technologies," he said.
The event, held at INTEC's Social Security Auditorium, features workshops and conferences on current and relevant topics, bringing together experts for the purpose, and interactive activities related to the sciences.
Inaugural conference
During the conference “From the Laboratory to the Market", Álvaro Ossa, Director of Transfer and Development at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, explained how "every idea has the potential to change the world if we manage to take it from the laboratory to the market," that is, to do applied science.
A panel of experts then reflected on the current situation and challenges of the country's innovation ecosystem. The panel included Martha Báez, Director of Research and Innovation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Madre y Maestra (PUCMM); Rafael Núñez, Vice-Rector of Unicaribe; Alexeis Fernández, Professor of Mechanical Design and expert in Intellectual Property Analysis at INTEC; Ana Almonte, Innovation Analyst at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM); and Luis Aquino, Managing Partner of Intellectual Property and Sustainability at OMG.
Other activities
As part of the program ahead of Science Week, the following was held: VI International Seminar on Scientific Journalism “Ethics and Rigor in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", a space organized by the Directorate of Institutional Communication for the professional development of practicing journalists.
That same day, the Dominican Astronomical Society held its usual Astronomical Night, in which members of the entire Intec community view night skies with telescopes to study stars and constellations.
Dr. Manuel Colomé, a prominent epidemiologist and expert in preventive medicine, gave a ethics workshop in the field of research, followed by a rally organized so that students of the Inteciana community can delve deeper into the sciences.
Science Week concluded with SEMPER INTEC 2025, a space for strategic reflection and collective action that will bring together public leaders, the private sector, academia, communities, and civil society to rethink natural capital management as a basis for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive development in the Dominican Republic.
The main conference of the activity was given by Víctor Gómez Valenzuela, research professor at the university, who will address the topic “Natural Capital of the Dominican Republic and Sustainability: Toward a Paradigm of Actionable Policies”.
Following this, the panels were made "Public policies, institutional architecture and economic instruments" and "Ecological towards development models compatible with ecological sustainability and intergenerational equity".
Get to know the detailed program at: https://investigacion.intec.edu.do/cultura-cientifica/semana-de-la-ciencia