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13th SES Conference held

The 13th Social Ethics Society Conference was successfully held last October 27-28, 2022 at Holiday Ocean View Resort in Samal Island. Thirty papers were delivered in the event, highlighted of course by the keynote address of Dr. Goran Collste from Sweden and the plenary talks of Dr. Rec Eguia on Futures Thinking, Fr. John Guo Wang on Environmental Sustainability, and Prof. Cathy Mae Toquero, who talked about Education in the 21st Century. The theme was "Weaving Multidisciplinary Perspectives."

The topnotch academics who attended the event include Dr. Narcisa Ramos Canilao of UP Baguio, Dr. Ranilo Hermida of AdMU, Dr. Al Quillope of NDMU, and Prof. Bernardo Caslib Jr. of UP Manila. Vice Mayor Leonigildo Calibara and Councilor Bartolome Lataza Jr., together with Prof. Mark Lataza, shared the peace journey of Alamada, North Cotabato. Peace advocates Rica Feliciano and Alecka Fajardo of HWPL, as well as Atty. Carlos Canilao, a human rights lawyer, also attended the in-person activity, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the world.

Philosophy and social science teachers, NGO advocates, and development researchers attended the conference, including those from the University of Pasig, MSU General Santos, MSU Marawi, MSU-IIT, UM Tagum, UM Main, USM in Kabacan, QACS, EVSU in Tacloban, FEU Manila, USEP-CDM, AdDU, Silliman, BISU in Tagbilaran, AdMU, UP Baguio, UP Manila, LSU in Ozamiz, NDMU, and Cor Jesu College. More than 60 persons attended the gathering, which was opened by Fr. Dexter Veloso, president of the SES. 

The facilitators for the concurrent sessions consisted of young and dynamic philosophy faculty from Mindanao, namely Dr. Rogelio Bayod (CJC), Dr. Moises Torrentira Jr. (USEP-CDM), Prof. Migs Mansueto (MSU-IIT), Prof. Gerry Arambala (MSU-GenSan), and Fr. Banny Pardillo (St. Francis Xavier Seminary). Dr. Ian Clark Parcon, editor in chief of the SES Journal of Applied Philosophy, in which a Special Issue on Politics and Culture was launched during the closing ceremonies, chaired the conference.




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