Ciência em Conversa: STAYAWAY COVID App

Ciência Viva, in partnership with INESC TEC and the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP), promoted the online cycle Ciência em Conversa. The sessions took place on September 10, 17 and 24, via YouTube. They contributed to the informed debate about the STAYAWAY COVID application.

Several Portuguese researchers participated in each session, in order to clear the citizens’ doubts: from privacy in contact tracing, to the effectiveness of using the STAYAWAY COVID. Everyone was invited to participate by sending questions that were answered live.

The technological challenge

September 10, 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

In the first session, we learned how the application can help us stop the spreading of the pandemic, how it works and how the development process took place.

Researchers: Milton Severo and Francisco Maia

The information sharing challenge

September 17, 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Ethics and cybersecurity experts showed us how the application complies with the highest security standards, and how monitoring is done, in order to help mitigate any vulnerabilities.

The challenge of relaunching the economy

September 24, 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Researchers from INESC TEC and ISPUP returned to the Pavilhão do Conhecimento to talk about the preliminary results of the application, how the Portuguese citizens welcomed the app and STAYAWAY COVID potential to support the safe relaunching of the economy.

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