Uniting thoughts and sharing knowledge are essential things to keep up-to-date on latest science. For that purpose, the postgraduate program of public health of FKKMK UGM held the third Public Health Symposium on 7 – 9 May 2018.

The theme of this symposium was “Advancement of Digital Public Health in the Field of Public Health”. The theme discussed how Digital Public Health could be used to strengthen the capacity of health workers, both practitioners and researchers.

As the chairman of the committee, Bayu Satria Wiratama, stated that the number of participants was about 300 people, consisting of academicians, practitioners, and researchers from various area in Indonesia. “We hope that the number of participant would be increased each year,” he added.

The event consisted of two parts, the first one being symposium on 7 – 8 May, while the second one was workshop on 9 May. On the first day, the symposium was divided into three sessions, whereas the next day, it was held on several classes with various topics and discussions. On the final day, four workshop were opened.

Public Health Symposium is a routine activity conducted every six months. The first symposium was held on April 2017 and the second was on November 2017. For the third, various preparation were made since January.

The event described above was held at the national level. In the future, this event will be developed to the international level. This event was expected to bring together people with similar interest in public health.

With this symposium, participants had a chance to discuss their idea on research, while receiving some feedback then subsequently improving it, as well as able to build good networks. (Rasyid/Reporter_intepreted by Leo)