Y2C mounts int’l communication, media congress anew

Young Communicators’ Circle (Y2C) conducted its 9th International Young Communicative Human Development (YouComManD) Congress, its major annual activity, via Facebook Live and Zoom on May 06 and 13.

With this year’s theme, “COMMverged: Communication as a pan-discipline in the globalized technological landscape,” eleven equally competent communication and media experts were invited for this year’s edition and talked about different fields of communication, four of whom are international speakers.

The speakers on the first day were Ms. Jessica Nalupta, Dr. Catalina Doran, Dr. Mark B. Ula, Dr. Davide Dall’Agata, and Dr. Ludwig O. Federigan. They discussed communication in service work, international cooperation, gender and culture, intelligence and global security, and climate change, respectively.

Meanwhile, Mr. Jeff Canoy, Mr. Steve Michael Moore, Dr. Richmond Romar S. Rivera, Mr. Joseph Arcegono, Mr. Mark John Pamintuan, and Asst. Prof. Ian Boots Bautista talked about digital journalism, public relations, communication ethics, regional cinema, project management, and digital imaging, respectively, on the second day.

MMSU President Shirley C. Agrupis praised the organization for improving the media congress every year. “A lot has changed [since the first edition of the congress in 2014], but Y2C continuously evolved and has grown. Y2C as an organization has truly come a long way.”

“It is an annual event where we empower and expand student talents and support them in unveiling their full potential and communicative competence through webinars,” Leianne Zyra Calderon, Y2C Executive Chairperson, said.

The virtual media congress was attended by over 200 communication students from the university and around the Philippines and various academic institutions in Indonesia.

MMSU Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Prima Fe Franco congratulated the whole Y2C during the last day of the event for implementing such kind of activity and advised communication students to continue striving for excellence and be the agents of change and catalysts in society carrying the trademark of a true stallion.

The said media congress was held virtually for the fourth time and third-consecutive year internationally.