Dr Anthony Galea (left) with Christoph Schwaiger, the Deputy President of JCI Malta (right) during the final ceremony of the National Public Speaking Competition
Dr Anthony Galea from the Physical Oceanography Research Group within the Department of Geosciences at the Faculty of Science, won this year’s National Public Speaking Competition organised by the Junior Chamber International Malta (JCI Malta) in collaboration with the Kunsill Nazzjonali taż-Żgħażagħ (KNŻ) and the English-Speaking Union of Malta (ESU Malta).
On Friday 16 March, Dr Galea went through the semi-finals and won the contest on Sunday 18 March. This year's topic was 'The best way to predict the future is to invent it' and Dr Galea impressed the panel of judges with his five-minute speech, entitled 'Inventing the future through science' featuring the Bernoulli principle. The National Final also included a three-minute impromptu speech in front of an audience.
The declared winner stated that '..it was an excellent opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge in improving public speaking skills.' Dr Anthony Galea is set to represent Malta in the 2018 JCI European conference which will be held in Riga Latvia from 19 June till 22 June.