2020 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series
The 2020 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series presented by the Save Our Seas Foundation features scientists, conservationists, researchers and educators who will share their passion for our oceans in programs designed for Museum guests of all ages.
Be sure to catch these programs virtually via Zoom or live at MODS, and stop by the new Shark Discovery Cart!
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Topic |
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Speakers |
| July 2 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
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Blue Mind, a Powerful New Universal Story of Water |
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Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D. Best-Selling Author and Marine Biologist |
| August 6 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Endangered Sawfish of Florida | Tonya Wiley, President of Havenworth Coastal Conservation | ||
| September 3 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Deepwater Sharks: The Latest Research | Paul J. Clerkin, Researcher at the Pacific Shark Research Center of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories | ||
| October 1 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Sea Turtle Conservation | Derek Burkholder, director of Nova Southeastern University’s Marine Environment Education Center (MEEC), principal investigator for the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program and research scientist at the Guy Harvey Research Institute and Save Our Seas Shark Center | ||
| November 5 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
Manta Rays: Exciting Discoveries |
Guy Stevens, Ph.D., Chief Executive and Founder of the Manta Trust Jessica Pate, Marine Biologist and Project Manager, Florida Manta Project |
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| December 3 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event |
2020 Save Our Seas MODS Shark Expert Panel Discussion |
Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University Gregory Skomal, Ph.D., Marine Biologist, Researcher, Underwater Explorer, Photographer and Author Dean Grubbs, Ph.D., Associate Director of Research/Research Faculty III at Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory Marianne Porter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University |
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*Program lineup is subject to change.