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REGISTER FOR MODS’ FREE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

The 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.

This year, MODS has an exciting lineup of presenters who will discuss their research and discoveries across a spectrum of topics, from sharks to manta rays, sawfish, algal blooms, bull sharks and much more! We are also bringing back our popular Sea Turtle and Shark Expert Panel Discussion, which will feature prominent researchers and conservationists from across the region. This series is FREE.

SHARK CONSERVATION FUND

AUGUST 3 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•LEE CROCKETT, executive director at the Shark Research Fund

WHALE SHARKS OF THE GALÁPAGOS MARINE RESERVE

AUGUST 30 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•SOFÍA GREEN, PhD candidate at University of the Algarve

SILKY SHARK FISHING CONSERVATION AND TAGGING

PANEL DISCUSSION

SEPTEMBER 7 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•BRENDAN TALWAR, PhD candidate at Florida International University

•BRYAN KELLER, researcher at Saving the Blue

KELP: IMPORTANT OCEAN FORESTS FOR SHARKS

OCTOBER 5 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•EMILIANO GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, postdoc at Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California

SEVENGILL SHARKS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY

NOVEMBER 2 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•MEGHAN HOLST, PhD candidate in Conservation Ecology at the University of California, Davis

WHALES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DECEMBER 14 | 6 P.M. (EDT) | VIRTUAL EVENT

•JANIE WRAY, CEO and Lead Researcher for BC Whales

For registration and additional dates, please visit mods.org/saveourseas.

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