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Ocean Exploration Events

Dive deeper with guest lectures and other special events.

Join us for one of our many events highlighting Ocean Exploration. Learn more about ocean exploration from renowned modern-day explorers in our Guest Speaker Series. Additional events for the whole family are scheduled throughout the year.

September 2013
	September 17, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM The Gombessa Expedition: Extreme Dives to Study a Living Fossil Laurent Ballesta Laurent Ballesta will discuss his expeditions and innovative diving methods, focusing on his successful 2010 expedition to photograph and research the coelacanth. Guest Speaker Ocean Exploration
	September 24, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM Drugs from the Deep Shirley Pomponi Researcher Shirley Pomponi will discuss the chemicals sponges use to defend against predators, communicate with other sponges, reproduce, and even prevent infections that are also being studied for their potential use in treating human disorders and diseases. Guest Speaker Live Web Stream Ocean Exploration
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September 2013

September 17, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

The Gombessa Expedition: Extreme Dives to Study a Living Fossil

Laurent Ballesta

Laurent Ballesta will discuss his expeditions and innovative diving methods, focusing on his successful 2010 expedition to photograph and research the coelacanth.

September 24, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

Drugs from the Deep

Shirley Pomponi

Researcher Shirley Pomponi will discuss the chemicals sponges use to defend against predators, communicate with other sponges, reproduce, and even prevent infections that are also being studied for their potential use in treating human disorders and diseases.

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October 2013
	October 3, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM When the Ocean Comes to Your Living Room John Delaney John Delaney will discuss the new technologies that are helping oceanographers access and understand the ocean and ocean processes, which drive our planet’s “life-support system.” Guest Speaker Live Web Stream Ocean Exploration
	October 16, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM Using Advanced Technology to Explore the Ocean with Kids in the Pilot’s Seat Dr. Robert Ballard Dr. Robert Ballard will discuss his fifty-three years of involvement in the development and use of undersea vehicles to explore the bottom of the ocean and how he is using new and advanced technologies to bring his explorations in real time to the youth of the world. Guest Speaker Live Web Stream Ocean Exploration
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October 2013

October 3, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

When the Ocean Comes to Your Living Room

John Delaney

John Delaney will discuss the new technologies that are helping oceanographers access and understand the ocean and ocean processes, which drive our planet’s “life-support system.”

October 16, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

Using Advanced Technology to Explore the Ocean with Kids in the Pilot’s Seat

Dr. Robert Ballard

Dr. Robert Ballard will discuss his fifty-three years of involvement in the development and use of undersea vehicles to explore the bottom of the ocean and how he is using new and advanced technologies to bring his explorations in real time to the youth of the world.

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November 2013
	November 12, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM Alien Life of Inner Space Laurence Madin Laurence Madin will provide an up-close view of common but rarely seen animals, based on his exploration via SCUBA diving, submersibles, and remote vehicles. Guest Speaker Live Web Stream Ocean Exploration
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November 2013

November 12, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

Alien Life of Inner Space

Laurence Madin

Laurence Madin will provide an up-close view of common but rarely seen animals, based on his exploration via SCUBA diving, submersibles, and remote vehicles.

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December 2013
	December 5, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM The Census of Marine Life Jesse Ausubel Jesse Ausubel is one of the founders of the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific initiative to determine the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean. Guest Speaker Live Web Stream Ocean Exploration
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December 2013

December 5, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

The Census of Marine Life

Jesse Ausubel

Jesse Ausubel is one of the founders of the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific initiative to determine the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean.

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