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SUMMARY:Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS) Virtual Save Our Seas Di
 stinguished Speaker Series held on the first Thursday of every month from 
 May– November.\n● The Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series invit
 es science and conservationists of all ages to learn from internationally 
 acclaimed biologists\, scientists\, conservationists\, researchers and edu
 cators about new ways of thinking and marine-related preservation topics.\
 n● The MODS Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series is sponsored by S
 ave Our Seas Foundation\, which funds and supports research\, conservation
  and education projects worldwide\, focusing primarily on charismatic thre
 atened wildlife and their habitats.\n\nThursday\, May 6\nTopic: British Co
 lumbia Whales\nSpeakers:\n• Janie Wray\, CEO and lead researcher for BC 
 Whales\n\nThursday\, June 3\nTopic: Community Conservation in the Caribbea
 n\nSpeakers:\n• Catherine Macdonald\, director of the Field School\, lec
 turer at Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science at the Unive
 rsity of Miami\n\nThursday\, July 1\nTopic: Sharks and Pollution\nSpeakers
 :\n• Kady Lyons\, research scientist at Georgia Aquarium\n\nThursday\, A
 ugust 5\nTopic: Microplastics\nSpeakers:\n• Alina Wierczorek\, Ph.D. stu
 dent at the University of Ireland\, Galway\n\nThursday\, September 2\nTopi
 c: Manta Ray Panel Discussion\nSpeakers:\n• Guy Stevens\, Ph.D.\, Chief 
 Executive and Founder of the Manta Trust\n• Emily Humble\, research fell
 ow at the University of Edinburgh and genetics specialist at Manta Trust\n
 \nThursday\, October 7\nTopic: Shark Conservation Panel Discussion\nSpeake
 rs:\n• Stephen Kajiura\, Ph.D.\, professor in the Department of Biologic
 al Sciences at Florida Atlantic University\n• Marianne Porter\, Ph.D.\, 
 assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida At
 lantic University\n\nThursday\, November 4 (On-site)\nLocation: Museum of 
 Discovery and Science\nTime: 1:00 p.m.\nTopic: Sea Turtle Season Wrap-up\n
 Speakers:\n• Derek Burkholder\, Ph.D.\, director of Broward County Sea T
 urtle Conservation Program and Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC
 ) \, research scientist at Guy Harvey Research Institute Save Our Seas Sha
 rk Center\n\nREGISTER: Please register at mods.org/saveourseas. The live e
 vents are FREE and will take place via Zoom. Space is limited. Unique Zoom
  links will be sent in the morning on the days of the presentations.
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