2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series

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The Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS) and the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and caring for the world’s oceans, with a specific focus on sharks and rays, today announced an international lineup of environmental speakers for the upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series. The goal is to increase awareness of the environmental, social and economic importance of ocean protection here and across the world and to educate people to make a difference.

The lineup for the 2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series at MODS includes scientists from around the globe who will discuss their research discoveries across a spectrum of topics: from white sharks to hammerheads, lemon and deep sea sharks, whale sharks, manta rays, community engagement, ocean education and conservation and much more! Attendees look forward to the always-popular Deep Sea Shark Expert Panel Discussion, featuring prominent researchers and conservationists from across the region. These speakers are all eminent scientists supported by the Save Our Seas Foundation for their research on endangered sharks and rays.

Date: November 3

Topic: Deep Sea Sharks Panel Discussion

Speakers: Sofia Graça Aranha, biologist and PhD candidate with The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere at the University of Algarve and University of Porto, and Diana Catarino, postdoctoral student with OKEANOS.

For more information and to register for the 2022 Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series at MODS, please visit mods.org/2022saveourseas.​