Join the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco and the UN Association of San Francisco on September 30 for an eye-opening program on climate change and the human impact of life in the Arctic.
Keynote by SYVIA EARLE: PH.D., is a pioneering ocean scientist, explorer, author, speaker and conservation leader, a National Geographic Society Explorer since 1998, former Chief Scientist of NOAA, Founder of Mission Blue, a non-profit organization that fosters exploration, research and conservation of a global network of Hope Spots, founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Co-founder of Deep Hope, a founding Ocean Elder, a founding IUCN Patron of Nature, Council Chair for the Harte Research Institute, and leader of the Sustainable Seas Expeditions.
Part I – 12 pm (In person and hybrid)
PANEL ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS TREATY ON THE HIGH SEAS
CHARLOTTE SALPIN, Senior Legal Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, United Nations Legal Affairs
PAUL HOLTHUS, Executive Director, World Ocean Council
Part II – 1:15 pm (In Person)
MEET THE AQUANAUTS
JILL HEINERTH, Explorer-in-Residence, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Author, INTO THE PLANET and THE AQUANAUT
SIERRA PHILLIPS, Under Sea Specialist and Expedition Diver for the National Geographic Lindblad Partnership, Undersea Videography Program in Polar Regions
Musical Performance
Cover Photo by Anders Jildén on Unsplash