Education, Public Engagement, and Arts



ED001
A Sea of Learning: Sharing Stories of Ocean Engagement
Primary Chair:  Lauren Hudson, University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
Co-Chair:  Kiley Best, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada


ED002
Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research
Primary Chair:  Adina Paytan, University of California Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States
Co-chairs:  Brittany Schieler, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Washington, United States and Susanne Menden-Deuer, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States


ED003
Are You Sure They Actually Understood You? Lessons for effective science communication and its potential to drive change.
Primary Chair:  Emily King, Xiamen University, COSEE China, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen, China
Co-chairs:  Mariana Hill, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Dwight Owens, University of Victoria Queenswood Campus and Laura J Falkenberg, University of South Australia, UniSA STEM, Adelaide, SA, Australia


ED004
Art and Ocean Science: Creative Pathways for Understanding and Engagement
Student/Early Career Chair:  Parvin Hasanaibesheli, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
Primary Chair:  Dr. Lyne G. Morissette, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Co-chairs:  Jeanette Davis, Science is Everywhere, LLC, Alexandria, VA, United States, Robert F Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, United States and Dwight Owens, University of Victoria Queenswood Campus


ED005
Blue humanities and oceanic future: Textual encounters with maritime ecology
Primary Chair:  Sumera Saleem, Australian Catholic University, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Melbourne, Australia
Co-Chair:  Ali Raza, National University of Modern Languages, Department of Literature and Translation, Islamabad, Pakistan


ED006
Coastal community science in the undergraduate classroom: science that matters to students and communities
Primary Chair:  Kerry Whittaker, Maine Maritime Academy, Corning School of Ocean Studies, Castine, United States
Co-Chair:  LeAnn Whitney, Maine Maritime Academy, Corning School of Ocean Studies, Castine, United States


ED007
Educator workshop effectiveness - what works and what doesn't
Primary Chair:  George I Matsumoto, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States
Co-Chair:  Jennifer Magnusson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Victoria, BC, Canada


ED008
From Research to Reach: Ocean Science Collaborations for Broader Societal Impact
Primary Chair:  Sarah Nuss, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States
Co-chairs:  Lisa Ayers Lawrence, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Office of Outreach & Engagement, Gloucester Point, United States and Bethany Smith, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Office of Outreach & Engagement, Gloucester Point, United States


ED009
Hacking the Ocean: Open-Source Technology and Tools to Train the Next Generation of Ocean Scientists
Student/Early Career Chair:  Dr. Camille Pagniello, PhD, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, Honolulu, United States
Primary Chair:  Kim I Martini, Tini Scientific, Seattle, United States
Co-Chair:  Dr. Camille Pagniello, PhD, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, Honolulu, United States


ED010
Innovating Ocean Sustainability: Integrating Science, Innovation, and Workforce Development for a Resilient Future
Primary Chair:  Dr. Stephanie Sharuga, BSc, MS, MBA, PhD, PMP, Independent Affiliation, Saratoga
Co-chairs:  Dr. Leonardo Valenzuela Perez, PhD, Ocean Visions, Leesburg, United States and Carlie Wiener, Schmidt Sciences, Palo alto, United States


ED011
Making the invisible visible: Communicating and advancing capacity of overlooked and undervalued ocean science
Student/Early Career Chair:  Fatawo Abdul Abubakar, University of Ghana, Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, Accra, Ghana
Primary Chair:  Olivia S Pereira, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States
Co-chairs:  Michelle Guraieb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States; Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, Kaitlyn Lowder, The Ocean Foundation, Ocean Science Equity (EquiSea) Initiative, Washington, United States and Carla Berghoff, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina


ED012
Mutual currents: exploring Art–Science partnerships for ocean engagement
Student/Early Career Chair:  Raquel Ledo Doval, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands and raquel ledo
Primary Chair:  Raquel Ledo Doval, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands and raquel ledo
Co-chairs:  Joan Llort, PhD, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Robertina Šebjanič, School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Nova Gorica, Slovenia and raquel ledo


ED013
Science that Sticks: Storytelling Through Art, Film, and New Media
Primary Chair:  Ngozi Margaret Oguguah, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Fisheries Resources, Lagos, Nigeria
Co-chairs:  Ms. Gabrielle Armin, PhD, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, Konstantinos-Marios Vaziourakis, Uppsala University, Ecology and Genetics, Limnology, Uppsala, Sweden and Richmond Kennedy Kennedy Quarcoo, Executive Director, Plastic Punch, Accra, Ghana


ED016
Undergraduate Research in Marine and Aquatic Sciences
Student/Early Career Chair:  Ant Byelokoptytov, Suffolk University, Environmental Studies, Boston, United States
Primary Chair:  David Fields, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States
Co-Chair:  Hayley Schiebel, Suffolk University, Boston, United States


ED017
Where are they now? Impacts of Transformative At-Sea Experiences for Undergraduates and their Mentors
Student/Early Career Chair:  Brancen Redman, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Stillwater, United States
Primary Chair:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Co-chairs:  Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, Indiana, PA, United States, Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States and Shondricka Burrell, Morgan State University, Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership & Policy, Baltimore, United States