World Ocean Month Calendar
June 3rd
12 – 1:30 pm CEST/ 3 -4:30 am PDT
The High Seas – Operating within the Global Commons – Video HERE
Panel featuring SOI Executive Director Dr.Jyotika Virmani
World Economic Forum Virtual Ocean Dialogue 2020
June 4th
3 pm CDT
Live Virtual ROV Celebration with R/V Falkor and the ROV SuBastian Operators
Hosted by the Shedd Aquarium
June 8th
8 pm EDT/ 5 pm PDT
Celebrating World Ocean Day: SOI Brings the Ocean to You
Join us as we livestream with never-before-seen footage from the Coral Sea Marine Park with a surprising mix of guests including Mark Towill (11th Hour Racing Team co-founder and CEO), current chief scientist Dr. Robin Beaman (James Cook University), past Chief Scientists Dr. Ivona Cetinic (USRA/NASA GSFC Ocean Ecology Laboratory) and Dr. Samantha Joye (University of Georgia), Artist-at-Sea participants Lily Simonson and Bailey Ferguson, Student Opportunities participant and National Geographic Explorer Antonella Wilbuy, as well as Falkor crew Captain Peter Reynolds, Chief Engineer Allen Watts, and 2nd Officer Taigh MacManus.
Broadcast Live. Now available on Facebook and YouTube
June 8th
11 am – 2 pm UTC/ 4 – 7 am PDT
The role of ocean literacy in transforming ocean knowledge into action – video to be posted HERE
Panel featuring SOI Executive Director Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Organized by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in collaboration with Ocean Wise, EuroGOOS and Experiential Atelier
June 9th
4 pm EDT/ 1 pm PDT
A New Age of Exploration
Plenary featuring SOI Executive Director Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Capitol Hill Ocean Week
June 9th
11 am EDT/ 8 am PDT
The Future of Deep-Sea Exploration & Stewardship – video HERE
Panel featuring SOI Director of Communications Dr. Carlie Wiener
Hosted by UN World Oceans Day with Sustainable Ocean Alliance
SOA x UN WORLD OCEANS DAY 2020
June 9th
11:30 am EDT/ 8:30 am PDT
Understanding Deep Sea Exploration – video HERE
News Talk Show with special guest SOI Research Program Manager Allison Miller
Hosted by Cheddar with Curiosity Stream
June 9th
10 am PT
Global Leadership Summit
Fireside chat featuring SOI Executive Director Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Hosted by Cogx
June 11th
8:30 am – 2 pm EDT/5:30 – 11 am PDT
Virtual Conference: Industry role in Seabed 2030
Panel featuring SOI Executive Director Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Hosted by MTS Society
https://www.mtsociety.org/2020/05/21/seabed-2030-an-initiative-of-the-un-ocean-decade-and-general-bathymetric-chart-of-the-oceans-gebco/
June 18th
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm EDT
Women’s Aquatic Network Exclusive event
Zoom with a Champion: Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Conversation with members of Women’s Aquatic Network
June 24th 
1:40 -2:10 pm (NZ time)
Scientific seafloor mapping efforts with the R/V Falkor in Australia’s Marine National Parks
Seabed 2030 South and West Pacific Regional Mapping Community meeting
Presentation by Eric King, Director of Operations
June 26
8:30 am & 3:30 pm HST/ 11:30 am & 6:30 pm PDT
15e: Teaching and Communicating Science in the Age of Social Media
Panel featuring SOI Director of Communications Dr. Carlie Wiener
Goldschmidt Virtual 2020
