Virtual Global Orca Workshop

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Virtual Global Orca Workshop

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Graphic with an illustration of an orca jumping. Text above and below the orca says, "Global Orca Workshop. Virtual. August 27-28, 2024. Tuesday, August 27, 1 pm - 8 pm (Pacific Time). Wednesday, August 28, 9 am - 4 pm (Pacific Time)."

Global Orca Workshop 

Tuesday, August 27th

1:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) 

And 

Wednesday, August 28th 

9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Pacific Time)

Join The Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop virtually through Zoom! This workshop’s theme will be: Understanding orca eco-types around the world; Who are they and what are they facing in today’s changing ocean environments? 

Invited Presenters include: 

  • Dr. Jeremy Kiszka, Principal Investigator, Marine Conservation Ecology Lab, FIU on Orcas of the Tropics 
  • Dr. Holly Fearnbach, Marine Mammal Research Director, SR3 on Antarctic Killer Whales
  • Dr. Anaïs Remili, Postdoctoral researcher, McGill University on North Atlantic Killer Whales
  • Candice K. Emmons, Research Fisheries Biologist, NOAA on PNW and Alaskan Residents and Offshore Orcas
  • Dr. Ingrid Visser, Founder & Principal Scientist, Orca Research Trust on New Zealand’s Killer Whales
  • Dr. Eve Jourdain, Postdoctoral Researcher, Section, University of Oslo on Norwegian Killer Whales
  • Dr. Robin Baird, Hawai‘i Program Director, Cascadia Research Collective on Offshore Orcas in Hawaiian waters
  • Dr. Ruth Esteban, Marine Mammal researcher, Madeira Whale Museum on Spanish Orcas and the Strait of Gibraltar
  • Chloe Kotik, PhD student, University of Alaska Fairbanks on PNW and Alaskan Transients
  • Jorge Cazenve, President of Punta Norte Orca Research on Argentinian Killer Whales

The registration fee is $70 for non-members; $50 for current TWM or SSAMN members. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org. Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. 

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