In the third session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Luke Gardner, California Sea Grant aquaculture specialist, and Kim Thompson, program manager, Seafood for the Future at the Aquarium.

In the second session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Peter Kareiva, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA.

In the first session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Eric Rignot, a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the second session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy held on November 1, speakers included Josh Willis, project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In the third session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Jennifer Smith from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the fourth session held November 15, speakers included Mark Helvey, retired assistant regional administrator for sustainable fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His presentation was titled, "Albacore...

In the fourth session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Katherine RM Mackey, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, UC Irvine.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the third session held on November 8, speakers included Dr. Todd Martz from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His presentation covered ocean acidification.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the second session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy held on November 1, speakers included Dr. Margaret Leinen, Director Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

In the first session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Bill Patzert, a senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In this fourth and final session of the Spring 2015 Aquatic Academy, David Lang, co-founder of Open ROV discussed the role of citizen science and open-source technology in ocean exploration. Attendees also screened a short film produced by the Aquarium.

In this third session of the Spring 2015 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Jamie Austin, senior research scientist, University of Texas, and NOAA Ocean Explorer, and Dr. Amanda Demopoulos, oceanographer, research ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey.

In this second session of the Spring 2015 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Jerry Schubel, Aquarium president and CEO, and Dr. Joshua Willis, project scientist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In this first session of the Spring 2015 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Rick Spinrad, chief scientist at NOAA, and Lance Towers, director of Advanced Technology Programs at The Boeing Company.