Lecture date: June 25, 2020. Luke Fairbanks explores insights from the social and policy sciences to better understand the processes, challenges, and opportunities associated with marine aquaculture.

Lecture date: June 25, 2020. Luke Fairbanks explores insights from the social and policy sciences to better understand the processes, challenges, and opportunities associated with marine aquaculture.

Lecture date: November 19, 2019. Dr. Jason Smith discusses polymetallic nodules in the global context as an alternative to traditional terrestrial mining.

Lecture date: November 12, 2019. Dr. Barbara Taylor discusses the endangered vaquita porpoise and what conservation lessons we should learn if we want to share our coastal and river waters with porpoises and dolphins.

Lecture date: November 5, 2019. Danielle Eubank discusses the process of documenting the world's oceans in her paintings.

Lecture date: October 8, 2019. Lee McIntyre discusses his concept of the scientific attitude, which includes openness to new ideas, but skepticism until those ideas have been tested against the evidence.

Lecture date: October 7, 2019. In a presentation co-sponsored by the Aquarium and The Nature Conservancy, experts from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and France's University of Montpellier discuss sea level rise in Long Beach.

Lecture date: September 24, 2019. Dr. Yi Chao discusses using autonomous underwater drones and robots to explore the deep ocean.

Lecture date: September 19, 2019. Chris Corpus will share stories from his studies with endangered species in the Mongolian steppe, including wild cats and wild horses, and discuss what Mongolian conservation efforts can reveal about ocean conservation.

Lecture date: August 20, 2019. Ken Kurtis shares his stories, photos, and videos from his nearly twenty years of annual travels to the Pacific island of Yap, located between Guam and Palau.

Lecture date: August 14, 2019. Mike Bartick shares photos and stories from his experiences exploring the ocean at night.

Lecture date: August 14, 2019. Mike Bartick shares photos and stories from his experiences exploring the ocean at night.

Lecture date: August 8, 2019. Kathayoon Khalil discusses how traditional approaches to wildlife conservation have lacked in engagement from communities and local groups.

Lecture date: July 31, 2019. A panel of ocean experts discusses our changing ocean and potential solutions to support ocean health.

Lecture date: July 24, 2019. Jennifer Brandon discusses her career as a scientist studying marine debris and as a scientific communicator.

Lecture date: July 9, 2019. Xin Wang discusses human migration as a response to environmental change.

Lecture date: June 27, 2019. Kim Steinhardt discusses sea otters and how we can protect them.

Lecture date: June 11, 2019. Paul Erickson discusses his book, Don’t Mess With Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures.

Lecture date: June 5, 2019. The Aquarium's Seafood for the Future program leads a discussion with a panel of experts on the collaborative effort to recover and recycle ghost gear to protect marine life.

Lecture date: June 4, 2019. Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel moderates a panel discussion featuring coral experts from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and other organizations.

Lecture date: May 30, 2019. Edward B. Barbier discusses his latest book, The Water Paradox: Overcoming the Global Crisis in Water Management, which critiques current water policies and practices and offers policy and management solutions to avert a global water crisis.

Lecture date: April 23, 2019. Susan Kidwell discussed studying shells and other remnants of marine life to understand changes in species composition and abundance over time in Southern California.

Lecture date: April 3, 2019. Chip Conley discussed the lessons he learned in the second chapter of his career and how people can repurpose their wisdom to launch new chapters in their careers.

Lecture date: April 3, 2019. As part of the City of Los Angeles’ month-long City of STEM science festival, the Aquarium hosted a panel discussion on careers it offers that require science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.