DMC explorers to share ideas, spark discussion at TEDx talks
University of Maine doctoral student Skylar Bayer and oceanographer Bob Steneck will deliver TEDx talks at separate events in May.
Bayer, based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, will take the stage at TEDxPiscataquaRiver “On the Edge” on Friday, May 6, at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Bayer, a doctoral candidate in marine biology researching fertilization ecology of the giant sea scallop, is one of 11 scheduled speakers or performers. “Why the sex lives of our seafood matter” is the title of Bayer’s presentation.
The recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Service Award from the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture has produced shows for “The Story Collider” and has appeared on “The Colbert Report.”
“I am very flattered and see this as a unique and exciting opportunity to present my passion for science and my research,” says Bayer.
Tickets are sold out for “On the Edge” but the Portsmouth Public Library is slated to host a watch party from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event also will be streamed at tedxpiscataquariver.com.
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Steneck, also based at the DMC, will present at TEDxDirigo “Ebb + Flow: A Special Spring Adventure” on Saturday, May 21, at the 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine.
The event, which will celebrate Acadia National Park and the National Park System’s 100th anniversary, will explore how human communities have shaped the form and history of Mount Desert Island and vice versa.
The professor of oceanography, marine biology and marine policy whose research has ranged from lobsters and sea urchins in the Gulf of Maine to coral and parrotfish in the Caribbean, will discuss “Sea change: our underwater revolutions — past, present and future.”
“We have a revolution going on along the coast of Maine but it is underwater and out of sight,” Steneck says. “Our marine ecosystem can change faster than people or management can adapt. We need to reinvent fishing and management in the near future if we are to preserve Maine’s maritime heritage.”
TEDx events are independently organized and created in the spirit of TED’s mission of “ideas worth spreading.”