||| FROM TRACIE MERRILL for THE WHALE MUSEUM |||
The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Down Workshop for Marine Naturalists this fall on Friday, November 18. This workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time and registrants will join sessions through the videoconferencing platform, Zoom. The theme of this “Gear Down” Workshop will be Ocean Sounds: New Discoveries!
Invited presenters include:
- Elizabeth Ferguson, Ocean Science Analytics, on how artificial intelligence (DeepSqueak) is being used to detect underwater marine mammal vocalizations
- Dr. Jason Wood, SMRU Consulting, on acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the Salish Sea
- Dr. Victoria Warren and Dr. Katie Kowarski, JASCO Applied Sciences, on humpback whale songs
- Caitlin O’Morchoe, Washington Maritime Blue, on an update of Quiet Sound
- Madison Wilson, California State University Fullerton, on how baleen whales hear
The registration fee is $35 for non-members; $25 for TWM/SSAMN members. For more information and/or to register, please visit https://whalemuseum.org/products/gear-down-2022 . Zoom link and workshop agenda will be sent to registrants at email provided at registration closer to start of workshop. Questions can be directed to Tracie Merrill at tracie@whalemuseum.org.
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