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Session 1:
Saturday AM Presentations
Room Gimbel Cousteau Doc Edgerton
Topic Shipwrecks/ Maritime History Creature Feature Potporri
9 - 9:45  Thomas Easop - The Four Turrets of The Bayern - The Most Unique Shipwreck in the World ( and its still there*) Roger Hanlon - My Octopus Teacher "amplified" Amy Giannotti - Life on the high seas with Cape Cod shipmaster, Captain Samuel F. Knowles
10 - 10:45 Charles Lagerbom - High Risk, High Reward: The Wreck of the Maine-built Downeaster St. Mary Joy Marzolf - Oceans of Reptiles Kramer Wimberley - Diving with a Purpose
11 - 11:45 Matt Cinciripino - Crossroads of Commerce – Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes Shayne Sanders -  The Art of Photographing Exotic Locations Hailey Springer - Boston Sea Rovers Summer Intern 2022
Session 2:
Saturday PM Presentations
Room Gimbel Cousteau Doc Edgerton
Topic Shipwrecks/ Maritime History Photo/Video Exotic Locations
1 - 1:45 Eric Petkovic - The Hunt For U-111  Thomas Gaitley - Disaster Prevention and Recovery for the Underwater Photographer: "Years to acquire and moments to lose." Michael Salvarezza and Christopher Weaver - Tubbataha: Coral Kingdom of the Sulu Sea
2 - 2:45 Jennifer Sellitti and Joe Mazraani - Discovery of the R-8 and the History of Aerial Bomb Testing Off America’s Coast between WWI and WWII Becca Boring - Underwater Photography for Wreck Divers
10 Tips for New Photographers
Michel Labrecque & Julie Ouimet - Anticosti – Quebec's mythical island
3 - 3:45 Brandi Mueller - The Airplane Graveyard of Kwajalein Atoll Jake Stout - Methods to the Madness of Photography Jim & Pat Stayer - Island Hopping in Indonesia 
4 - 4:45 Michael Salvarezza and Christopher Weaver - North Carolina: Shipwrecks, Sanctuaries and Sharks…Oh My! Hergen Spalik - Field Tested Tips for Better Still and Moving Images Nancy McGee - The Last Best Place
Session 3:
Sunday AM Presentations
Room Gimbel Cousteau Doc Edgerton
Topic Stellwagen NMS Shipwrecks Sharks, Sharks, Sharks Marine Conservation NGO's
9:30 - 10:15 Evan and Maryann Kovacs - 3D modeling of the Steamship Portland Todd Essick  - Saving our sharks foundation: The Isla Mujeres Initiative Alex Vai -  To Protect and Enjoy: Recipes from the Front Lines of Environmental Advocacy in Massachusetts - Surfrider
10:30 - 11:15

Calvin Mires - Archaeology and Anthropology of 1898 Steamship, Portland

Greg Skomal - Sharks of New England John Mandelman - The New England Aquarium and  Anderson Cabot  Center for Ocean Life
11:30 - 12:15 Kristin Meyer-Kaiser - Biological communities on shipwrecks in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Keith Cowley - A Brief History of Sharks Kristen Kibblehouse - Awareness Inspires Conservation, An Overview of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Session 4:
Sunday PM Presentation
Room Gimbel Cousteau Doc Edgerton
Topic Dive Medicine/Technology More Sharks and Exotic Places Marine Conservation NGO's
1 - 1:45 David Charash - Medications and Diving: Is it safe to dive on my medication?  Paul Cater Deaton - The Only Good Shark Sandra Whitehouse - Ocean Conservancy
2 - 2:45 Michael Lombardi - Oxygen Treatment Hoods: How a Diving Technology Pivot Breathed Life into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response  Faith Ortins - Exploration: The Challenges and the Rewards Paulette Durazo - Marine Animal Entanglement Response, The Center For Coastal Studies
3 - 3:45 Robert MacAleese - Public Safety Diving / SONAR use Pat Madden - Iceland – Home of Black Smokers and Gas Station Hot Dogs Laura Parker Roerden  - The Surprising Ways Youth and the Ocean Matter

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