

The Global Exploration Summit brings together the world’s leading explorers in the Azores – Day 1 features our Space and Ocean programs, including presentations ranging from deep sea giant squids to other-worldly orbiters around Venus.
OPENING SESSION
WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL EXPLORATION SUMMIT
9:45
Explorers Club President – Richard Garriott
Secretary of Portuguese State for Tourism – Rita Marques
President of The Azores – José Bolieiro
SESSION 1
SPACE PROGRAM 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
10:00 – 10:10
What’s New? – The New Golden Age of Exploration
Explorers Club President – Richard Garriott
10:10 – 10:15
Bertrand Piccard – Explorer and Environmentalist
10:15 – 10:35
DAVINCI – PAINTING THE ATMOSPHERE OF VENUS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAGELLAN
James Garvin – Nasa Chief Scientist – Mars Exploration and Davinci Venus Program
10:35 – 10:50
EXTRATERRESTRIAL VOLCANOES
Rosaly Lopes – Planetary volcanologist
10:50 – 11:05
eARTh FROM SPACE
Nicole Stott – Artist, Astronaut, Aquanaut, Earthling
11:05 – 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:25 – 11:40
MAKING SPACE FOR EVERYONE
Cady Coleman – Former NASA Astronaut
11:40 – 11:55
GLASS TERRAFORMING
11:55 – 12:10
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION
Michael López-Alegría – Chief Astronaut, Axiom Space
12:10 – 12:20
AZORES SPACE ECOSYSTEM
SESSION 2
OCEANS PROGRAM 2:00 – 4:00 PM
2:00 – 2:05
WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR
Richard Wiese – GLEX Chair & Explorers Club President Emeritus
2:05 – 2:20
WELCOMING SHARKS IN PARADISE
Rachel Graham – ED MarAlliance, Marine Conservation Scientist
2:20 – 2:35
HERE BE DRAGONS
Edie Widder – Deep Sea Biologist
2:35 – 2:50
APEX PREDATORS OF THE AZORES
Emanuel Gonçalves – Marine Ecologist and Conservationist
2:50 – 3:10
BREAK
3:10 – 3:25
HOW TIGER SHARKS DISCOVERED A LOST ECOSYSTEM
Austin Gallagher – CEO, Beneath the Waves
3:25 – 3:40
PORTUGAL’S UNDERWATER WORLDS
Jorge Fontes – Marine Ecologist
3:40 – 3:55
THE GIANTS OFF SRI LANKA