

The Global Exploration Summit brings together the world’s leading explorers in the Azores – Day 2 features our Earth programs, including presentations on the vanishing cultural rituals of Africa, to the cutting edge collection of genomic data, all the way to crossing the North Pole alone in the dark.
SESSION 3
EARTH PROGRAM 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
10:00 – 10:05
WELCOME
Richard Garriott – Explorers Club President
10:05 – 10:20
BIGGER THAN ME: INCLUSION IN CONSERVATION
Leela Hazzah – Conservation Biologist
10:20 – 10:40
OF CRAFTY CROWS AND SPACE SHUTTLES, &
TRACKING ANIMALS DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
Christian Rutz – Behavioral Ecologist and Animal-Tracking Pioneer
10:40 – 10:55
PROTEINS FROM THE EXTREMES
Glen Gowers and Oliver Vince, Biotechnologists and Co-Founders, Basecamp Research
10:55 – 11:15
COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 11:30
URGENT DISPATCHES FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD
Kenneth Lacovara – Paleontologist
11:30 – 12:00
RESURRECTING THE MAMMOTH
Ben Lamm – CEO and Founder, Colossal
Eriona Hysolli – Head of Biological Sciences, Colossal
12:00 – 12:10
THE EXPLORERS CLUB DISCOVERY EXPEDITION GRANTS PROGRAM
Rebecca Martin – Consulting Director of ECDEG
12:15 – 2:00
LUNCH
SESSION 4
EARTH PROGRAM 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
2:00 – 2:25
SAVING WILDLIFE ON THE BRINK
Dereck Joubert – Conservation Filmmakers and Photographers
Beverly Joubert – Conservation Filmmakers and Photographers
2:25 – 2:50
AFRICAN TWILIGHT: VANISHING RITUAL & CEREMONIES
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher – Award Winning Authors and Photo Journalists
2:50 – 3:10
COFFEE BREAK
3:10 – 3:25
FARM FROM A BOX: FOOD AS A PATHWAY TO PEACE & PROSPERITY
Brandi DeCarli – Advocate and Entrepreneur
3:25 – 3:40
ACROSS THE NORTH POLE IN THE DARK
Børge Ousland – Polar Explorer
3:40 – 3:55
MEMORIES IN THE ICE