

Supported by Rolex as part of its Perpetual Planet initiative, the Global Exploration Summit brings together the world’s leading explorers in the Azores – Day 3 features honorees from The Explorers Club 50 – fifty people changing the world, the world needs to know about.
SESSION 5
EC50 PROGRAM
9:45 – 9:50
WELCOME FROM EC50 CHAIR
Richard Wiese – Club President Emeritus and Chair of EC50 Program
9:50 – 10:05
SPACE2INSPIRE
Dr. Sian Proctor – Geoscientist, Artist, & Astronaut
10:05 – 10:20
THE OTHER SPECIES
Joshua Powell – Conservation Biologist
10:20 – 10:35
THE DNA REVOLUTION
Natalie Schmitt – Conservation geneticist
10:35 – 10:50
POLAR BEARS AND POLAR NIGHTS
Sunniva Sorby – Polar Explorer
10:50 – 11:10
COFFEE BREAK
11:10 – 11:25
FRESH TRACKS: A CROSS CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Juan D. Martinez Pineda – Silo-Breaker
11:25 – 11:40
CHARTING PARADISE
John Mack – Artist, Author, Thought Leader
11:40 – 11:55
LAWS OF THE WILD
Onkuri Majumdar – Wildlife Conservationist
11:55 – 12:10
MEDICINE FOR THE MOON, MARS, AND BEYOND
Shawna Pandya – Space Medicine
12:10 – 12:30
HORIZONS: A 21ST CENTURY SPACE ODYSSEY
Brian Cox
12:30 – 12:45
OFFICIAL CLOSING REMARKS
António Costa Silva – Minister of the Economy of Portugal
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH