Surfing and Sustainability Symposium

​Bringing together the worlds of surfing and science to confront our most pressing coastal challenges

​October 8 | 10:00am - 2:30pm

​St. Peters Perish Hall, Del Mar

​Moderator: Jeffrey Lehmann — Multi-EMMY Award-winning television host of Weekend Explorer

​10:00am - 10:45am: Kevin Whilden, Seatrees — “The Past, Present and Future of Sustainability in Surf Culture”

​10:45am -11:30am: Patrick McDonough, San Diego Coastkeeper — “An Ocean of Plastic: Nurdles and the Global Plastics Crisis”

​11:30am - 12:30pm: Ryan Simkovsky, Algenesis Labs — “Plastic, Reimagined: A Molecular Solution to Microplastics”

​12:30pm - 1:00pm: BREAK

​1:00pm -1:45pm: Yehuda Ben-Hamo, WILDCOAST —  “Protecting Mexico’s Most Iconic Surfbreaks and Their Surrounding Habitats: The Challenges Ahead and How We Can Move Forward Together As A Global Surf Community”

​1:45pm - 2:30pm: Adam Young, Scripps Institution of Oceanography — “Scripps Coastal Mapping Program and Erosion Research”

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