Monthly Speaker Series
On the second Wednesday of every month, ACS San Diego hosts free lectures that are open to the public. Topics of the lectures are typically related to marine mammals, but not always! Our board members are always looking for future speakers, so if you have a suggestion for a topic, or if you know someone who would be willing to speak to our group, please send us an email!
These presentations are held in person on the Legacy Whale Watch while it is docked in Quivira Basin, and they continue to be held virtually on Zoom.
Legacy Whale Watch is located at 1717 Quivira Rd, San Diego at the Seaforth Landing dock. Drinks and snacks are available for purchase at 6:30, and the presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. Live Zoom feed is also available.
For more information on the next speaker and information about attending in person, please visit our Upcoming Speaker page.
Please join us July 10, 2024 at 7:00pm on Zoom for our next speaker series event! For more information, please click here!
Upcoming Virtual and In-Person Lectures:
July 9, 2025 - Dr. Serge Dedina – “Saving
the Gray Whale in Baja California” on the Legacy and on Zoom at 7:00 p.m.
Serge Dedina Ph.D., Executive Director, is the co-founder and Executive Director of WILDCOAST, leading its international team since 2000 to protect coastal and marine ecosystems in California and Mexico. His groundbreaking conservation efforts—featured by The New York Times, BBC, and 60 Minutes—have among other things helped safeguard gray whale habitats and halt destructive development in the Baja California Peninsula. Previously, he co-founded The Nature Conservancy’s Sea of Cortez and Baja California programs, playing a key role in establishing national parks in Cabo Pulmo, Loreto, and La Paz.
A former two-term Mayor of Imperial Beach, Serge has also been a TEDx San Diego speaker and U.S. National Climate Adaptation Forum keynote presenter. He has received numerous awards, including the California Coastal Commission’s “Coastal Hero” Award, the Peter Benchley “Hero of the Sea” Award, and the Surf Industry’s Environmental Award. The author of Saving the Gray Whale, Wild Sea, and Surfing the Border, he holds a B.A. in Political Science (UC San Diego), an M.Sc. in Geography (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and a Ph.D. in Geography (University of Texas at Austin).
