Be enchanted during Vivid Sydney with evening entry to major exhibitions and a Q&A session with iconic ocean experts on Wednesday 30 May, 6pm-11pm.James...

Museum Up Late: Icons of the Underwater

Location:

2 Murray Street
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:
Australian National Maritime Museum
Icons Under The Water

Featuring

Don Walsh

Oceanographer

Don Walsh is an American oceanographer, explorer and marine policy specialist. He and Jacques Piccard were aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste when it made a record maximum descent into the Mariana Trench on January 23, 1960, the deepest point of the world's oceans.

Walsh was named one of the world's great explorers by Life magazine. In the MIR submersible, he dived on the RMS Titanic, the German battleship Bismarck, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. He has spent more than five decades traveling the world conducting research in, on, and around the oceans.

The Honorary President of the Explorers Club, winner of The National Geographic Society greatest honour, the Hubbard Medal, and recipient of The U.S. Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award, Walsh is considered one of the world’s greatest living explorers.

Walsh has been associated with ocean science, engineering, and marine policy for more than fifty years.

Serving as Dean of Marine Programs and Professor of Ocean Engineering at the University of Southern California, Walsh initiated and directed the university's Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies. He continues to support ocean sciences in his work on the Ocean Sciences Board at the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr Tony Haymet

Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

Following six years of service as Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences at USCD, Dr. Haymet retired from administrative duties in 2013. During his tenure, Dr. Haymet significantly improved Scripps' budget and reinvigorated Scripps' academic personnel and infrastructure through an innovative agenda.

He is co-founder of CleanTECH San Diego, a business organization devoted to advancing the clean technology economy, and currently serves as Vice-Chair.

Dr. Haymet is the chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Oceans. He is elected to the board of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL), Partnership for the Observation of the Global Ocean POGO, and appointed to many boards and advisory committees, including National Science Foundation's Geoscience advisory committee.

Dr. Haymet is a highly distinguished researcher who has published more than 165 peer-reviewed articles and numerous Op-Ed pieces in leading newspapers around the world. He was formerly Chief of Marine and Atmospheric Science and then the Science and Policy Director at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia.

Dr. Haymet is a tenured Professor of Oceanography at Scripps, and of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCSD, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a Doctor and Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

Be enchanted during Vivid Sydney with evening entry to major exhibitions and a Q&A session with iconic ocean experts on Wednesday 30 May, 6pm-11pm.

James Cameron — Challenging the Deep and Wildlife Photographer of the Year both explore some of the most fascinating places on earth, documented through the spirit of adventure. Be inspired by wildlife and wilderness before heading to our Icons of the Underwater talk and Q&A session.

There will also be a bar and an underwater environment in the foyer with a DJ playing chilled ocean vibes.

ICONS OF THE UNDERWATER

More people have walked on the face of the moon than have been to the bottom of the ocean floor. Meet Don Walsh, co-pilot of the Trieste, the first bathyscaphe to reach the floor of the Mariana Trench, seven miles down, the deepest place on earth.

Don Walsh, one of the world's greatest living explorers, will be in conversation with one of the world's greatest living oceanographers, Dr Tony Haymet, Distinguished Professor and Director & Vice-Chancellor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California.

The evening's topic: 'What is the ocean worth?'.

This is a rare opportunity to see these two icons together, speaking passionately about their legacy. The evening also includes a Q&A session.

 

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Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.