Public Lectures

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Each year, the Center for the Blue Economy brings creative, pragmatic, and practice-based professionals to speak to our students and the public as part of the Environmental Justice & Sustainability Speaker Series. This is an opportunity to network and learn from leading experts in the field, many of whom are our own alumni.

Spring 2025 Speaker Series Lineup

The Public is Invited

The series is primarily intended to support the students in the Environmental Policy and Management program (formerly the International Environmental Policy program), but most lectures are open to the public.  We invite the public to come and be inspired by forward-thinking speakers who present cutting-edge solutions to complex problems across a wide variety of fields.

Zoom Link & Details

All lectures open to the public will use this link: 
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://middlebury.zoom.us/j/95975032684?pwd=lO548Q6FjJZfngyIe5nOgJvQsysaSm.1
   Password: PlanetHope
   Meeting ID: 959 7503 2684

Or iPhone one-tap :
   US: +16694449171„95975032684#  or +16699006833„95975032684# 
Or Telephone:
   Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): 
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   Phone Password: 4447230541 (press # to bypass participant ID)
   International numbers available: https://middlebury.zoom.us/u/adEUMjGaqU

Questions

The Center for the Blue Economy is a research organization at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.  Our mission is to promote a sustainable ocean and coastal economy (the “Blue Economy”) through leadership in research, analysis, and education.  For questions contact: Rachel C. at cbe@middlebury.edu or visit centerfortheblueeconomy.org or call 831-647-4183 (must leave message and receive call back).

Series Hosts

The speaker series is sponsored and hosted by the Center for the Blue Economy with generous support from the Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation.

Past Lectures

Trying to find a lecture from previous academic term?   We have the full descriptions, pre-reading and all information from previous lectures back to fall 2020.  Click this link:  Past Lectures:  CBE& Environmental Justice and Sustainability Speaker Series. 

All lecture recordings going back to 2016 can be found on the Center for the Blue Economy YouTube page.