The Talbot Oration: Our Ocean, Our Lifeline
The ocean sustains all life on Earth, yet we know remarkably little about it. In the sixth annual Talbot Oration, Terry Garcia explores the threats, the solutions, and the pathways to protect it.
Hear from Terry Garcia, President of Exploration Ventures, in this year’s Talbot Oration.
Image: Supplied© Terry Garcia
Doors to the Museum will open at 6pm, with a complimentary drink on arrival, before the event begins at 6.30pm.
Age: Recommended 15+ years
The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, produces half the oxygen we breathe and absorbs over 90% of the excess heat driving climate change. It feeds billions, is a source of life-saving medicines and holds the geological record of human civilisation, yet it remains the least explored place on Earth and one of the most threatened.
This year's keynote speaker, Terry Garcia, has spent his international career at the frontier of ocean exploration and policy, witnessing the ocean at its most breathtaking and most vulnerable. Drawing on decades of work across exploration, conservation and policy reform, he maps the scale of the crisis and the emerging solutions through technology, investment and international cooperation, making a compelling case for individual action and cautious optimism.
Visiting Australia from Washington DC, after a career in the US Government as Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Executive Vice President of the National Geographic Society, Terry Garcia brings his life-long environmental commitment and knowledge to Sydney for the first time.
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Terry Garcia
Terry Garcia was the Executive Vice President and Chief Science and Exploration Officer for the National Geographic Society for seventeen years. In June 2010, he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Prior to joining National Geographic, he was the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere for the US Department of Commerce, and the Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Terry is currently the President of Exploration Ventures, a company providing strategic advice and counsel to global clients in a range of sectors.
