ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Education, Outreach, and Advocacy #1

Time:

Thursday, 27/Mar/2025:

8:30am - 10:00am

Session Chair: Damaris Marin-Smith
Session Chair: Sabrina Caitlin Mashburn
Session Chair: Anna Antonia Ortega
Session Chair: Daniela Rojas
Session Chair: Anna Stamatiou

Location: Omari Hall

Session Topics:

Education, Outreach, and Advocacy

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

8:30am - 8:45am

MOVING SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION FORWARD: ENHANCING LEARNING AND EMPATHY THROUGH SCIDANCE

Lekelia Jenkins

Arizona state university, United States of America

8:45am - 9:00am

CONNECTING CHILDREN IN CAMEROON TO MARINE WILDLIFE THROUGH VISUAL STORYTELLING

Karel Cyndi Ngnah

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon

9:00am - 9:15am

FROM OCEAN TO CLASSROOM: KELONIA'S APPROACH TO SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION ON REUNION ISLAND

Marie Amalia Lauret-Stepler, Thiébaut Levi-Funck, Claire Jean, Mathieu Barret, Stéphane Ciccione

Kelonia, Réunion (France)

9:15am - 9:30am

"ONLY CONNECT": PUTTING EMOTION INTO THE GAMES WE PLAY FOR POSITIVE CONSERVATION OUTCOMES

Anna Stamatiou, Kostas Thomopoulos

MEDASSET, Greece

9:30am - 9:45am

MIXING SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: WORKSHOP ON GENOMICS OF THE COLONISATION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Carlos Carreras¹, Gisela Marin-Capuz¹, Astrid Luna-Ortiz¹, Alessia Cherin¹, Helena Vela¹, Aitana Merino¹, Marta Pascual¹, Cinta Pegueroles²

¹Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and IrBio, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain; ²Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.

9:45am - 10:00am

*SIREN CITIZEN SCIENCE: THE STORY OF A FISHERMAN FROM POACHER TO SEA TURTLE HERO

Cedrick Fogwan Nguedia, Eddy Nnanga, Guy Mengoue, Aristide Takoukam

African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, Cameroon