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An Evening of
Ocean Exploration 

You are invited to an​ evening of ocean exploration

The evening will feature an armchair discussion with ocean champions,
​Dirk Rosen, MARE and Mattie Rodrigue, OceanX,
​moderated by Filmmaker Mark Benjamin. ​


Thursday November 14th,  6-8pm, New York City
At  the home of  filmmaker Mark Benjamin,  Director of Chasing the Thunder
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Mark Benjamin, Filmmaker 
 

Mark has been a multi-award winning filmmaker for 45 years. His films were recently awarded the 2017 Best Series at Jackson Wildlife Film Festival for "Ocean Warriors," a six-hour crimes-against-the-ocean series broadcast in 50 countries.  "Chasing the Thunder" has screened in 200 cities globally and played at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, at INTERPOL in Lyon, France, was a finalist at the United Nations for World Wildlife Day and has been winning additional awards on the festival circuit.  Mark is the founder of Brick City TV.


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Dirk Rosen, Founder & Executive Director of Marine Research & Exploration  
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Dirk founded Marine Research & Exploration, a non-profit organization that supports intelligent ocean management with unique technology and the largest deepsea databank on the West Coast. Prior to MARE, Dirk ran Deep Ocean Engineering where he built and test-piloted manned submersibles and remotely operated vehicles. He also worked for NASA on the International Space Station helping implement robotic standards used today. Dirk founded MARE to fill a critical data gap below SCUBA depth. 


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Mattie Rodrigue, Research Analyst OceanX   

Mattie is a marine biologist with expertise in fisheries science and management, ecological science and policy, coastal community resilience, and experience working on ocean, weather, and climate science and policy. Mattie was a John D. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow for Marine Policy, working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. At NOAA, she helped develop and implement science and policy initiatives furthering NOAA’s research mission.   Mattie earned a Master of Science degree in Marine Biology, and a Master of Science degree in Marine Policy from the University of Maine, where she ran a collaborative fisheries research program assessing New England fisheries population dynamics in a commercially collapsed region. 

RSVP by Nov. 1st for an Evening of Ocean Exploration

​For more information contact Natasha Benjamin, MARE Policy & Outreach Director

“The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers,
they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love.”


 - Jacques Yves Cousteau
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