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Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, ocean explorer, submarine pilot, and conservation policy leader based in Washington, DC at The Ocean Foundation where he serves as Senior Fellow and Director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He also hosts The Ocean Doctor Radio Show. Dr. Guggenheim was inducted into the Explorers Club as a National Fellow in 2008.

An accomplished public speaker, Dr. Guggenheim offers a unique perspective – from a tiny submarine 2,000 feet beneath Alaska’s Bering Sea to the hallways of Washington, DC – on the wonder of the oceans around us and the critical issues they now face.

In early 2009, Dr. Guggenheim embarked on a special “expedition” to deliver speeches to tens of thousands of students in all 50 U.S. states, the Ocean Doctor’s “50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches” Expedition.

In Washington, DC, Dr. Guggenheim is a leader in conservation policy, on important issues including global warming, coral reefs, sustainable seafood, and environmental education and is actively involved in international environmental issues.

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Dr. Guggenheim is a regular spokesperson on ocean issues and has been featured on 60 MINUTES, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, National Geographic Today, and in the New York Times among many others. He is considered an objective, reliable and articulate authority on a wide range of environmental matters, especially the oceans.

See a complete list of Dr. Guggenheim’s recent media appearances…

With Incredible video and Imagery, the Ocean Doctor takes your audience on an unforgettable journey thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, to the wilds of Cuba, and into the imaginations of today’s deep-sea technology inventors.

Dr. Guggenheim speaks to a wide range of audiences at a wide range of events, including college and university events, charity events, business meetings and conferences, for groups ranging from 20 to 2,000, kindergarten to seniors.

His programs are captivating and inspirational, capturing the wonder of the oceans and the magic of discovery while also providing an important message about the state of our oceans and their future. Guggenheim draws from his personal accounts around the world, illustrating his personal adventures and experiences with his stunning photographs and underwater videos set to music. Dr. Guggenheim is fluent in Spanish and gives presentations in Spanish as well as English.

• Keynote Speaker: 27th Annual Meeting, Alliance of New Jersey Environmental Educators: Exploring Our Blue Planet Princeton, New Jersey (2012)
• Featured Speaker: 37th Annual Hefner Lecture, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (2011)
• Keynote Speaker: Sea and Learn on Saba, Netherlands Antilles (2011)
• Featured Speaker: Public Lecture, Friends Select School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2011)
• Featured Speaker: Members Dinner, The Explorers Club, New York (2011)
• Keynote Speaker: Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, Santo Domingo (2011)
• Keynote Speaker: Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Washington, DC (2011)
• Lecturer: Cape-to-Cape Expedition, Vessel Prince Albert II, Silversea Line (2011)
• Keynote Speaker: Environment and Land Use Law Conference, Florida (2010)
• Keynote Speaker: World Science Festival: Illuminating the Abyss: The Unknown Ocean, New York (2010)
• Featured Speaker: Dr. Bernard & Rose Susan Hirschhorn Behrend Lecture, Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2010)
• Featured Speaker: Campuswide Lecture, Mississippi State University (2010)
• Featured Speaker: Public Lecture, Orlando Public Library, Orlando, Florida (2009)
• Moderator: hat the Oceans are Telling Us and Why it Matters
• Keynote Speaker: Scottish Parliament: Climate Change: Getting it Right – Edinburgh, Scotland (2009)
• Featured Speaker: 50 Years – 50 States – 50 Speeches: A 50-state speaking tour to more than 100 elementary, middle and high
  schools, colleges and universities across the U.S. (2009-date)
• Keynote Speaker: Ontario Ministry of the Environment Annual Conference. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (2008)
• Keynote Speaker: First Annual Coral Reef Symposium – San Juan, Puerto Rico (2007)
• Keynote Speaker: 29th Annual Conference – Florida Association for Water Quality Control (2006)
• Keynote Speaker: World Oceans Day Event – University of Havana, Cuba (2006)
• Featured Speaker: Ben Franklin Global Forum – School Outreach Programs, Philadelphia (2006)
• Featured Speaker: Naples Underwater Fim Festival (2006)
• Featured Speaker: Dive into Ocean Careers, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (2005-2006)
• Keynote Speaker and Lecturer: University of Costa Rica, San Jose (2004)

Click for additional details on past and upcoming events and appearances.

• Lessons from the Deep: What the Oceans are Telling Us and Why it Matters
• The Living Time Machine: Cuba’s Underwater Mysteries and What They Mean for the Rest of the World
• Global Warming and Our Oceans: What a Changing Climate Means to Our Oceans…and Our Lives
• Discovering Our Humanity at the Bottom of the Sea
• The New Green is Blue: Why Being Blue is Integral to Being Green
• Lessons from Our Youngest Frontier: From Lewis & Clark to Alvin: The New Era of Discovery in Our Oceans
• Beneath The Deadliest Catch: Discovery, Challenge and Hope 2,000 feet Below Alaska’s Bering Sea
• Which Fish Should I Eat? : Your Choices, Your Oceans, Your Health

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