Robert Ballard — Ocean Explorer
“Future Is Here” Featured Speaker
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Best known for his discoveries of the sunken RMS Titanic and the battleship Bismarck, Robert Ballard has redefined our scientific knowledge of the oceans, conducting more than 120 deep-sea expeditions. While harnessing new technologies to explore the ocean floor, Ballard has also pioneered distance learning in classrooms around the world with JASON Learning, an award-winning educational program that reaches over a million students annually.
Robert Ballard was a featured speaker at Smithsonian magazine’s “The Future is Here” conference on June 1. See a video of his talk below: