Speaking Engagements
Peter can speak from six minutes to one hour on why the ocean matters and the ways in which the ocean holds the keys to humanity’s survival, based on the concepts contained in THE ONCE AND FUTURE OCEAN. To request a review copy of the book or to schedule Peter for a speaking engagement, please email director@thew2o.net.
2017 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
FEBRUARY
13-14 United Nations: A World of Blue Inter-Parliamentary Hearing
New York, New York
APRIL
8 The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries History Conference
Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, Maine
19-21 Council of American Maritime Museums
San Francisco, California
JUNE
14-16 Water History Conference of the International Water History Assoc.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
26 National Marine Educators Association Annual Conference
Charleston, South Carolina
AUGUST
30 Bunker Memorial Lecture Series
Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
OCTOBER
13-15 Arctic Circle Conference
Reykavik, Iceland
15 International Council of Maritime Museums
Valparaiso, Chile
PETER NEILL is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place of exchange for information and education about the health of the ocean. Neill previously served 20 years as President of the South Street Seaport Museum, New York, is co-founder of The Sound School and The Harbor School, and has dedicated his career to marine affairs. He lives in downeast Sedgwick, Maine with his partner Mary. The Once and Future Ocean (Leete's Island Books, 2016) is available wherever books are sold.
WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER 2021
With a game capable of reaching a global audience, WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER can expand interest in ocean issues and habitats, and excite students about the infinite possibilities associated with ocean exploration. LEARN MORE.
OUTLAW OCEAN MUSIC PROJECT:
A CROSSOVER BETWEEN MUSIC & JOURNALISM
Take your pick: listen to ambient tracks, classical, electronic or hiphop. All music in this project is based on THE OUTLAW OCEAN, a New York Times best-selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. The reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun-running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships, and other topics. The music is an act of solidarity across geography and language, and an attempt at storytelling from written word to music. It is a captivating collection of inspired songs ranging from classical to hip hop.
