Miles O’Brien, “Flying Cars, Electric Planes and Cheap Rockets: how some breakthroughs in transportation may save the planet.”
Miles O’Brien is a veteran, independent journalist who focuses on science, technology and aerospace. He is the science correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, a producer, director, writer and correspondent for […]
David Greene, “American Higher Education in the Eye of the Storm”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesThe global pandemic didn’t create a crisis for colleges and universities as much as it exposed existing and growing fault lines. Outdated financial and pricing models, weakening public support, the […]
Chase Reynolds Ewald, “Bison: An American Comeback Story”
Chase Reynolds Ewald will tell the story of the bison, from their near annihilation in the 19th century to their stunningly revived status today. She will describe a new approach […]
William G. Rosenberg, Phd.
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesWilliam G. Rosenberg, Phd. is Professor of Russian History Emeritus at the University of Michigan and, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees at the European University at St. Petersburg. His first […]
Darron A. Collins
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDarron A. Collins, President of The College of the Atlantic since 2011 is an American Ecologist and academic administrator and academic administrator specialized in ethnobotany. Among his duties he and […]
George Stevens, Jr.
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesGeorge Stevens, Jr., a summer resident of Islesboro, Founder of The American Film Institute, and 37-year producer of the Kennedy Center honors, published a new memoir in May this year: […]
Ken Hinman
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesKen Hinman, President, The National Coalition for Maine Conservation, has been at the center of the fisheries conservation movement over 40 years. He is head of Wild Oceans, an independent […]
Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDr. Sian “Leo” Proctor, is an American geology professor, commercial astronaut, space artist, and science educator. She was captain of the historical SpaceX spacecraft, the 2021 first all-civilian mission into […]
David R. Godine
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDavid R. Godine, fifty-year prominent book publisher and printer of Godine Press, began his unique collecting, printing and promotion of high quality publishing by working first with artist-printer Leonard Baskin […]
Peter Tirschwell: “The World of Ocean Shipping and Maritime Supply Chain Snafus During the Pandemic”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesTirschwell is Vice President for Maritime & Trade at S&P Global Market Intelligence, a leading global provider of maritime data, analysis, consulting and media. With background as a career business journalist, he serves […]