2025 Global Explorers Forum
In tandem with the WINGS Women of Discovery Awards, WINGS hosts a Global Explorers Forum that showcases the work, challenges and expeditions of the most recent cohort of Fellows, who present their research before their peers and the public. Attending Fellows and Flag Carriers may also present recent initiatives and expeditions. The Forum serves to bring credit and broader recognition to their work while also acting as an ideas ecosystem, a platform for education, and a connector to the next generation.
SPEAKERS: 2025 Fellows Dr. Divya Karnad, co-founder InSeason Fish; Dr. Grace C. Young, X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory; Dr. Nurzhafarina Othman, Founder/ Director, Seratu Aatai; Dr. Yara (deMelo) Barros, Jaguars of Iguacu Project with EMCEE Mandë Holford, Ph.D., WINGS Fellow & Trustee.
Come hear first-hand from the 2025 Fellows about their most recent research, initiatives and breakthrough discoveries!
2025 Global Explorers Forum
When?
Saturday, October 11th, 2025
Time?
9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Where?
Scandinavia House
58 Park Ave
New York, N.Y.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
9:30 AM: Guest Check-in and Refreshments
10:00 AM: 2025 WINGS Women of Discovery Presentations with Q&A
SPEAKERS: 2025 Fellows: Dr. Yara (deMelo) Barros, Brazil, Jaguar Conservation – Saving Jaguars in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil; Dr. Divya Karnad, India, Marine Biology & Sustainable Fisheries, Tide to Table: Recognizing Everyday Marine Sustainability Heroes with In Season Fish; Dr. Nurzhafarina Othman, Borneo, Elephant Ecology – Misunderstood Giants: Why Male Elephants Hold the Key to Peace; Dr. Grace C. Young, USA, Robotics & Ocean Engineering – Seeing the Invisible — Inventing High-Speed & Spectral Imaging to See Life Underwater and Track Reusables in Waste.
12:15 PM: Luncheon served
2:00 PM: Lightning Round Presentations featuring WINGS Explorers: Darlene S. Lim—NASA geo-biologist, Arita Baaijens-Biodiversity in Bosavi, Terrie M. Williams—Marine Biology in Arctic, Nora Shawki—Egyptian archaeologist, Aparajita Datta-Wildlife ecologist in Amazon, Kiera Rumbough—Marine Biology, Sandra Lai—Carnivore researcher in Arctic, Jessica Ware–Dragonflies, Hilde Fålun Strøm—Hearts in the Ice Polar Explorer, Katie Lois Hutchinson—Biologist in Ecuador, Cassandra Quave—Ethno-botanist/Plant Based Medicine, Hollis-Ann Stewart-Panthers in FL, Katie Conlon—Environment in Himalayas, Grace Cordsen—Arctic Climate Change, Amanda Brock Morales—Anthropological Archaeology
3:30 PM: Happy Hour Networking Reception with Refreshments
5:00 PM: Event Concludes
*Tickets include lunch and refreshments