IPMEN 2025 Conference Committee

  • Dr Chia-Dai (Ray) Yen (Keelung, Taiwan): Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Education / Teacher Education Centre, National Taiwan University, secretary of Asian Marine Educators Association (AMEA) and co-convenor of IPMEN 2018 in Taiwan.
  • Dwight Owens (Victoria, Canada): Ocean Networks Canada, Future Earth Ocean Knowledge Action Network steering committee and a member of the American Geophysical Union Science & Society section executive, co-convenor of IPMEN 2025 in Canada.
  • Harry Breidahl (Mornington, Australia): Nautilus Educational, Monash University (retired), the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE), co-founder of IPMEN and co-convenor of IPMEN 2008 in Townsville, Australia.
  • Jong-Mun Kim (Seocheon, Korea): Department of Exhibition and Education, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea.  
  • Michelle Smith (Hawai’i, USA): biology lecturer at Windward Community College in Kaneohe, Hawai’i.
  • Mike Spranger (Florida, USA): Professor Emeritus – University of Florida, past president of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA), co-founder of IPMEN.
  • Natalie Davey (Melbourne, Australia): Director, Saltwater Projects and Pelican Expeditions, President – YWNA (Yalukit Willam Nature Association).
  • Pieter Romer (Victoria, Canada): Ocean Networks Canada, member of the Nisga’a Nation and co-convenor of IPMEN 2025 in Canada.
  • Shi-Han (Hanna) Yen (Keelung, Taiwan): Masters student at National Taiwan Ocean University, Asian Marine Educators Association (AMEA) Youth Committee. 
  • Shu-Min (Janet) Tsai (Oregon, USA): Program Coordinator for precollege programs at Oregon State University and a social ecologist specializing in science learning research.
  • Sylvia Spalding (Hawai’i, USA): Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (retired), co-founder of IPMEN and convenor of the IPMEC conference in Hawai’i in 2007. 
  • Dr Tsuyoshi Sasaki (Tokyo, Japan): Department of Marine Policy & Culture – Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology, president of Asian Marine Educators Association (AMEA), convenor of IPMEN 2014 in Japan.
  • Wilson Hu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan): National Academy of Marine Research. 
  • Yuan-Pin Chang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Professor at the National Sun Yet-sen University College of Marine Science and Asian Marine Educators Association (AMEA) board member. 

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