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From Coral Reefs to Floating Cities

April 23, 2020 | 12:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.

Two visionary inventors, one a marine biologist and the other an architect, discuss ways they are designing solutions to seemingly impossible problems.
Amy Johnson, Moderator – Program Director, Virginia Working Landscapes, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Mary Hagedorn – Director, Reef Recovery Initiative, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Kunlé Adeyemi – Architect & Founder/Principal of NLÉ
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Speakers

Kunlé Adeyemi

Founder/Principal of NLÉ

Mary Hagedorn

Senior Research Scientist, the Smithsonian Institution & Director, Reef Recovery Initiative

Amy Johnson

Program Director of Virginia Working Landscapes at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute