In the fourth session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Marshall Toplansky, professor of management science at Chapman University, and Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel.

In the third session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Luke Gardner, California Sea Grant aquaculture specialist, and Kim Thompson, program manager, Seafood for the Future at the Aquarium.

In the second session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Peter Kareiva, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA.

In the first session of the Spring 2019 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Ted Nordhaus, President of the Breakthrough Institute.

In the first session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Eric Rignot, a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future.

In the second session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy held on November 1, speakers included Josh Willis, project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In the third session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Jennifer Smith from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future.

In the fourth session held November 15, speakers included Mark Helvey, retired assistant regional administrator for sustainable fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His presentation was titled, "Albacore Tuna Off Alaska—You’ve Got to be Kidding!"

In the fourth session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Katherine RM Mackey, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, UC Irvine.

The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future.

In the third session held on November 8, speakers included Dr. Todd Martz from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His presentation covered ocean acidification.