Webinar Series Episode #3 - Why Join Professional Societies?

Professional societies can facilitate and promote opportunities for its student and early career ocean professionals (ECOPs), including networking events, travel grants, mentoring programs, upskilling, recognition awards, collaborative initiatives, educational resources, leadership training, among others. Societies often also provide a framework through which ECOPs can contribute on individual and collective levels to advancing their respective fields and to disseminating knowledge for public understanding and the benefit of humankind. In this webinar you will hear about such opportunities from representatives of several professional societies based in Australia, New Zealand, and overseas - tune in to hear about how you can leverage membership in a society to propel your career development! Societies featured and representatives: Australian Marine Sciences Association, represented by Dr Paula Cartwright Australian Society for Fish Biology, represented by Dr Tanika Shalders Ecological Society of Australia, represented by Dr Jacinta Humphrey Australian Coral Reef Society, represented by Dr Jodie Rummer New Zealand Marine Sciences Society, represented by Ms Brooke Ellis-Smith Society for Underwater Technology – Perth branch, represented by Dr Mark Casey Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, represented by Dr Rita Franco-Santos Post webinar survey: please help us prepare more useful content for you by filling out our post-webinar feedback form at https://tinyurl.com/survey-web-3