The program will take place in PA 101 (building #51, Rm 101) directly next to the Schmidt Center Gallery. The Gallery will be open 1/2 hour before and after the program. The lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public.
Ankersen is a legal skills professor and director of the Conservation Clinic at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville. He is one of several humanities scholars that contributed to the “Surfing Florida” exhibit by authoring an exhibit panel related to environmentalism, environmental law and the related legal concerns of Florida’s surfers.
Panel Discussion Participants:
Reef Rescue, Delray Beach
Ed Tichenor, Scientist and Director
Mother Ocean
Justin Riney, Founder and CEO
Northeast Florida public access mediator
Dennis Bayer, Surfer, Private Public Interest Environmental Attorney
Surfrider Foundation, Palm Beach County Chapter
Palm Beach County Surfing History Project
Tom Warnke, Executive Committee / Trustee
Blue Water Initiative, (Osbourne Reef rogue tire removal project)
Jim Massey, President
Palm Beach Reach 8 dredge and fill legal challenge, Eastern Surfing Association
Brady Cobb, Attorney, Tripp Scott, P.A.
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Sea Turtle Conservancy
Kirt Rusenko, Marine Conservationist
Photo credit: Hazmat Surfer, Brevard County, Photo courtesy of Tom Ankersen
The “Surfing Florida” exhibition and public programs is supported in part by a grant from the Florida Humanities Council; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Palm Beach County Cultural Council; the Roslin Family Foundation and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Eastern Surf Magazine is the media sponsor.
