Speach title
Transdisciplinary Research in The Arctic with Open Science: Remote Sensing Lessons

Speaker
Paul Arthur Berkman Ph.D

Present positions
Founder and President, Science Diplomacy Center
Education
The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States, 1988, Ph.D. in Graduate School of Oceanography,
The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States, 1986, M.S. in Graduate School of Oceanography,
The University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, 1980, B.A. in Department of Biology

Experience
2023-present. International Advisory Council Member, International Institute of Science Diplomacy and Sustainability (IISDS), UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur. [see 2023 television panel interview], Malaysia
2023-2024. Member, Working Group 4 (Capacity Building), European Commission Working Group initiative on science diplomacy, Europe4
2023. Member, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Advisory Committee for the Science Diplomacy for the Environment Program, global
2022-present. Coordinator, GLOBAL INDIGENOUS YOUTH SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE (GYSCC) that began on 9 August 2023, circling the Earth across three 8-hour time zones in 24 hours (00:00-24:00 GMT) as a “virtual dialogue by, for and among Indigenous youth with global inclusion” on the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. GIYSCC 2023 was hosted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with Science Diplomacy Center™ coordination and YouTube archival, involving 1300+ registrants from 112+ nations across 88+ languages with partners globally. GIYSCC 2024 will be hosted by Future Earth, again, global
2022-present. Present Founder, Science Diplomacy Center, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, United States

Honors 
2023-present. Present Fellow of the International Science Council (ISC) (France)
2023. Guiness World Record (“Deepest Dive Through an Ice Hole”) achieved in 1981 (16 meters) through the McMurdo Ice Shelf at White Island, Antarctica [application submitted in 2022]
2021-2022. Fulbright Arctic Chair 2021-2022: United States Department of State, United States Congress and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tromsø (Norway)