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<a name="_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The second webinar in the DOSITS 2024 series will take place on
<b>May 15, 2024, at 12 pm EST</b>. The webinar titled <i>International Partnerships and Opportunities</i> features Grace Smarsh, AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, Office of Naval Research. This webinar, and others in the 2024 series, will be hosted via Zoom and streamed
live on YouTube. Participants can ask questions through either platform. All webinars will be recorded, and the webinar recordings will be available on the DOSITS website (and on Vimeo).<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This webinar is the second in
</span></span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__www.dosits.org_%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DdWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug%26r%3DgfoXb85UYatV9zYXQ3gZw8hh0bPhhwxsaLTQEtGi2rI%26m%3DDSaEZ34-25A4_DfQMM89CCsz1z9zuhHz6wKRH8cNWkF_hTJYXbwyobK2jlvXyNkh%26s%3D1gNvuQBCzP2M5ThvlFb7OQrcmRoZ2-U3QKDINDmla78%26e%3D&data=05%7C02%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C765932e5fd4042de177e08dc6a0e932d%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638501858035935742%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zaOIETeb9x%2BqMA%2BGNeLcTEOSo3HdRYanJ%2Fin%2FHZ%2FEd8%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dosits.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=gfoXb85UYatV9zYXQ3gZw8hh0bPhhwxsaLTQEtGi2rI&m=DSaEZ34-25A4_DfQMM89CCsz1z9zuhHz6wKRH8cNWkF_hTJYXbwyobK2jlvXyNkh&s=1gNvuQBCzP2M5ThvlFb7OQrcmRoZ2-U3QKDINDmla78&e=" shash="K7SCDWrv5cUyH6Xv+Ab7xUkvJUqhhrkKs+0bOthOnNJO3sxpn9z53tFfjO+tVSfOIabh/YlH/eBUNW4ZfjdlI/iTWQkJr9diSfoWSe+OFCx22DAUQ7B+4kBoELE296GVkNjVuxbhxo1DGuXue8gn9HFjP3NMlVCDhvb1LamqeOY=" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Discovery
of Sound in the Sea (DOSITS) </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">free</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
<b>four-part <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">webinar</span> series on underwater sound</b>. Topics covered include Underwater Radiated Noise (April), UN Ocean Decade (May), Multibeam Echosounders (MBES) (September), and Impulsive Sound
and Offshore Wind (October).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">webinar</span> will run approximately 60 minutes in length and will consist of a presentation by one or more experts followed by a period of facilitated discussion. The
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">webinar</span> series is open to all interested individuals; however,
<b>registration is required</b>. For a registration link and other details, please visit the 2024
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Webinar</span> Series page on the
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DOSITS</span> website: </span>
</span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdosits.org%2Fdecision-makers%2Fwebinar-series%2F2024-webinar-series%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7C765932e5fd4042de177e08dc6a0e932d%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638501858035935742%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3VS6V2Hx9Tjxxzp%2F2LXm5NeoLVCed7lv1UiGxLmq3rg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://dosits.org/decision-makers/webinar-series/2024-webinar-series/" shash="VTdkUJkyLSvB+VbEOIb1PpaUKsy9kBzyIIxUKBHNwnrMmEKSIu+TSbt/0ZPlgkh8quWwQy80dtYbrtkBNfSz5PBpY7k0qbjcDiOI8cyD1AcsBJ4M5XJmPhM4yJCKEKNax2iWLlcQod36wvC1enUwBwVQL2JytooCPkKK5pPWYuU="><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2024 Webinar Series – Discovery of Sound in the Sea (dosits.org)</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DOSITS
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">will again offer a free
<i>Certificate of Professional Developmen</i>t in association with the 2024 Underwater Acoustics
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Webinar</span> Series. For certificate requirements and other details, please visit the 2024
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DOSITS</span> <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
Webinar</span> Series page (link above).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk161759175"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions? = Please contact the DOSITS Team at
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