San Francisco, CA: After Dark at the Exploratorium - "Oceans Full of Robots" with Dr. James Bellingham

San Francisco, CA: After Dark at the Exploratorium - "Oceans Full of Robots" with Dr. James Bellingham

Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association

Join fellow alumni and friends at Pier 15 on December 18th for a winter solstice-themed evening at The Exploratorium and hear Johns Hopkins’ pioneering marine technologies inventor and expedition leader Dr. James Bellingham’s presentation “Oceans Full of Robots: Illuminating the Wild Dark Seas” at 7:00 p.m. in the Kanbar Forum.

• Explore how autonomous underwater vehicles—now essential to industry, national security, and ocean science—are transforming our understanding of the ocean’s resources, risks, and needs.

• Hear expedition stories, including evacuation as ice flows break up.

• Discover how agile, energy-efficient marine robots dive miles into the deep to uncover hydrothermal-vent ecosystems, shipwrecks, and rare-earth minerals—and how similar technologies may one day search for life in the oceans of other worlds.

A portion of this registration fee will serve as a donation in support of future programming and events. If you wish to not have a portion of your registration support such initiatives, you may contact the Office of Annual Giving: oag@jhu.edu 

While participating in off-campus events and meetings sponsored by the JHAA/JHM/JHHS participants must follow all public health guidelines mandated by the local jurisdiction and venue at the time of the event. Johns Hopkins strongly suggests that attendees who join in person receive at least one dose of an FDA- or WHO-authorized COVID-19 vaccine before attending. This is subject to change. 

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 Event Date
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Start Time: 6:00pm PDT
End Time: 10:00pm PDT

 Location
Exploratorium

Pier 15
San Francisco, CA 94111
USA

 Map

 Contact
Office of Alumni Relations
Jenn Fisher
Regional & Young Alumni Programs
(800) JHU-JHU1
JennFisher@jhu.edu