Late night opening and conferences

During July and August, Monaco's Oceanographic Museum is open until midnight every Wednesday evening. In addition, a series of free, French language conferences about sharks is planned, starting each Wednesday at 20:30 in the Museum's conference hall:

• 3rd July, Rencontre avec les requins (meet the sharks), Rene Heuzey
• 10th July, Diversite et peche des requins: le paradoxe (the paradox of diversity and shark fishing), Bernard Seret
• 17th July, Requins, Europe, ou en sommes-nous? (sharks and Europe, where are we), Florentine Leloup and Claire Bourasseau
• 24th July, Dans les yeux des requins (through a shark's eyes), Pierre Frolla
• 31st July, Les Requins? De quel cote sont les predateurs? (Sharks - where are the predators), Richard Allan and Patrick Masse
• 7th August, Yann le survivant, defenseur des requins: pourquoi et comment les proteger? Une solution, les sanctuaires marins? (marine sanctuaries to protect sharks), Jean-Paul Michel and Yann Perras
• 14th August, L'homme, l'animal et la peur (man, animal and fear), Yves Coppens
• 21st August, Requins, les dessous du malentendu (sharks, misunderstandings), Olivier Dufourneaud
• 28th August, La Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, un acteur de la sauvegarde des oceans (FPA2, active in saving the oceans), Bernard Fautrier

A full program, including biographical details of the speakers, is available on the event webpage: Musee Oceanographique: Les Nocturnes 2013.