What is Sonic Connexions?
Sonic Connexions promotes and hosts virtual meet-ups to connect the global bioacoustics community. Meet-ups are interactive 1.5 hour sessions every few months. The format is typically a 10 to 15-minute presentation by a guest speaker followed by two 30 minute small breakout discussion groups.
Upcoming meet-ups
Connecting Science and Public Engagement: Lessons from WOPAM Day
Date: Wednesday May 20, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM UTC | 2:00 PM (Boston, US) | 3:00 PM (Sao Pãulo, Brazil) | 7:00 PM (London, UK)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Online via Zoom
Guest Speaker: Dr. Isla Keesje Davidson, Cornell University
This interactive session will once again bring together researchers, students, and enthusiasts from around the world. Our guest speaker will begin with a 15-minute overview of the work she is leading with WOPAM Day (www.wo-pam.com) on bridging science and public engagement, followed by two small-group breakout discussions (5–7 participants per group).
Register now: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/
Past meet-ups
You can find slides and notes from past events in the shared Sonic Connexions Google Drive
Too Many Voices: Acoustic Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring Large Groups of Animals
2026 April 7 – 6:00 PM UTC
Guest Speaker: Dr. Laura Kloepper, University of New Hampshire
Listening at Scale: Edge and Cloud Computing for Large Bioacoustic Datasets
2026 March 5 – 6:00 PM UTC
Guest Speaker: David Mann, Loggerhead Instruments
Translating Promise into Practice: Field Validation and Ethical Transparency in Bioacoustics AI
2025 September 24 – 6:00 PM UTC
Guest Speaker: Liz Ferguson, CEO and Founder, Ocean Science Analytics
Link to YouTube coming soon.
Careers and Education in Bioacoustics
2025 August 12 – 6:00 PM UTC
Guest Speakers: Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds, University of New Hampshire and Keeta Jones, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Acoustical Society of America
Careers and Education in Bioacoustics (Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds’ slides)
Student and Early Career resources (Keeta Jones’ slides)
YouTube link coming soon…
Discussions of bioacoustic analysis methods, challenges in rapidly changing ecosystems, and open-source tools for bioacoustic analysis
2025 May 5 – 6:00 PM UTC
Host: Dr. Lilian Sander Hoffmann, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brasil
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YouTube channel
We are working on a YouTube channel to view past Sonic Connexions presentations. Stay tuned!