After three years of virtual programming, the Alliance will host its first ACONS LIVE event on Thursday, September 21 on Nantucket Sound at The Beach Club on Long Beach Road in Centerville. Sessions will be held throughout the day, with local experts discussing Nantucket Sound’s economic impact to the Cape & Islands, its environmental significance, tribal history, and historic value.

Cocktail and Networking Hour begins at 5pm. Beverages and light fare offered. Register for free at www.saveoursound.org/aconslive.

Guest Speakers include: 

Keynote Speaker: Former State Senator Rob O'Leary

Karen Moore Dourdeville, Sea Turtle Stranding Coordinator, Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Seth Engelbourg, Naturalist Educator, Linda Loring Nature Foundation

Greg Ketchen, U.S. Coast Guard Captain, Coast Guard Heritage Museum

Zak Mertz, Executive Director, Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center

Wendy Northcross, Executive Director, JFK Hyannis Museum

Elizabeth York, Executive Director, Cape Cod Maritime Museum

Music and sea stories performed by Mark Alan Lovewell & Molly Conole

And more!

Info on the Alliance ACONS series at www.saveoursound.org/acons.