PRESENTATIONS

Doug has done hundreds of presentations to groups in Europe, Canada, and the United States. These blend adventure, science and history, and include outdoor recreation audiences, professional groups, college symposia, large businesses, engineering organizations, featured writer presentations, and river conservation talks.

“Ammons gave a brilliant presentation at the University of London; exciting and deeply insightful about the nature of adventure.”

Nick Brown, Two Emmy awards, Producer/Director for the BBC The Human Planet Series, Climate Chaos, Colonial House (drama), Royal Shakespeare Academy, as well Discovery, National Geographic, ESPN)

Here are recent presentations:

  • Darkness Lit by Heroes – Story of the Speculator Mine Disaster 1917

  • The Science of the Disaster – The Science and Technology of the Speculator

  • Disaster: How and Why It Happened

  • Humans and Systems Collapse

  • Creativity in Nature and the Human World

  • Riverscapes – How Geology and Rivers Shape Culture

  • The Line – core concept of all adventure sports

  • Creativity in Nature and the Human World

  • Adventure: Learning to Excel in the Face of the Unknown

  • Art and Adventure

  • Philosophy of Adventure

  • Expertise and Learning in Kayaking and Adventure Sports

  • Wildwater, a Love Story

  • History of Kayaking (multimedia)

  • Grand Canyon of the Stikine River

  • Adventure and The Last Great Problem


Thompson Rivers University Symposia

Topics:

1. Design and Progression – Kayak design and progression of the sport
2. Adding death into the equation
3. The mental game
4. Learning and rivers: Beginners Mind to Expertise
5. Why are waterfalls special?
6. Fear and the Fundamental Truth of Rivers
7. Vulnerability and adventure

Photo permissions:
Adventure page: Photo Tommy Hillike