2025 Celebrity Guests

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Multi Time Best Actor Oscar Winner, Richard Dreyfuss joins us to celebrate Jaws 50th Anniversary. Richard played the iconic role, Hooper, in the first Jaws film. He is known for other roles as well in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Hollands Opus, Stakeout, and more. You will be able to purchase autographs and photo ops here shortly.

 SharkCon 10 welcomes Michael A. Smith.

Michael coauthored the book Jaws 2: The making of a Sequel.

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 Dr. Mike Heithaus is dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education (CASE) and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University (FIU). He is a marine ecologist specializing in predator-prey interactions and the ecological importance of sharks and other large marine species. Heithaus was a scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Shark Research. He also worked with National Geographic's Remote Imaging Department where he conducted studies using their "Crittercam." Heithaus has been involved in the production of more than a dozen natural history documentaries, including two featured on Shark Week, and has hosted a National Geographic Channel television series. 

Dr.  Yannis Papastamatiou is an

Associate Professor and Marine Biologist. With close to 100 research publications, Papastamatiou is one of the world’s leading shark behavioral ecologists. Papastamatiou’s use of new tag technologies on species ranging from pelagic oceanic whitetips to home-ranging reef sharks has advanced the field of predator ecology and led to evidence-based marine protected area zoning. His work has appeared on National Geographic and BBC. A native of London, Papastamatiou has conducted research in California, Florida, Hawaii, South Africa and throughout the Mediterranean and Northern Pacific Ocean. He earned a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Yannis P. Papastamatiou is known for Naked Science (2004), World's Biggest Hammerhead? (2022) and Shark Week (1987).