![Images of the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/2019-nsf-ngpr3/wp-content/uploads/sites/345/2023/10/v2_Collage_of_WMSC_1800x2400-768x1024.jpg)
Location
The symposium will be held at the University of Southern California’s Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island, a dynamic research, teaching, and conference facility located about 20 miles offshore from Los Angeles, CA. The facility has cottage and dormitory style rooms, a central dining facility, conference rooms and access to a wide variety of marine and terrestrial natural resources for exploration.
![Wrigley Marine Science Center housing and facilities.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/2019-nsf-ngpr3/wp-content/uploads/sites/345/2023/10/WMSC_housing_1-1500x600-1-540x0-c-default.png)
![Wrigley Marine Science Center housing and facilities.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/2019-nsf-ngpr3/wp-content/uploads/sites/345/2023/10/WMSC_housing_2-1500x600-1-540x0-c-default.jpg)
![Wrigley Marine Science Center housing and facilities.](https://dornsife.usc.edu/2019-nsf-ngpr3/wp-content/uploads/sites/345/2023/10/WMSC_housing_3-1500x600-1-540x0-c-default.jpg)