Conference registration

Please register for the conference using the form here.

Agenda (day by day)

 

Sun 22 Feb

Mon 23 Feb

Tue 24 Feb

Wed 25 Feb

Thurs 26 Feb

Fri 27 Feb

LOCATION

Smathers 100

Smathers 100

Smathers 100

Austin Cary Forest

TBD

MORNING

 

TCD VISIONING (TCD alumni + by invitation)

 

CONFERENCE MAIN DAY: Plenary talks, keynote speaker, poster session

POWER OF CONNECTIONS SUMMIT (by invitation only)

POWER OF CONNECTIONS SUMMIT (by invitation only)

CONSERVATION TRAINING   CLINICS

AFTERNOON

TCD VISIONING (TCD alumni + by invitation)

DISCUSSION FORUMS

TCD visioning (TCD alumni only, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning)

TCD visioning with TCD alumni will explore how the program should evolve over the next 10 years to strengthen research and training. The discussion will focus on the key skills future TCD students need, how conservation may change in the coming decade, the program’s added value (field-based, problem-oriented, and communication-focused training), and the importance of networking and community building.

Discussion forums (Monday afternoon)

  • Amazonian science: discussion from the Science Panel for the Amazon
  • 40 years of conservation science & practice (by Claudio Padua & Suzana Padua)
  • Conservation in context of rising crime & Illegal activities
  • Conservation funding

Training clinic topics (Friday all day)

  • Planning and managing teams in Complex Systems
  • Women in conservation in the Global South
  • Conservation Media/communication
  • Developing policy briefs
  • Data archiving & management
  • Polarization & difficult conversations

Please note that these topics and descriptions are subject to change.