The 2012 conference

The next conference will take place on 20-22 March 2012, in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

overview Delegates and speakers come from all over the world to take part.

Organisers

The Student Conference on Conservation Science is run by:
Andrew Balmford¹
Rhys Green^{1, 2}
Rosie Trevelyan³
Shireen Green¹

Advisory Committee

Bill Adams⁴
Guy Cowlishaw⁵
Lincoln Fishpool⁶
Katherine Homewood⁸
Nigel Leader-Williams⁹
Ken Norris⁷
Sara Oldfield¹⁰
Mike Rands¹¹

More information

If you would like to make an essential enquiry please email: sccs@zoo.cam.ac.uk

1 - Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
2 - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3 - Tropical Biology Association
4 - Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
5 - Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
6 - Birdlife International
7 - Centre for Agri-Environment Research, University of Reading
8 - Department of Anthropology, University College London
9 - Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
10 - Botanic Gardens Conservation International
11-Cambridge Conservation Initiative

Plenary speakers

Professor Arun Agrawal (University of Michigan)
Professor David Wilcove (Princeton)
Professor Kathy Willis (University of Oxford)
Rupert Howes (Marine Stewardship Council)

Your contribution

The most important part of the three-day programme will be poster sessions and fifteen minute talks by students on any aspect of conservation science. Presentations of work in progress, from a broad range of countries, and from economic and social as well as biological aspects of conservation, will all be welcome. Besides the posters and talks, there will also be workshops, presentations by conservation NGOs and agencies and social events designed to give participants the opportunity to make new contacts in their own and related disciplines. Prizes are awarded to posters and talks of outstanding quality and relevance to conservation.

View our page on how to apply for the conference and prepare talks and posters.
If your presentation has been accepted, view our guide to help prepare talks and posters.

Costs and benefits

The conference fee of £75 includes carbon offset, registration, lunches, tea and coffee and three evening events. A limited amount of accommodation with breakfast will be available at St. Catharine's College at a highly subsidised rate of £25 per person per night. Reasonably priced evening meals are available nearby. We've been able to keep costs as low as possible, thanks to sponsorship by a number of organisations. Accommodation links can be found on getting here.

A donation on behalf of SCCS has resulted in the successful planting of 2 500 Spekboom in the Goedehoop region of the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, Eastern
Cape, South Africa.

Applications - the application process will open later in the summer of 2011.

Please fill in and return the application form by 31 October 2011 by 09:00 hrs GMT. On it, you are invited to submit a short abstract of your proposed talk or poster, but it is not essential to present a talk or poster in order to attend.

Bursaries

If you come from a developing country or eastern Europe you can also apply for a bursary (see application form) to assist with travel and other costs, but please note that we are only able to help a small number of applicants and cannot help those already based or on a scholarship in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Western Europe or North America. Please view the appendix before applying to see whether you qualify. We will consider applicants only from Lower Income (LIC), Lower Middle Income (LMC) and Upper Middle Income (UMC) countries for bursaries.

Internships

Students from developing countries and eastern Europe may apply for an internship to enable them extend their visit to the UK after the conference in order to carry out mutually beneficial work with a conservation organisation or academic institution. Again we cannot help those already settled in or on a scholarship in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Western Europe, North America or any developed (High Income) country regardless of their country of origin. Please visit our internship page for more details and view the appendix before applying as we will consider anyone from Lower Income (LIC), Lower Middle Income (LMC) and Upper Middle Income (UMC) countries for our internship programme. The internship period has to be for four weeks and is expected to begin straight after the conference. No pre-conference internships are allowed.