Who’s Who in Conservation

At SCCS, we provide vital networking opportunities by inviting conservation practitioners and organisations from across the UK to come to Cambridge and meet our delegates.

The hugely popular “Who’s Who in Conservation” is held in the iconic Whale Hall of the Museum of Zoology. We typically have exhibition stands from 23 different conservation organisations and around 100 conservation practitioners for an evening of discussion and networking.

Workshops

Delegates choose from around eight different workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday of the conference. Whenever possible, we arrange for delegates to attend their first or second choice of workshop. These were the workshops held in 2026:

So you want to do a questionnaire: An introduction to robust study design – Julia Jones, Bangor University

How to write a scientific paper, or How to avoid Snoopy’s problem… – Julia Hochbach, Fauna & Flora

How to be an ethical researcher in a mission driven discipline – Harriet Ibbett, Edinburgh University

So, you’re now ready to publish your hard-won data and release your findings to the world. But how? – Andrea Stephens, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Improving conservation through evidence-based practice – Bill Sutherland, Vanessa Cutts, Will Morgan, University of Cambridge

Collections-based research – Jack Ashby, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge

Funding for conservation research – Eleanor Glass, Conservation Leadership Programme & Fauna and Flora; Jo Cook, Rufford Foundation; Yasemin Ulusoy, Whitley Awards

Does big business have a role in conservation? – Tom White and Edwin Pynegar, The Biodiversity Consultancy

Using and communicating statistics for conservation science – Philipp Boersch-Supan, British Trust for Ornithology

Planning a conservation research programme – Bill Sutherland, University of Cambridge

Promoting diversity and inclusion in research – Poppy Szaybo, University of Cambridge

Increasing your impact through social media – Jade Roberts and Brendan Godley, University of Exeter

Economics for Conservation – a quick and (hopefully) fun primer – Brendan Fisher, University of Vermont

How to achieve real-world impact – Lydia Groves, British Ecological Society

Bringing the environment and biodiversity into policy and decision making – Ian Bateman, University of Exeter

Tips and tricks for writing grant applications: the view from a funder – Claire McNulty, National Geographic Society