Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS-NY) 2011
The second annual Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York 2011 was held at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City from 11-14 October. We welcomed current students, post-doctoral fellows, a small number of undergraduates, and those who have recently begun working professionally in conservation science.
This year's 270 participants represented 28 countries and 25 states within the U.S. Some 65 mentors from 31 institutions within science, policy, academia, and management gave generously of their time, meeting with students, providing written and verbal feedback, leading workshops, and offering guidance. The full agenda included 116 formal presentations (plenaries, talks, speed talks, and posters), nine workshops, nearly 60 mentor-hosted lunch tables, two evening programs, two receptions, and a career fair.
To view videos of the award-winning presentations, plenary talks, and the evening program, “This Year in Conservation,” click on the “Highlights” tab above.
SCCS-NY 2011 was sponsored by the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in collaboration with the Yale School of Forestry, Columbia University Earth Institute, Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Princeton University, and the University of Cambridge. Partner institutions include Columbia University Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Wildlife Conservation Society, EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust); Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Programs; Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Stony Brook University; University of Connecticut; City University of New York; New York City Audubon Society; Rutgers University; SUNY-Environmental Science and Forestry; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Applied Biomathematics, Inc.; and the AMNH Richard Gilder Graduate School.
SCCS-NY is a sister conference to the highly successful SCCS-Cambridge, begun in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, and the newly developed SCCS-Bangalore. SCCS-Cambridge is currently organizing its 13th annual meeting, to be held in March 2012. SCCS-Bangalore's second conference was held in September 2011.
