Student Conference on Conservation Science SCCS 2024 UPDATE This year’s SCCS conference will run from Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 March 2024. The full programme for the conference is available here. We will have 32 talks from students and early career researchers over the three days on the following themes: Understanding and managing drivers of change Conserving charismatic species Ecology and resilience Conservation in human-dominated landscapes New insights in reptile conservation From degradation to recovery Interactions between biodiversity and people New methods in conservation science You can view the Talk Abstracts here. We are also delighted to be having talks from our four plenary speakers: Julia Jones (Bangor University) Jon-Paul Rodriguez (IUCN) Lian-Pin Koh (National University of Singapore) Rachael Garrett (University of Cambridge) We expect to welcome over 150 delegates from all over the world to Cambridge for this unrivalled opportunity to meet with others passionate about conservation science. Who can attend? Talks and Posters Workshops and networking Bursaries 21years 3419delegates 136countries worldwide The Student Conference on Conservation Science series in Cambridge, Australia, Beijing, Bangalore, New York and Hungary is the only international series of conservation conferences aimed entirely at students. SCCS helps early career conservation scientists gain experience, learn new ideas and make contacts that will be valuable for their future careers. Over the past 21 years, SCCS Cambridge has hosted over 3,400 delegates from 136 countries worldwide. “You cannot have a healthy human society on an unhealthy planet” Yolanda Kakabadse (Former Minister of Environment, Ecuador) speaking at SCCS 2022 The SCCS family is growing Our sister conferences are open for applications for October 2023 in Bangalore (India) and New York (USA). New York 4-6 October 2023 SCCS Bengaluru 9-12 October 2023 All of our Sister Conferences > Our Sponsors & Supporters SCCS depends on a large team of professionals and volunteers who freely give their time and energy to ensure the success of each event. The organisers of SCCS are also immensely grateful for ongoing support from our sponsors and prize givers. Click on the logos below to find out more about our sponsors. More About our Sponsors More About our Prize Givers SCCS Organisers Andrew Balmford (University of Cambridge) Rosie Trevelyan (Tropical Biology Association) Ed Turner (University of Cambridge) Claire Davies (University of Cambridge) SCCS Advisory Committee Guy Cowlishaw (Zoological Society of London) Rhys Green (University of Cambridge) Julia Jones (Bangor University) Chris Sandbrook (University of Cambridge) Bob Smith (University of Kent) Ruth Swetnam (The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts) Juliet Vickery (BTO) Kalsum Yusah (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew)