Expanding the Ark: The Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation examined the status of invertebrate biodiversity and the associated challenges facing the conservation community.

Tiger in the Forest: Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism in Southeast Asia provided a forum for participants to explore the role of nature-based tourism in biodiversity conservation within Mainland Southeast Asia.

Sustaining Seascapes: The Science and Policy of Marine Resource Management examined large-scale conservation of marine ecosystems and approaches to sustainable management.

Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics examined the many aspects of the importance of genetics research to the conservation of biodiversity.

Nature in Fragments: The Legacy of Urban Sprawl explored the effect of urban development on biodiversity and natural habitats.

Over the course of two days, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Conservation in the Face of Uncertainty explored the challenges global warming presents to biodiversity conservation in a world already largely modified by humanity.

Humans and Other Catastrophes explored human involvement in extinction, looking at past events as well as the present and the future.