The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and its partners invited students, postdocs, and early-career professionals to take part in the 15th annual Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York (SCCS-NY), held both virtually and on-site at the Museum.
As a part of the only international series of conservation conferences featuring students, SCCS-NY provides opportunities for emerging scientists to professionally network, gain experience, and present and get feedback on their work. Interactions with peers as well as leaders in science, policy, and management will encourage collaborations, inspire further research, and create lasting professional connections.
Keynote Speaker: Nina-Marie Lister, Professor in the School of Urban & Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University, Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and Senior Fellow at Massey College in Toronto.
"The science of ecology and the art of design offer promising intersections and—from these—new solutions to the entangled challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. Ecological Design is an emerging transdisciplinary field that my work has advanced over two decades of research and practice. As a field ecologist and a landscape designer, I integrate research approaches across conservation biology, landscape architecture and structural engineering to inform new working methods and to develop applied solutions. In this talk, I’ll share transformative projects that have resulted from surprising collaborations with unexpected partners across a diversity of disciplines. These projects have catalyzed and advanced new opportunities to co-create and implement nature-based solutions for both climate resilience and biodiversity recovery."
Panelists: Melissa Abramson, Christian Rivera, and Neha Savant
What's next after presenting your research at the Student Conference on Conservation Science? Panelists shared their journeys in the conservation field. The panelists, moderated by CBC Director Dr. Ana Luz Porzecanski, discussed their career paths, shared challenges, and gave advice to conference participants.