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Toward a Sustainable 21st Century Series:

Extinction: Solutions for Species on the Brink

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This free virtual conference brings together experts and advocates from across multiple fields of conservation to address threats to ecosystems and biodiversity, and the efforts being made, demanded, and imagined in order to protect and restore species in decline. The program presents a series of distinctively different approaches to species conservation and management from conservation action leaders and scientists. Keynote speaker is former US Senator Tom Udall.

Conference Themes:

  • Framing the Magnitude of the Threats and Unmet Challenges
  • Solutions: Saving Them in the Wild
  • Solutions: Achieving 30 by 30
  • COVID-19 – Opportunities to Save Species
  • Ex-situ Conservation: The Role of Zoos and Reserves in Reducing Extinctions
  • Experimenting with Technology to Stop or Reverse Extinction
  • The Imperative for Action

Conference Agenda

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Day 1, February 9th 10am – 1:30pm PST

Day 1, February 9th 10am – 1:30pm PST

10:00am

 

Welcome

·         Tom Udall, Former US Senator, New Mexico

10:15am Framing the Magnitude of the Threats and Unmet Challenges

·         Carl Safina, Founder and Executive Director, The Safina Center

·         Leda Huta, Executive Director, Endangered Species Coalition

10:50am Break
10:55am Solutions: Saving them in the Wild – Part 1

·         Dan Silver, Chief Executive Officer, Endangered Habitats League

·         Karl Campbell, Regional Executive Director, Latin America, Island Conservation

11:35am Break
11:40am Solutions: Achieving 30 by 30

·         Brian O’Donnell, Director, Campaign for Nature

·         Suzanne D. Case, Chairperson, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

·         Jennifer Norris, California Deputy Secretary of Biodiversity and Habitat

12:20pm Break
12:25pm COVID-19 Opportunities to Save Species – Part 1

·        Kathy MacKinnon, Chair of IUCN’s World Commission of Protected Areas

·       Jean-Gael “JG” Collomb, Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Network

·        Michael Sutton, Executive Director, The Goldman Environmental Prize

1:15pm Closing Remarks, Day 1

·         Bernie Tershy, Adjunct Professor, Conservation Action Lab, EEB, UCSC Co-founder, Freshwater Life

1:30pm End of Day 1

Day 2, February 10th 10am – 1:30pm PST

Day 2, February 10th 10am – 1:30pm PST

10:00am Welcome & Local Orange County Inspiration

·         Austin Muckenthaler, Donor Relations & Programs Officer, Orange County Community Foundation

·         Eric Paquette, Operations Manager, Bolsa Chica Conservancy

·         Hallie Jones, Executive Director, Laguna Canyon Foundation

·         Jayde Bahrami, Restoration Programs Coordinator, Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust

10:10am COVID – 19 Opportunities to Save Species – Part 2

·         Shamini Jayanathan, Senior Prosecution Adviser to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime on their Global Programme for Combatting Wildlife and Forestry Crime

·         John Baker, Chief Program Officer and Managing Director, WildAid

10:50am Break
10:55am Solutions: Saving them in the Wild – Part 2

·         Lindsay Young, Executive Director, Pacific Rim Conservation

·         Charles R. “Chipper” Wichman, Jr., President, National Tropical Botanical Garden

11:35am Break
11:40am Ex-situ conservation: The Role of Zoos and Reserves in Reducing Extinctions

·         Ronald Swaisgood, Brown Endowed Director of Recovery Ecology, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

·         Barbara Taylor, Senior Scientist, Marine Mammal & Turtle Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

12:20pm Break
12:25pm Experimenting with Technology to Stop or Reverse Extinction

·         Marlys Houck, Curator of the Frozen Zoo, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

·         Michele Weber, Director of Conservation Innovation, Revive & Restore

·         Alejandro Camacho, Faculty Director, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources, UCI Law

1:10pm Closing Remarks, Day 2

·         Damon Nagami, Senior Attorney, Lands Division, Nature Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

1:30pm End of Day 2

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