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 9^th 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 10^th 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

Extinction: Solutions for Species on the Brink

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Conference Agenda

Day 1, February 9th 10am – 1:30pm PST

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

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Day 1, February 9^th 10am – 1:30pm PST

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