Traditional Presentations

  • Presentations should be 15 minutes in length, a 10 minute talk and 5 minutes for questions. There will be strict time keeping throughout the conference.

  • Slide decks will be accommodated, they must be saved on a flash drive, not sourced from an online platform (eg: Canva)

  • AV set up and laptops will be provided for speakers

Poster Presentations

  • Posters must have been submitted and accepted by March 1st for presentation at the conference

  • Please print your poster no larger than 36inches wide x 48inches high (90cm x 120cm).

  • Posters must be printed in portrait, not landscape, page orientation.

  • We will have the means to display your poster (boards, tape, pins etc.). 

  • Posters will be presented during the poster session and cocktail hour, hosted during a conference field trip to Utah's Hogle Zoo on Friday, May 17th.

Panel Leaders

  • Panels will be 1 hour long

  • Panelists can present for 5 minutes on their background and research that relates to the panel theme

  • Open discussion will then commence between panelists and audience

Conservation Café Leaders

  • Time allotted to each Conservation Café is 1 hour 45 minutes

  • Conservation Cafés are informal, in-depth, roundtable conversations relating to certain topics

  • No slide decks will be used during Conservation Cafés, they will focus on discussion