SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 30th
8:30-9:00 am Registration and check-in
9:00-9:30 am Opening remarks and ice breaker
9:30-10:20 am Session 1: Is data still an issue? Diversifying our understanding of the role of data in addressing conservation challenges in biodiversity hotspots
Leads: Nelly Kadagi, African Billfish Foundation
Nina Wambiji, Kenya Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute
10:20-10:50 am Coffee break
10:50-12:00 pm Session 1 continued
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Power Posters/Presentations
2:00-2:50 pm Session 2: Capacity building for research in developing countries, from study design, data collection and analysis to scientific publications Lead: Anand Roopsind, Boise State
University/University of Guyana
2:50-3:20 pm Coffee break and activity
3:20-4:30 pm Session 2 continued
4:30-5:00 pm Concluding Speaker – “A true story: My journey to save the forest”
Presented by Suyadi, Indonesian Institute of
Sciences and Orping Indonesia
5:00-5:20 pm Day 1 wrap-up and reminders
Sunday, July 1st
8:30-8:45 am Check-in
8:45-9:00 am Welcome
9:00-11:00 am Session 3: Cultivating diversity and inclusion to leverage the effects of conservation outcomes
Leads: Estradivari, WWF-Indonesia
Edy Setyawan, Sea Sanctuaries Trust-Indonesian
Manta Project
10:50-11:15 am Coffee break and presentation from Helen Fox, National Geographic
11:15-12:30 pm Session 3 continued
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm Thematic Roundtables Lead: Shelly Jackson, WWF-US
2:30-3:45 pm Session 4: Using ABCD approach to build and maintain a local NGO
Lead: Ha Thang Long, GreenViet
3:45-4:15 pm Coffee break and take group photo
4:15-5:15 pm Session 4 continued
5:15-5:30 pm Day 2 wrap-up and close