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Conservation Optimism Summit

Mingyu Liu

Peking University
PhD candidate
Beijing, China

A PhD candidate majored in conservation biology. Right now, my research concentrate on snow leopard conservation.

09:00 BST

Registration Lower HallWilliam Arlidge • Mike Burgass • Cheli Cresswell • Emiel de Lange • Lucas Ruzo • Carlyn Samuel • Sofia Castello y Tickell

09:30 BST

Official Welcome Great HallE.J. Milner-Gulland

09:45 BST

Plenary 1: Dr. Niki Harré, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland Great HallNiki Harré

10:30 BST

Mid-morning Break North Cloister

11:00 BST

Going wild in London; 35 years of successful conservation?LIMITED Informatics Suite 2Petra Sovic Davies • Mathew Frith • Tony Wileman

13:00 BST

Lunch & Not-A-Poster Sessions North Cloister Living Together: African Wild Dogs in a Human-Dominated Landscape South CloisterHelen O'Neill

14:00 BST

Plenary 2: Ms Anna Oposa, Save Philippine Seas Great HallAnna Oposa

14:45 BST

[Session 1] Inspiring and empowering local communities to conserve lions in northern Kenya | [Session 2] Elephants, ethnicities, war and peace: exploring conservation through the “desert elephants” of MaliFILLING Informatics Suite 1Shivani Bhalla • Susan Canney

16:15 BST

Afternoon Break North Cloister

16:45 BST

Plenary 3: Ms Lisel Alamilla, Chair, Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission, Belize. Belize: The experience of Conservation Optimism at a Local NGO vs. National Government. Great HallLisel Alamilla

17:30 BST

Collaborative Conservation – Creating Connections to Enhance Conservation Capacity in North Sulawesi, Indonesia South CloisterMathilde Chanvin • Harry Hilser

19:30 BST

Optional Dinner Cafeteria

09:15 BST

Plenary 4: Professor Andrew Balmford, University of Cambridge Great HallAndrew Balmford

10:00 BST

Species conservation is not depressing – there have been successes and we can affect changeLIMITED Old LibraryTopiltzin Contreras • Nicolas Heard • William Konstant • Russ Mittermeier • Sanjay Molur • Mike Parr • Anders Rhodin

11:30 BST

Mid-morning Break North Cloister

12:00 BST

Plenary 5: Helen Crowley, Kering Great HallHelen Crowley

12:45 BST

Sisters in Conversation/Conservation Great HallJulia Jones

13:45 BST

Introducing an innovative new approach to define, track, and report on conservation resultsFULL Informatics Suite 5Beth Robinson

15:15 BST

Meet the Plenary Speakers: Helen Crowley, Lisel AlamillaFILLING Masters LibraryHelen Crowley • Lisel Alamilla

15:45 BST

Thinking Outside of Contemporary and Wildlife Conservation: Diverse Perspectives and ChangeLIMITED The George Farha AuditoriumJosephine Crouch • Olya Esipova • Mareen Esmeier • Mingyu Liu • Razan Nimir • Cecile Tang

17:15 BST

Panel session & Closing remarks Great HallE.J. Milner-Gulland • Elizabeth Bennett • Shivani Bhalla • Francis Tarla • Elisabeth Whitebread

11:00 BST

Are you optimistic? Understanding how optimism affects conservation decision-making Prince Albert SuiteSarah Papworth