compassionate conservation
The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and the Born Free Foundation are delighted to announce an International Symposium on animal welfare in conservation practice, to be held at Oxford.
The Symposium will bring together scientists and practitioners from a range of disciplines to debate animal welfare issues in conservation, examine potential synergies, look for practical outcomes and promote a dialogue between these two disciplines that are often perceived as mutually exclusive.

The Symposium will be organized around the following themes:
  • Animal welfare in field conservation
  • Captive animal welfare and conservation
  • Conservation consequences of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release
  • International trade in live wild animals  
The Symposium will be of interest to academics and graduates in conservation biology, animal welfare and animal ethics, as well as conservation and animal welfare organisations and practitioners.

Confirmed speakers include:

Marc Bekoff - (University of Colorado, USA)
Kate Evans - (Elephants for Africa, Botswana)
David Fraser - (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Stuart Harrop - (University of Kent, UK)
Bidda Jones - (RSPCA, Australia)
Ron Kagan - (Detroit Zoological Society, USA)
James Kirkwood - (UFAW, UK)
David Macdonald - (University of Oxford, UK)
Georgia Mason - (University of Guelph, Canada)
Ron Swaisgood - (Zoological Society of San Diego, USA)
Rudi van Aarde - (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Will Travers - (Born Free Foundation, UK)


The Venue

The Symposium will take place at Lady Margaret Hall, a college closely associated with WildCRU, amidst the imposing landscape of Oxford colleges and parks.


Registration

£110 (£95 for students). Registration fee includes a welcome reception on 1st September, two buffet lunches and refreshments. B&B accommodation is available at Lady Margaret Hall (£58 per night). We will host a Gala Dinner at LMH Dining Hall on 2nd September.

Registration is available on a first come, first served basis and spaces are filling up fast, so register early to avoid disappointment.

TO REGISTER:

Option 1
Please fill out and return the registration form (download a pdf version here).

Option 2
Please fill out the online registration form below, and you will then be directed to Born Free Foundation's secure payment pages to complete the registration. 

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Call for Papers and Posters   (NOW CLOSED)

Please indicate whether you wish your abstract to be considered for oral presentation or poster presentation.

Abstracts for oral presentation should present information that falls within the scope of one of the four themes of the Symposium: animal welfare in field conservation; captive animal welfare and conservation; conservation consequences of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release; and international trade in live wild animals. In addition to these themes, poster presentations will also be considered in other topics that fall within the broad scope of animal welfare in conservation practice.

Speakers will have 15 minutes for their presentations, plus 5 minutes for questions.


Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words (or half of an A4 page). Use Arial 10pt font. Type abstract title on a line without any formatting (no bold, underline, italics, etc.), in upper and lower case, standard title format. List author(s) names in full, presenting author highlighted in bold. Group authors by affiliation. Type affiliation immediately below authors lines. Include only the affiliation name, city and country in abstract listing. Type body without any indents or tabs. Bold, italics, underlining, superscripts and subscripts should be applied in your main text as you want it to appear in your final abstract.


Posters

Poster Boards are 120cm wide by 120cm high and posters must not exceed these dimensions. Posters can be attached to the poster board surface only with double sided tape or adhesive putty (which will be provided).

Each poster presentation must display the following: Title, Author, Topic. A simple format should be used, with letters large enough to be easily read at a distance of 2 metres.


Scientific Committee:
Rob Atkinson, RSPCA
Chris Draper, Born Free Foundation
David Macdonald, WildCRU
Fiona Matthews, University of Exeter
Claudio Sillero, WildCRU
Mark Stanley-Price, WildCRU
Will Travers, Born Free Foundation


Exhibition

In addition to the 150 expected delegates and the oral and poster papers that will be presented at the Symposium, there will be facilities for commercial exhibits. These will be located in the same Hall as the poster presentations and where all teas will be held to ensure maximal exposure of exhibits to delegates.

Exhibition Package (Cost £200) includes: Floor Space; Walling; Fascia Board; 2  Chairs; Cleaning & Security; Teas and Social Events for 2 persons; Congress Registration for 1 person; Reciprocal Web link between exhibitor's web site and that of the Conference. Free Exhibits are also included in certain sponsorship categories.
Any questions or special requirements (eg access, dietary), please contact symposium@compassionateconservation.org or Chris Draper (email: chris@bornfree.org.uk; tel: +44(0)1403 240170)

About the Organisers:


The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity working throughout the world to stop individual wild animal suffering and protect threatened species in the wild. www.bornfree.org.uk

Founded in 1986, WildCRU was the first university-based conservation research unit in Europe.  WildCru's mission is to achieve practical solutions to conservation problems through original scientific research.  www.wildcru.org