CPSG Annual Meeting Draft Agenda

Presentation of the 2023 Ulysses S. Seal Award for Innovation in Conservation
Location: San Diego Zoo

• Animal Biobanking for Conservation
• Evaluating Conservation Impact: Sharing Challenges and Solutions
• Developing Guidelines for the Application of Conservation Planning Principles in a Virtual Setting
• Embedding Species Conservation Planning Processes in Governmental Policies & Procedures
• Developing & Implementing the "How-to Guidelines for Group-based Population Management"

• Managing Conflict Within Species Conservation Planning Processes
• Planning for Plant Conservation
• Building Capacity in Quantitative Risk Assessment & Population Viability Analysis (PVA)

• Animal Biobanking for Conservation Working Group (Location: Mariner Point Room)
• Evaluating Conservation Impact: Sharing Challenges and Solutions (Location: Palm Ballroom)

Click Titles for Working Group Descriptions:

• Planning for Plant Conservation
• Building Capacity in Quantitative Risk Assessment and Population Viability Analysis (PVA)

Click Titles for Working Group Descriptions:

• Managing Conflict within Species Conservation Planning Processes

• Embedding Species Conservation Planning Processes in Governmental Policies and Procedures: Sharing and Brainstorming Workflows (initial session)

Includes 11:00-11:30am scheduled coffee break

• CPSG and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Welcome!

• Keynote Address: "The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Species Conservation with Consideration of its Potential Application to Planning", James McBreen, Lead, IUCN Tech4Nature Initiative, Senior Programme Officer, Global Coordinator, Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunity Assessments

• Participant Introductions

Location: Palm Ballroom

• Developing Guidelines for the Application of Conservation Planning Principles in a Virtual Setting (Location: Mariner Point Room)
• Developing and Implementing the "How-to Guidelines for Group-based Population Management" (Location: Palm Ballroom)
• Networking and small group meeting opportunity (Location: Crown Point Room)