Register! 10/15 SCBNA Policy Webinar: Learning the language: scientific assessments 101

10/15 SCBNA Policy Webinar: Learning the language: scientific assessments 101

Join the SCBNA Policy Committee for the first webinar in our series on scientific assessments. This session will provide an overview of assessments, how they are used by governments at different levels, what potential biases may be present in assessment data, and how assessments can act as tools to connect and bring together conservation professionals from different backgrounds. In addition to speaker presentations, this session will also feature a Q&A session and comments led by our invited discussant, Dr. Shai André Devon, Professor of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).

Presentation Topics & Speakers:

1) The language of Scientific Assessments – from State Ranks to the global IUCN Red List

Speaker: Dr. Sérgio Henriques, Red List Authority Coordinator, IUCN Species Survival Commission

2) The language of climate change – potential biases when assessing climate change projections

Speaker: Dr. Mark C. Urban, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut

3) The language of bees to navigate government partnerships

Speaker: Dr. Gillian Bowser, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University

4) The language of connectivity – why we all depend on the sea

Speaker: Dr. Brian Helmuth, Professor, Northeastern University and Chief Scientific Officer, Proteus Ocean Group

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Date/Time: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, from 10:00 AM-11:30 AM CDT

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/erh3E7LSQ4ub5K1J2Vm0Lw#/registration

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