Wednesday 20th March

_{08:30 - 09:00 - Registration in the Foyer}

_{09:00 - 09:20 - A welcome and a purpose: The Conservation geopolitics Forum – how we got here and where we're going}

^{David Macdonald, Director of WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK}
 

_{Session chair: David Macdonald, Director of WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK}

_{09:20 - 09:45 - Global food and conservation}

^{Sir Charles Godfray, Director of Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, UK}

_{09:45 - 10:10 - Human-wildlife conflict}

^{Alexandra Zimmermann, IUCN and WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK}

_{10:10 - 10: 35 - The continuum between climate change, conservation and human mobility}

^{Cosmin Corendea, Jindal Global University Law School, India}

_{10:35 - 11:00 - The central role of connectivity in conservation geopolitics}

^{Samuel Cushman, Director of the Center for Landscape Science, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USA}

_{11:00 - 11:30 - Break}

_{Session chair: Tim Hodgetts, WildCRU, Zoology and Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK}

_{11:30 - 11:55 - Economic development, tourism and conservation}

^{Joseph Mbaiwa, University of Botswana}

_{11:55 - 12:20 - Econ 101: A threat to biodiversity}

^{Kate Raworth, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, UK}

_{12:20 - 13:00 - Keynote: Infrastructure armageddon and the world's rarest ape}

^{William Laurance, James Cook University, Australia}

_{13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch}

_{Session chair: Claudio Sillero, Deputy Director of WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK}

_{14:30 - 14:55 - Overcoming anarchy: the good, the bad, and the ugly of international politics}

^{Dominic Johnson, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK}

_{14:55 - 15:20 - International Law}

^{Catherine Redgwell, Department of Law, University of Oxford, UK}

_{15:20 - 15:45 - Thinking (geo)politically: A political ecology of conservation and global security}

^{Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield, UK}

_{13:45 - 16:15 - Break} 

_{Session chair: Amy Dickman, Senior Research Fellow, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK}

_{16:15 - 16:40 - Economic drivers and solutions to conservation}

^{Cameron Hepburn, Smith School, University of Oxford, UK}

_{16:40 - 17:05 - Environmental geopolitics: an inquiry into geographical knowledge in conservation}

^{Shannon O'Lear, University of Kansas, USA}

_{17:05 - 17:30 - Conserving biodiversity on purpose: the role of ethics in solving an interdisciplinary problem}

^{John Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, USA}

_{Panel chair: Richard Damania, Global Lead Economist, World Bank}

_{17:30 - 18:30 - Panel discussion}

^{Cameron Hepburn, William Laurance, Joseph Mbaiwa, Edmond Moukala, Shannon O'Lear, John Vucetich}