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Virtual Conference
Tues. July 27th – Thurs. July 29th, 2021

The Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference allows a diverse group of scientists, policymakers, conservation practitioners, educators, students and community members from Hawaiʻi and the Pacific to converge and discuss conservation. It’s a time to connect, share and inspire, all with the common goal of caring for our natural resources.

Kūlia i ka huliau — Striving for change

28th Annual Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference

Enter Conference Here!!

When arriving to the BigMarker Conference platform, if you have already registered click the “Register Now” button in the top right corner. When registration form pops up click the “Registered? Join In” link towards the top. On the next screen enter your email address that you used to register for Conference. You will now be logged into your individual Conference account and can experience all the features of our Conference!

CONFERENCE THEME

Kūlia i ka huliau — Striving for change

Transforming the future of biodiversity 

Transforming the way we do conservation

Transforming the way we live and interact with our environment

Kūlia i ka Huliau (loosely translating to strive at the turning point) speaks to the demand of our current times that we work collaboratively to forge a new Hawaiʻi. The pandemic has marked a turning point, forcing a rethink of how we should live and work in our special place. And we have already been facing swift and dramatic changes to our ecosystems with profound impacts on biodiversity and human wellbeing. Now is the time to strive to affect changes that could be forged lest we revert to a comfortable “business as usual” that has proven unsustainable and prone to disruption. It clearly showed us how tenuous and vulnerable our externally-facing visitor economy is. It also showed us the benefits of a lighter human footprint on our living resources, and how we should consciously rework to minimize our impacts as well as take action to protect and strengthen the resilience of our life-sustaining lands and waters.