Call for Abstracts
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Session & Abstract Proposal Deadline: February 25th, 2022
*ALL FINAL abstracts, including those that are part of a symposium or forum, are due by February 25th, 2022. All abstracts submitted at this time will be reviewed by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference Abstract Committee based on the Evaluation Criteria. Abstract Authors will receive an email about whether or not your abstract has been accepted to the conference on April 18th.
Click Here for our Call for Abstracts (CFA)
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Tips for Writing a Strong Abstract for the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference
Check out this document produced by the Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance for additional support, tips and best strategies for crafting a strong abstract.
Session and Abstract Proposal Deadline: February 25th, 2022 (5pm HST)
*ALL abstracts, including those that are part of a symposium or forum, are due by February 25th, 2022 by 5pm HST. Please note that late submissions will not be considered.
Updated Revisions Deadline: May 16th 2022
Deadline for Presenters to Register*: June 6th 2022
*ALL presenters are required to register for the conference. Only presenters with accepted abstracts that are registered by June 6th 2022, will be considered for inclusion in the program book. Abstracts must be submitted online.
*We are accepting oral presentations, symposium, and forum delivered in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language) or other bilingual sessions; Abstracts must be submitted in English. During the submission process, indicate “ ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Presentation” or other bilingual session requests in the “additional information” box on the last page. Contact conference@hawaiiconservation.org for more information.
*We have updated our evaluation guidelines to include separate criteria for conservation research and management presentations. Please read our call for abstracts document, format description, and evaluation guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract.
CONFERENCE THEME
Pilina Mauli Ola – Connections that Offer Resilience and Hope
In Hawaiʻi, pilina or connections with place and with the living elements of the world around us, are the foundations of mauli ola, our mutual well-being. For Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Hawaiians), the connections are ancestral, and for all of us in conservation, the aloha we form in the places we work are the basis for both our own dedication as well as the partnerships we build to address the challenges we face. On land and sea, forging and enhancing those connections offers an opportunity to deepen our individual and collective resilience, and the ways we perceive and experience mauli ola – all dimensions of well-being. We will share stories of success and hope to inspire pilina between people, communities, and place that lead to the innovations needed to address the challenges of conservation in a world undergoing unprecedented transformations.
The 2022 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference will focus on the conference theme through the following seven (7) tracks. Each track includes relevant concepts identified by the conference planning committee with the recognition they are not comprehensive and not intended to be exclusive. Abstracts should explicitly address the conference theme, how it relates to the field of conservation, and tracks. For more information or if you have any questions about our call for abstracts process, please contact the conference planning team at conference@hawaiiconservation.org.
