Tedious lecture? No thanks. Dull workshop? Absolutely not. The WILDLABS Variety Hour is an opportunity to share projects, ask questions, get answers, meet collaborators, make friends, have enlightening conversations, and engage with the conservation tech community in a new way.

The best part? With every Variety Hour having a different panel of guest speakers, you can never predict what you'll learn or who you'll meet! You might catch a speed talk from a community member working halfway around the world, learn from a leading conservation tech expert, discover a new tool, test your wildlife trivia skills, or find a new opportunity. Maybe you'll even do all of the above!

Joining Variety Hour means coming together with other folks passionate about conservation tech. The energy and excitement of sharing this space create the perfect conditions for great ideas and discussions to ignite.

By the time you leave, you'll not only have learned something new but also feel empowered knowing you're part of a global community making an impact worldwide. 

The 2024 Variety Hour schedule 

Keep the last Wednesday of the month free for The Variety Hour! We'll keep this list updated as registration goes live. You'll also find all upcoming events in our Events Calendar. 

• April 24 | Featuring talks from @Annacq on bridging biodiversity and business, @BrunaTeixeira on using acoustic indexes as an indicator of anthropogenic pressure, @kklibra on mitigating human-wildlife conflict & illegal trade through IT solutionsm, and (@capreolus on bridging classical biodiversity monitoring with emerging bioacoustics and AI

  

• March 27 | Featuring talks from @zhongqimiao on Pytorch-Wildlife, @Chelsea_Smith on bringing geospatial data and people together for enhanced conservation management, @craig on TagRanger, and @holmbergius  and @LashaO on how Multispecies Re-ID Models are Transforming Wild Me's Work

Upcoming Shows: 

• May 29
• June 26
• July 31
• August 28
• September 25
• October 30
• November 27

Do you want to speak at an upcoming Variety Hour Show? Email @StephODonnell at [email protected] with a short outline of what you'd like to present and we'll see if it's a fit for one of our upcoming events. 

Catch up on past episodes:

All episodes are available on our YouTube channel!