WILDLABS
You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, our monthly community event connecting you to the exciting projects, research, and ideas that are happening in conservation tech right now.
You never know what you’ll find and who you’ll meet at our Variety Hour, and that’s part of the fun! You might catch speed talks from community members working around the world, learn from a leading conservation tech expert, discover a new tool, test your wildlife trivia skills, find a great opportunity - maybe you’ll even do all of the above.
The WILDLABS Variety Hour isn’t a show, or a lecture, or a workshop. It's an engaging, fun, and interactive gathering, giving you a welcoming space to share your own projects and resources, ask and answer questions, have insightful conversations, meet collaborators, make friends, and get to know the conservation tech community in a new way.
Great ideas and discussions are sparked when people who share a passion for conservation tech unite. When you come along to the Variety Hour, you’re joining a space full of people who care about conservation tech just like you; when you leave the Variety Hour, we hope you’ll take away fresh inspiration and the knowledge that you belong to a global community who are making an impact in our field all around the world.
The Variety Hour: January 2026
This month, we have three speed talks from Julianna Faria, Mark Leone, Laurent Bacque, and a long talk from Dan Morris.
Julianna will begin with a talk on indigenous knowledge, pollinators, and nature rights; followed by Mark who will speak on his efforts to connect engineering students with conservation researchers; and for our last speed talk Laurent with discuss smart herding collars and platform solutions that his organisation offers; finally, Dan will finish the call by speaking on the importance of conservationists practicing coding and building things regularly.
Sound fun? We'll see you there!
Agenda
- Julianna Faria | Indigenous Knowledge, Pollinators, and Nature Rights
- Mark Leone | Connecting Engineering Students With Conservation Researchers
- Laurent Bacque | Smart Herding: Collar + Platform Solutions With Pasture Insights
- Intermission | The WILDLABS Quiz
- Dan Morris | Build Stuff All the Time: Why (and how) Conservationists should practice coding
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