Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation @SmithsonianNZP

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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
50th Anniversary Science Symposium
September 2025

Speakers:

* Brandie Smith, NZCBI’s John and Adrienne Mars Director – Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation
Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research for the Smithsonian Institution – Smithsonian's Life on a Sustainable Planet
* Kevin Willis, NZCBI Director of Animal Care – Zoo-Based Wildlife Conservation
* Elizabeth Freeman, Executive Director, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation – Investing in the Future
* Peter Leimgruber, NZCBI Director of Conservation & Science – The Future of Conservation Science

00:00:00: Peter Leimgruber, NZCBI Director of Conservation & Science - Introductions
00:01:30: Brandie Smith, NZCBI’s John and Adrienne Mars Director – Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation
00:12:19: Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research for the Smithsonian Institution – Smithsonian's Life on a Sustainable Planet
00:13:20: Kevin Willis, NZCBI Director of Animal Care – Zoo-Based Wildlife Conservation
00:21:22: Elizabeth Freeman, Executive Director, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation – Investing in the Future
00:33:33: Peter Leimgruber – The Future of Conservation Science

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