Tickets for the Conservation Optimism Summit 2024 are now on sale! ​There is a limited number of Early Bird tickets!

The full programme is still evolving, but Monday evening will start with a Drinks Reception on the lawn (weather permitting) of beautiful Keble College. This will set the tone of the Summit, providing opportunities for people passionate about conservation to make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and spark new collaborations.

The whole Summit will have a focus on finding creative solutions to nature recovery. Each day will focus on interactive experiences rather than ‘sit & listen’ talks, and Wednesday afternoon will feature excursions, field visits and longer creative and wellbeing sessions.

There will be regular coffee/tea breaks and lunches on Tuesday and Wednesday for networking (and good food!). And for those with tickets to the whole event, Wednesday evening will include a wonderful Dinner in the Main Hall of Keble College!

Tickets and Pricing...

Full Price Tickets cost £280 and include the whole Summit from Monday evening to Thursday lunchtime. If you can afford a full price ticket, please buy one - it helps us to offer cheaper tickets to people who really can't afford them and couldn't otherwise come.

Early Bird Tickets cost £210 and are the same as Full Price Tickets, a limited supply for people who buy before the end of July.

Discounted Tickets cost £168 and are for people who can't afford Full Price Tickets - primarily students and attendees from low- and middle-income countries, but anyone else who genuinely can't afford a Full Price Ticket.

Day Tickets are available for Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th September, in Full Price (£140) and Discounted (£84) versions as above.

Online Tickets for those who can't attend in person will be available soon.

Full Price / Early Bird / Discounted tickets include the Drinks Reception on Monday evening. ​tea/coffee/lunch on Tuesday/Wednesday and tea/coffee on Thursday morning, and Dinner in the Main Hall at Keble College on Wednesday evening. Day tickets include tea/coffee/lunch.

Click Here To Buy Your Tickets Now!

Remember, we're subtitling this year's Summit - 'Enabling - Empowering - Embracing'

and we have three themes...

• Learning new skills for a positive future
• Understanding successful paths to a sustainable world
• Supporting diversity, wellbeing & resilience 

and, as always, we are encouraging the greatest possible diversity and inclusion, and the most exciting approaches to exchanging stories and lessons learned.

And we can now announce the esteemed speakers who will start ​each day of the Summit with their own inspiring stories and ​messages of hope and conservation optimism...

Professor Julia Jones Professor Julia Jones is a conservation scientist interested in making conservation more effective by doing better evaluations of conservation policy and practice. She trained as an ecologist but has a passion for the social dimensions of conservation and greatly enjoys working with people, methods and approaches from across disciplinary divides. Julia is Professor of Conservation Science at Bangor University, and she currently also holds the position of Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation at Utrecht University.

Simson Uri-Khob Simson Uri-Khob is the CEO of Save the Rhino Trust Namibia (SRT). After joining SRT as a mechanic in 1991; Simson went on to earn a Masters degree from the University of Kent and become, at various times, SRT’s Director of Research and Director of Field Operations, before becoming CEO in 2014. A winner in 2021 of Tusk Trust's Prince William Award for Conservation in Africa, both Simson’s personal story and his talent, insight and passion for conservation in his native Namibia are inspiring.