Hello, This is a reminder about the fast-approaching abstract submissions deadline (*March 30th*) for the Student Conference on Conservation Science - Bengaluru 2015 <http://sccs-bng.org/>. In addition, Early Bird registrations close on May 31st, 2015.
Students need to register <http://sccs-bng.org/users/sign_up> and pay the conference fee on our website before being able to submit an abstract online. If your abstract is not selected and you do not wish to attend the conference, you are entitled to a full refund of the registration fee. *About SCCS-BNG 2015:* The Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) originated in Cambridge in 2000 and the first sister conference outside Cambridge, began as an annual event in Bengaluru in 2010. SCCS-Bengaluru (SCCS-BNG) facilitates interaction, encourages exchange of research ideas and methods, sharing of knowledge and experience related to conserving wildlife and helps build contacts and capacity amongst students and early-career researchers. The conference will be held at the JN Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, from *8th to 11th September 2015*. At SCCS-BNG 2015, we have an exciting line-up of invited plenary speakers and close to 40 workshops, which are designed to help students develop research skills and capacity-building. During the 'Who's Who in Conservation' session, students will have a chance to learn about the work done by a diversity of academic institutions and conservation organisations, and to discover work and research opportunities they offer. We are also featuring new elements to facilitate interactions between students and experts in the field of conservation, as well as to promote interactions amongst students from different parts of the world. *Previous conferences:* The number of participants has been steadily growing since the inception of SCCS-BNG in 2010. In 2014, we had about *500 participants*, with 41 foreign participants from 19 countries. There were 20 student talks and 80 student poster presentations during the four-day conference. We had excellent scientific plenaries by world renowned foreign as well as Indian speakers, including Daniel Brokington, Lian Pin Koh, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Goutam Narayan, M.Ananda Kumar, Sunita Narain and Suprabha Seshan. Check this page <http://sccs-bng.org/archive/plenaries/2014> for more details. The highlight of SCCS-BNG has always been the wide range of workshops offered, which students at past conferences have found immensely useful. In 2014, we had *50 workshops* that introduced students to new ideas, concepts and techniques in conservation science, research and practice. More details can be found here <http://sccs-bng.org/archive/workshops/2014>. *Contact us:* You can follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sccsbangalore> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/sccsbng> for more updates. For further information don't hesitate to contact us at s...@sccs-bng.org. We hope to see you in September! *Warm regards,* *Devathi Parashuram* *Conference Administrator* *and the Organising Committee of SCCS-Bengaluru 2015 (Kavita Isvaran, Vena Kapoor, Ravi Chellam, Tarsh Thekaekera)*
