Guiding Principles in

Structuring the Event

Conference partners have agreed that there are several overarching considerations that should guide the development of a conference agenda. These include:

  • Creating diverse audiences to discuss key contemporary issues fisheries and wildlife management and its social component.
  • Ensuring an opportunity for a highly participatory context for learning and exchange of ideas and experiences.
  • Using Rocky Mountain National Park and the Estes Park community as a learning lab.
  • Limiting the number of concurrent sessions to encourage active participation of all conference attendees.
  • Elevating the use of poster sessions to allow for the exchange of science as well as practical experiences.
  • The conference should be built around distinct themes. These themes will recognize the importance of both the art and science of HD and the necessity of integrating social and biological approaches.
  • The conference will provide opportunities for attendees to attend structured learning on key HD topics at multiple levels of expertise and experience.
  • The conference will not limit attendance.
  • The conference will strive to include attendees from developing countries.
  • The conference will arrange for readily accessible outputs including peer-reviewed publications and books of abstracts. It is particularly important that results of discussion sessions should be reported in some fashion.
  • The conference must place a focus on high quality science.
  • The conference will highlight the cooperative, multi-organizational nature of the event.