ICCB For All
We aim to promote an inclusive ICCB 2025 with diverse and equitable participation, and thus contribute to advancing justice in conservation science, policy and practice more broadly.
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English will no doubt be the common language at ICCB 2025. However, we are aware that conservation is practised and communicated in many languages other than English. For this reason, we aim to foster the participation of individuals from all linguistic backgrounds. We have therefore established the Language Accessibility Sub-committee to organise, lead, and facilitate initiatives to reduce language barriers for participants before and during the conference as much as possible and encourage people with diverse linguistic backgrounds to participate in ICCB 2025. Learn more about the language accessibility initiatives here.
SCB is dedicated to making ICCB 2025 accessible to all participants. Our aim is to ensure an inclusive and comfortable experience for everyone attending. Please see the venue’s access guide for detailed information on physical accessibility.
The hosts of ICCB 2025 – the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) and Society for Conservation Biology Oceania (SCBO) – strive to promote a welcoming environment at ICCB 2025, which is safe, collaborative, supportive, inclusive and productive for all attendees and service providers. SCB and SCBO value the diversity of views, expertise, opinions, backgrounds and experiences reflected among attendees. To that end, all ICCB 2025 delegates and guests are expected to adhere to the following ICCB 2025 Code of Conduct, which outlines expected behaviour at the congress, how to report unacceptable behaviour, and potential consequences for violations.
ICCB 2025 will have a number of on-site contact officers who can be approached with concerns about behaviour or safety at the conference. Our contact officers are:
In addition, the SCB ombuds group is an independent, neutral, and confidential resource for members of the SCB community who are concerned about behavior of staff, governors, members or other functionaries of SCB. SCB Ombuds representative at ICCB: Blake Simmons - scbombuds@conbio.org.