Plenary speakers
Tim Clutton-Brock
Professor Tim Clutton-Brock FRS is Director of Research and formerly Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.
He is currently the leader of the Large Animal Research Group, where his research has primarily focused on long-term studies of Red Deer, Soay Sheep, and Meerkats.
In 2012, he was awarded the Darwin medal from the Royal Society for his work on the diversity of animal societies.
Jane Catford
Dr Jane Catford is a Reader in Ecology at the Department of Geography, King’s College London, UK and Honorary Fellow at the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.
She has worked in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems across the world, and uses theoretical, quantitative and empirical approaches in her work.
She is an Editor for the journals Conservation Letters, Journal of Ecology and Neobiota, and is a member of the British Ecological Society's Publications Committee.