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Hawai'i Conservation Conference
Held annually in the last week of July, the Hawai'i Conservation Conference (HCC) is the largest gathering of people actively involved in the protection and management of Hawaii’s natural environment. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate information transfer and interaction between natural resource managers and the scientific community.
July 28-30, 2009 • Hawai'i Convention Center • Honolulu, HI
Hawai'i Conservation Week
The last week of July each year has been designated as "Conservation Week"
The 16th Annual Hawai'i Conservation Conference was held July 29-31, 2008 at the Hawai'i Convention Center in Honolulu. There were over 900 registered participants, 52 volunteers and 42 exhibitors. The theme, Island Ecosystems: The Year of the Reef, ran throughout the conference, particularly in the keynote and plenary presentations by Dr. Sylvia Earle and Dr. Elliott Norse and the public lecture by Dr. Earle and Nainoa Thompson. Other speakers included Peter Vitousek of Stanford University and Bryan Harry, Director of the Pacific West Region (retired), National Park Service.
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