**11th annual Texas Conservation Symposium!**
**Keynote Speaker:**
Dr. Timothy H. Bonner, Meadows Endowed Professor, Texas State University
**Special Panel Presentation on Bat Conservation:**
Dr. Darren Proppe (Moderator, TPWD), Dr. Samantha Lievers (TPWD), Dr. Tigga Kingston (Texas Tech), Dr. Tracy White (TXDOT)
**When:**
Thursday, January 16th & Friday, January 17th.
**Where:**
Williamson County Annex, 100 Wilco Way, Georgetown Texas. Parking is available at the Annex building for in-person attendees. Log-in instructions to be sent out in advance to virtual attendees. [In-person or Remote attendee tickets here. ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-conservation-symposium-2025-tickets-999477613447?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
**How:**
Hybrid symposium, available both in-person and remotely. Please register for in-person and/or remote; whichever is your anticipated method of attendance. In-person space is limited, and refreshments will be supplied based on the number of in-person attendees registered.
**What:**
The symposium, co-sponsored by the Williamson County Conservation Foundation and Southwestern University, is a multi-species, multi-disciplinary look at challenges, current knowledge, and innovative techniques and approaches to conservation. The program scope will include species of conservation need as well as research and related developments affecting conservation in Texas and generally. Notable topics include (but will not be limited to) biology, ecology, statistical analysis, geology/hydrology, climatology, and the regulatory/governmental climate.
**Who:**
All persons interested and involved in conservation, endangered, and threatened species management, environmental dynamics, the regulatory atmosphere, habitat and natural open spaces.
