Join us at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris for a two-day conference dedicated to exploring the intersection of genomics and conservation, with a particular focus on practical applications of genomics to immediate conservation needs. Participants and invited speakers include applied conservation practitioners, method developers, and genomics researchers.

There will be four sessions, all with opportunities for contributed presentations. 

• Session 1 will focus specifically on the practical applications of genomic information in informing on-the-ground conservation decisions.
• Session 2 will focus on using genomics to make inferences about very recent population history, on time scales relevant for conservation applications. This session will include both theoretical and practical talks.
• Session 3 will focus on the issue of evolutionary rescue, including inference of mutation load and genomic offsets. 
• Session 4 will focus on broader types of genomic data with relevance to conservation, including metagenomics and environmental DNA.

The conference aims to foster dialogue and encourage exchange of ideas across disciplines, especially between researchers and practitioners, and contributions from conservation managers and other applied practitioners are encouraged.

Marc Stalmans, Gorongosa National Park, Chitengo, Mozambique

Lisa Komoroske, University of Massachusettts Amherst, USA

Nicolas Poulet, Office Français de la Biodiversité, Toulouse, France

Guillaume Achaz, Collège de France, Paris, France

John Novembre, University of Chicago, USA

Pier Francesco Palamara, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Jazlyn Mooney, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Thibaud Capblancq, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, France

Katerina Guschanski, Uppsala University, Sweden

Marta De Barba, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Registration is possible until May 26, with no registration fees.

Abstracts for talks and posters can be submitted until April 12. Note that submitting an abstract is only possible after registration has been completed.

Guillaume Achaz, Collège de France, Paris, France

Simon Boitard, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France

Raphaël Leblois, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France

Stefano Mona, Institut de Systématique et Evolution, Paris, France

Dmitri Petrov, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA

Tim Sackton, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

This meeting is sponsored by la Fondation François Sommer, la Fédération Nationale des Chasseurs (FNC), le CNRS (INEE), le CIRB (Collège de France) and the BiodivOc program of the région Occitanie