The Business of Conservation Conference (BCC) aims to catalyze economic development in Africa by bringing together influential leaders to collaborate in tangible ways around one of Africa’s competitive advantages - its unique biodiversity.
This year’s BCC edition is themed "Environmental Investing- From Scarcity to Abundance", where we will ask:
- What would it take to make conservation a ‘growth’ industry in Africa?
- What conditions would enable us to move our wildlife and habitat from scarcity to abundance?
- How could nature be one of the key drivers of Africa’s development trajectory--instead of a casualty of development?
- How can conservation attract a greater percentage of African and Global environmental investments?
BCC is guided by the following principles that we believe underlie the most powerful gatherings in the world:
- Influential attendees: The most valuable aspect of a conference is the chance to network with influential people. Every attendee - famous or not - will be high caliber.
- Outcome-oriented: we encourage attendees and speakers to make “commitments” in conservation. The BCC team will track these commitments and show progress at future gatherings.
- Unstructured time: To enable relationship -building/ collaboration to take place, the agenda leaves ample time for 1:1 meetings - scheduled or unscheduled.
- Robust agenda: The agenda features a lineup of diverse speakers with mind-blowing talks and discussions.
- Sessions that foster collaboration: A few sessions are designed to serve as tangible, practical catalysts for collaboration--such as “Leopard’s Cove”, where influential investors/philanthropists will serve as judges for 5-6 selected pitches and ultimately make investment decisions on the spot. Or “Deal rooms”, where selected individuals/organisations will pitch their opportunities to investors in private individual booths and an exhibition format.
This reframing will harness the best of human energy —enlightened self interest — to benefit our natural world.
