The "Who’s Who" area is a dedicated hub at SCCS Bengaluru for organisations, collectives, and individual practitioners to share their work, connect with like-minded individuals and inspire students. Unlike the formal conference sessions, this is a space designed for organic networking, swapping ideas, and finding new collaborators within the conservation community.
This is your space to reach out to students who may be interested in your work, offer any opportunities to work/collaborate with you, and spread the word about all that you do! Please think of this endeavour mainly as an outreach medium. Share contact information, relevant links to your organisation/institution’s work and start a conversation! Advertising of technology and solutions is encouraged, and we hope you will bring along creative and meaningful displays/activities for the participants to engage with.
To keep the focus on conservation impact, we do not accommodate purely commercial vendors. We understand that organisations/initiatives/individuals who meet the eligibility criteria might have their own merchandise, which may be tied to conservation or supporting forest-dependent communities. While you may showcase your conservation-related products, no commercial transactions/sale of merchandise will be allowed in the Who’s Who space.
We welcome applications from those whose work aligns with conservation and environmental goals, including organisations/institutions, social enterprises, grassroots research groups, and environmental education and communication initiatives.
Organisations, institutions, groups, or individuals whose primary work is commercial/for-profit in nature.
Artists and creatives—we encourage you to apply through the Artists’ Corner, which is designed specifically to showcase artistic contributions to conservation.
Stalls are intended to facilitate meaningful engagement with students, researchers, and practitioners.
Note: Requests beyond the brief provided in the application stage will not be entertained during the conference.
Space is limited, so the Organising Committee reviews applications based on a few core values:
We request you to make it easy for us to know you - please provide links to websites and social media handles wherever possible.
The sale of products is strictly prohibited.
If you are planning activities at your stall, please make sure that they are engaged in only during the allocated ‘Who’s Who’ time slots; nothing should be scheduled when talks/posters/workshops are scheduled. Any planned activity should also be a part of the pitch at the application stage.
Each stall will be provided with a poster board and two tables.
You may display one A0 poster and a couple of A2 posters. Orientation is flexible (landscape or portrait), but poster size must not exceed 3ft (width) x 4ft (height).
Selected stall partners are encouraged to:
Final stall confirmations will be subject to space availability and organisers’ approval.
The Organising Committee reserves the right to curate, approve or decline stall applications in line with conference priorities and logistical feasibility. All decisions will be clearly communicated to participants.