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Programme

Slides are linked below where available, and collated on Figshare.

SessionPresenter
Day 1
Welcome and IntroductionMartin Wikelski, Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist
Scaling Up Behavioural EcologyBlair Costelloe
Whale conservation: drone-based monitoring, its promise, and barriers to global adoptionMaevatiana Ratsimbazafindranahaka
Understanding the ecosystem of datasets in AI/Computer visionHemal Naik
Deterring human wildlife conflictSam Penny
Academic career paths, industrial options, and speaker storiesSteve Bullock; Sam Penny, Elzbieta Pastucha, Daniel Rubenstein
Day 2
Collective behaviours in wild Indian wolvesAdwait Deshpande
Drones for Nature Conservation – New Paradigms to Extend Environmental Monitoring MissionsSalua Hamaza
Navigating the social and political implications of using drones in conservationNaomi Millner
Autonomous Inference of Animal Behavior and Motion: How to Rapidly Annotate Behavior on Long Drone Videos?Aamir Ahmad
Poster sessionStudent participants
Day 3
How Machine Learning is Changing the Way Behavior can be StudiedDaniel Rubenstein
On the Interface between Conservation and Animal CultureCaroline Schuppli
Aerial Robots for Biodiversity Surveys in the Amazon: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities from the XPRIZE Rainforest CompetitionStefano Mintchev
Talk and tutorial: Animal Tracking with TRexAngela Albi
Day 4
Minimising acoustic drone disturbance to wildlife using species audiogramsIsla Duporge
Workshop: What we talk about when we talk about designMike Costelloe
Natural and bio-inspired technologies reveal the importance of information networks in the sky for movement efficiencyHannah Williams
Tour of the Imaging HangarMathias Günther, Giovanni Reina
Day 5
Integrating LLMs in robotics and drones (session resources)Alejandro Jarabo-Peñas
Collective migration in soaring birdsAndrea Flack
Releasing Robots into the Wild(Drone)Tom Richardson
AI for Nature: From Science to ImpactTanya Berger-Wolf
Panel discussion: Biology and Robotics: Challenges ahead and integration between different sciencesTanya Berger-Wolf, Stefano Mintchev, Tom Richardson, Daniel Rubenstein

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