Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts wanted

The National Bat Conference 2024 will take place 13-15 September 2024 at the University of Reading, bringing together bat enthusiasts from across the country and around the world to discuss cutting-edge research, share best practice and develop their skills and knowledge.

Posters

There will also be posters on display at the National Bat Conference, please email Naomi with a short abstract or brief overview of the project/topic you would like to present a poster on. Email nwebster@bats.org.uk Posters can be submitted until 20 August 2024.

Talks

The Programme Selection Team invited the submission of abstracts, particularly around the following themes:

  • Quantitative evidence of successful conservation action for bats
  • Bats, communities and wellbeing, with particular interest in projects tackling EDI challenges
  • Habitat use and landscape-scale management for bats including climate change
  • Bats, ecosystem services and natural capital
  • Bat surveys, mitigation, planning and licensing
  • Use of technology in bat conservation
  • Bat ecology and behaviour

Abstracts should be submitted using the abstract submission form to nwebster@bats.org.uk by end of April 2024.

Following feedback from previous conference attendees, we would prefer speakers to attend in person.

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