2017 Natural Capital Symposium

Join the Natural Capital Project, a world-class partnership that includes The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and The Department of Biology, for the 2017 Natural Capital Symposium. This global gathering is a chance to exchange ideas, swap stories, advance science, and spend time with thought-leaders and practitioners accounting for nature's contributions to society to make smarter decisions for a more sustainable future.

Interactive sessions throughout the symposium will focus on five central themes:

  • Sustainable Development Planning
  • Securing Freshwater
  • Fostering Resilient Coastal Communities
  • Developing Sustainable Cities

  • Creating Standards for the Private Sector

    Keynote Speakers

 

Mark Tercek 
President and CEO, The 
Nature Conservancy

Carter Roberts 
President and CEO, 
World Wildlife Fund

Featured Speakers

Gretchen Daily, Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute; Kiran Jain, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Oakland; Zhiyun Ouyang, Deputy Director of Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jennifer Roe, Professor of Design and Health, University of Virginia; Matilda van den Bosch, Assistant Professor, Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Tony Wong, Professor of Civil Engineering, Monash University; Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment