Registrations for the
Virtual Learn About Birds (LAB) Conference are now open!

The 5^th biennial Virtual Learn About Birds (LAB) Conference will be taking place on 27 and 28 May 2021. This event is co-hosted by BirdLife South Africa and the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town. The LAB Conference will host a Science LAB session from 08h30-15h30 SAST each day, where ornithologists and conservationists will present their latest research and conservation successes. This will be followed by two Layman's LAB lectures in the evenings starting at 17h00 and 19h00 SAST, which includes popular talks on bird conservation, research and identification. Layman's LAB speakers will be announced in the upcoming weeks. 

Registration for the Virtual LAB 2021 event are now open. To access the Zoom registration links, please pay your registration fees for the LAB Conference through the Quicket events platform. You have two options for tickets based on the pricing guide below.
Once your payment has been processed for either the combined Science and Layman's LAB ticket or the Layman's LAB only ticket, you will receive access to the Zoom registration portal for either the Science LAB and/or Layman's LAB content on the Quicket platform's online content page. 

PLEASE NOTE:
In addition to paying your LAB registration fees through Quicket, you will need to register on Zoom for access to Science LAB and Layman's LAB separately as these will be run through two different Zoom portals. Once you have registered on the Zoom portal you will receive your unique access link via email. Please remember to check your spam folders. 

Pricing:
Early Bird Rates (11 January 2021-31 March 2021)

As the LAB event is one of the Landscape Conservation Programme’s major fundraising events, BirdLife South Africa will be charging a small fee for attendance at this virtual event. This fee will go towards covering the time the programme’s staff spend organising the event and the costs of utilising the virtual platform. Any proceeds gained over and above these costs will be used towards the Landscape Conservation Programme’s species and ecosystem conservation work across South Africa. The Landscape Conservation Programme’s vision is to see critical sites and ecosystems, and their associated ecological services, sustainably managed and protected to promote the preservation of diverse and healthy bird populations, other biodiversity, and people. Specific projects which will be supported out of this event include the Vulture Conservation Project and the Birds and Renewable Energy Project.

For more information, please email lab2021@birdlife.org.za.
We look forward to welcoming you to another exciting LAB Conference in 2021.

Photos: Melissa Whitecross