page_title: Wildlife Conservation Network
section_title: Wildlife Conservation Expo
hierarchical_section_title: Wildlife Conservation Network / Wildlife Conservation Expo
caption_attribution_description: English: Wildlife Conservation Network Expo 2012
context_page_description: The Wildlife Conservation Network is a United States-based 501 non-profit organization that protects endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists. WCN does this by providing its partners with capital, strategic capacity-building services, training, and operational support. WCN has been given a top rating amongst wildlife conservation charities, with a four star rating on Charity Navigator.
  Founded in 2002, Wildlife Conservation Network was built on a venture capital fundraising model to identify entrepreneurial conservationists and projects and give them the support they need to effectively run their programs. WCN has an annual organizational budget of around $24 million.
context_section_description: WCN hosts a semi-annual event, the Wildlife Conservation Expo, in the San Francisco Bay Area that brings together donors, partners, other conservationists and experts from around the world. Notable keynote speakers have included Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Peter Matthiessen Dr. Claudio Sillero-Zubiri and Dr. Greg Rasmussen.
  The annual Expo features WCN's partners, who share information and updates on their respective projects. WCN invites guest speakers to represent their conservation organizations. Past guest speakers have included Macaw Recovery Network, African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization, MareCet, and the Tikki Hywood Trust.
caption: 2012 Expo at the Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco
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