Educating to Build and Strengthen Our World

This Speaker Pitch will be delivered by Susie Louis, Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) member and the founder and director of Conservation Fusion, an international NGO with a mission to: Educate to Build and Strengthen our World. Passionate about teamwork and collaborative efforts, her body of work is the result of connections with diverse partners to include zoos, universities, non-profits, schools, engineers and government agencies to promote solutions to conservation challenges. In this Speaker Pitch, by blending personal stories of Malagasy youth and the inspirational moments that come from years of working with them, Susie will offer her perspective on the innovative solutions and community and local level initiatives she has been a part of for the past 2 decades exploring new ways to educate and empowering communities through hands on, inquiry-based education resulting in action to promote the balance between people and endangered species and ecosystems.