Join us for the 2025 Audubon Leadership Conference July 17 – 20, 2025, in Montreal, Canada!
This conference is designed to connect conservation leaders across the hemisphere with each other in an environment that facilitates learning and innovation. Conference participants will spend three days learning from each other, seeing how local work adds up to hemispheric impact, coordinating action going forward, and discussing challenges with fellow leaders who share a commitment to bird conservation, advocacy, and building community.
We’ve designed conference working sessions to be collegial, collaborative, and focused on Flight Plan impact. They will feature concrete, coordinated actions that participants can start immediately, with hemispheric partners and solid support from the entire Audubon community to make those actions successful. We also have lined up an exciting roster of keynote speakers to help contextualize and inspire all of us and perhaps give us new ideas and ways to work.
We will announce the full program, field trips, and keynote speakers later this winter, closer to when conference registration opens in March.
Venue and Dates
Le Centre Sheraton Montreal, Montreal, Canada
July 17 – 20, 2025
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Cost and Travel
Please note that many of the costs for the conference are in Canadian dollars, designated as CAN. Otherwise, costs are provided in U.S. dollars, designated USD.
Conference registration: 500 USD
Accommodation: 229 CAN per night
Special conference room rates valid: July 16 – 21, 2025
Last day to book with the conference rate: June 23, 2025
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Estimated Costs
The cost to attend varies based on your location and mode of travel. All amounts are approximate and include airfare, single occupancy accommodations, potential entry fees to Canada, and airport transportation. These figures are for planning purposes only.
East Coast: 1130 USD
Southeast: 1130 USD
Midwest: 1280 USD
Interior West: 1180 USD
West Coast: 1355 USD
Latin America: 1730 USD
Canada: 1130 USD
Visa Requirements
U.S. residents with a valid passport do not need an entry visa to attend the 2025 Audubon Leadership Conference.
Residents of other countries will need to check visa requirements here
Entry visa cost: 100 CAN
If you are from a partner organization in Central or South America or the Caribbean and you have questions about visas and travel logistics, please reach out to Alex Miller
Registration and Financial Aid
Registration will be open in March 2025. We will send out announcements and a link to the conference website before the registration window opens.
Financial aid in the form of scholarships will be available to chapter leaders, campus chapter leaders, Audubon Americas partners, and independent Audubon partners. In order to determine if you will be eligible for a scholarship, please review the checklists linked below. Applicants will only be considered if they meet all of the criteria on the appropriate checklist. Applications for scholarships will open on January 24, 2025.
Community Chapter Leader Checklist
Community Chapter Under-35 Leader Checklist
Campus Chapter Leader Checklist
Scholarship amounts break down in the following manner: - All costs—registration, accommodations, and travel—to attend the 2025 Leadership Conference covered
- Registration and accommodation only
- Registration only
Scholarship Early Decision application dates: January 24, 2025 to February 21, 2025
Applicants who opt for Early Decision will receive notification of acceptance before Early Bird registration launches, so they are able to take full advantage of the generous registration discounts available. After February 21, 2025, scholarship applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until available funds are depleted.
A comprehensive FAQ and further information about conference activities will be published and shared closer to the opening of registration.
If you have questions about anything in this email, please reach out to leadershipconference@audubon.org, and we will endeavor to answer them!
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