30 September–02 October 2025 • Hoedspruit, South Africa
Explore sessions that power up your impact
Join a community of conservationists using technology to protect wildlife and wild places. Through hands-on sessions and real-world case studies, you’ll deepen your EarthRanger skills and discover new ways to drive impact on the ground.

Advanced Sessions

Introductory Sessions

Case Studies

Tuesday, 30 September
Wednesday, 01 October
Thursday, 02 October
14:00
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17:00
Early Registration
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17:00
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19:00
Welcome Reception
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19:00
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20:30
Dinner
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07:45
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08:15
Registration
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08:15
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08:45
Opening and Welcome
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Bruce Jones (EarthRanger)

08:45
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08:55
EarthRanger ecosystem
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Bruce Jones (EarthRanger)

08:55
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09:15
EarthRanger Mobile features and functionalities
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09:15
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09:35
Smart Conservation Across the Greater Kafue Landscape: From Data to Decisions, Leveraging Collar and Law Enforcement Data for Protected Area Management
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Andrea Reid (African Parks)

09:35
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09:55
Eye in the Sky: An update on the findings and impact on the identification and actions of vulture clusters
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Gareth Tate (Endangered Wildlife Trust)

09:55
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10:25
Tea Break
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10:25
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10:45
Form Builder Overview
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10:45
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11:05
Ecoscope - The Newest Tool to EarthRanger
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11:05
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11:15
Gundi
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11:15
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11:35
Case study: Cross border collaboration -- using ER2ER
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Elephants Alive

11:35
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11:55
Case study: it's all about scale; using EarthRanger to manage pangolins
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Karen Odendaal (Manyoni)

11:55
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13:00
Lunch
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13:00
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14:30
Introductory Session
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• Map Window and Tools • Data Source and Collection - Events and Patrol • Filter and Search Functions - ER Mobile

13:00
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14:30
Advanced Session
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• User accounts and Profile Management and Permission Sets • EarthRanger Mobile - Setting up and managing profiles • Subjects Management

14:30
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15:00
Tea Break
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15:00
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16:30
Advanced Session
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• Events Management - EarthRanger’s Form Builder • Alerts and Notification Method Management (EarthRanger Admin) • Ranger Station

15:00
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16:30
Introductory Session
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• EarthRanger Mobile - Events, Patrols, Subjects and Managing Profiles on mobile (collect data throughout the evening) • Viewing EarthRanger Mobile Data on EarthRanger Web • Ranger station

16:30
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19:00
Drinks
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19:00
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20:30
Dinner
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08:00
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10:00
Introductory Session
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• Review of EarthRanger mobile • Map Layers - Subjects and Visual analysis

08:00
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10:00
Advanced session
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• Intro Map Features (Display Categories, Feature Classes, Features)

10:00
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10:30
Tea Break
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10:30
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12:30
Advanced Session
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• Adv. Map Features (Quick links, Import files, Feature Groups) • Analysers • Ecoscope - Hands-on

10:30
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12:30
Introductory Session
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• Notification and Alerts Configuration (EarthRanger Web) • Exporting Data (csv/kml) and Ecoscope Downloader • Help Center (online training, knowledge base & online community)

12:30
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13:30
Lunch
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13:30
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13:40
Effective data strategy
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13:40
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14:10
Deployment partner program
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14:10
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14:40
Where EarthRanger is Going: The Lookahead
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14:40
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15:00
Question and answer
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15:00
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15:30
Tea Break
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15:30
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16:00
Question and Answer
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16:00
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16:30
Interactive Questionnaire / Workshop Survey
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16:30
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17:15
Closing
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17:30
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21:00
Dinner
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