The inaugural BiPS Conference was held on Tuesday 22 October 2024 @ the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
This conference highlighted the contributions of Black researchers to Plant Science and included:
• Plenary talk (Steven Spoel from University of Edinburgh)
• An Introduction to the Black in Plant Science Initiative
• Talks on Research Excellence Past and Present (BiPS Research Excellence Awardees and Thelma Madzima from Michigan State University)
• Short talks from our 2025 BiPS Summer students and BiPS Research excellence awardees
•Workshops on ‘Your Story and Heritage through Creativity’, ‘How to Secure and Build A Career In Plant Science’, and ‘Exploring Careers Beyond Academia’.
• A poster session.
• Safe spaces for interaction and building networks.
A full program is available at the following link: BiPS Conference Programme 2024
Testimonies
A heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended this special event. We are grateful to share your kind thoughts on this inspiring and healing day:
“Thank you for this conference. It was a great way to meet very inspiring individuals and learn from their stories.”
“I love the energy and efforts that made this conference a success and I look forward into being here next year.”
“Loved the conference, was great to meet everyone and so many new people. Learned so much from the talks and afternoon session.“
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Sponsors
We thank the following organisations for sponsoring the 2024 Black in Plant Science Conference:
