The conference will focus on post-graduate students and those who have recently completed their doctorates (up to five years) interested in biogeography topics. The aim is to provide a forum in which early career biogeographers have an opportunity to present and discuss their work through formal presentations (oral and posters), and to encourage the formation of informal peer-to-peer networks. The evening mixer events will also be attended by IBS board members and other senior scientists. Finally, there will be four keynote talks by professional biogeographers covering a range of career stages and topics, plus a science-writing workshop open to all attendees that will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biogeography.