VENT's 50th Anniversary Celebration Speakers

We are excited to announce that our 50th Anniversary Celebration, April 19-24, 2026, will feature a superb group of speakers including:

Jennifer Ackerman, author of ornithology books such as The Genius of Birds, and a contributing writer to Scientific American, National Geographic, and The New York Times

Kenn Kaufman, author, artist, naturalist, conservationist, and one of the world’s best-known bird experts; author of the classic Kingbird Highway and other bird and natural history books, and originator and editor of the Kaufman Field Guide series

Scott Weidensaul, ornithologist and author of more than 30 books on natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, a Pulitzer Prize finalist

Ed Yong, British-American science journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of two New York Times bestsellers: An Immense World, and I Contain Multitudes