To celebrate 150 years of Wallace's exploits in Sarawak, the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation and the Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, in partnership with Sarawak Development Institute, jointly organised the International Conference on Biogeography and Biodiversity, with the theme "Wallace in Sarawak - 150 years later".
The major themes of the conference included a)Wallace in context, b)Biogeography and c) Biodiversity.