Official IUCN Congress Programme

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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

08 Oct
10:00 - 11:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 4
Onsite
High-level Segment
World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
High-level Segment
09 Oct
12:30 - 14:00
Hall 3: Forum Plenary
Hybrid
'Everything, everywhere, all at once': Addressing the risks of climate overshoot
Forum
Thematic Plenary
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
'Everything, everywhere, all at once': Addressing the risks of climate overshoot
09 Oct
12:30 - 14:00
Hall 4C: Session Room 3
Hybrid
Nature-Positive Future: Turning Pledges into Investments
Forum
Thematic Plenary
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Nature-Positive Future: Turning Pledges into Investments
09 Oct
14:00 - 16:00
Virtual Channel 3
Online only
European farming Living Labs perspective for Climate Change and Biodiversity in Food Systems
Forum
Learning Zone: Toolbox
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
European farming Living Labs perspective for Climate Change and Biodiversity in Food Systems
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Advancing 30 by 30 in the ROWA Region, aligning regional action with Kunming Montreal GBF
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing 30 by 30 in the ROWA Region, aligning regional action with Kunming Montreal GBF
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Beyond Pilots: How do we sustain, mainstream, replicate and scale behavior change for impact?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Beyond Pilots: How do we sustain, mainstream, replicate and scale behavior change for impact?
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Business leadership in protecting World Heritage sites: the ‘no-go’ commitment
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Business leadership in protecting World Heritage sites: the ‘no-go’ commitment
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Conservation Journey of Oman's Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Journey of Oman's Loggerhead Sea Turtles
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Ecological Connectivity for Resilient Marine Protected and Conserved Areas
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Ecological Connectivity for Resilient Marine Protected and Conserved Areas
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Feeding Futures, Healing Landscapes: Stories of Conflict, Recovery, and Coexistence
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Feeding Futures, Healing Landscapes: Stories of Conflict, Recovery, and Coexistence
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 5
Hybrid
Food systems & commodities: Practices matters for biodiversity outcomes
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Food systems & commodities: Practices matters for biodiversity outcomes
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Grand Opening and Inauguration of the Home of Indigenous Peoples (IP Pavilion Opening)
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Grand Opening and Inauguration of the Home of Indigenous Peoples (IP Pavilion Opening)
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
Innovation & Patent Exhibition: “Climate Innovation Lab – UAEU Patents in Action”
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Innovation & Patent Exhibition: “Climate Innovation Lab – UAEU Patents in Action”
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Optimizing climate mitigation and adaptation benefits from synergistic climate and biodiversity action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Optimizing climate mitigation and adaptation benefits from synergistic climate and biodiversity action
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:30
Conference Hall B: Session Room 8
Onsite
Restore Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Roles in Ecosystem Restoration
Forum
Learning Zone: Deep dive
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Restore Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Roles in Ecosystem Restoration
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Virtual Channel 1
Online only
Restoring Land, Shaping Laws: Advancing Legislative Action for Ecosystem Restoration
Forum
Thematic session
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Restoring Land, Shaping Laws: Advancing Legislative Action for Ecosystem Restoration
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
The sky IS the limit: the present state and future stake of alpine plants
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The sky IS the limit: the present state and future stake of alpine plants
09 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Marine Conservation in Gulf of Aqaba: West Asia example & potential catalyst for regional collaboration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Marine Conservation in Gulf of Aqaba: West Asia example & potential catalyst for regional collaboration
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Brazil
Onsite
Conservation Genetics and Genomics for Policy and Management: Global Indicators and the Brazilian GBB Case
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Genetics and Genomics for Policy and Management: Global Indicators and the Brazilian GBB Case
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
From Bean to Biodiversity: Scaling Regenerative Landscape Solutions
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From Bean to Biodiversity: Scaling Regenerative Landscape Solutions
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Innovation meets Conservation: building and inclusive Ecosystem to Drive Scalable Conservation Impact
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Innovation meets Conservation: building and inclusive Ecosystem to Drive Scalable Conservation Impact
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Pavillon France
Onsite
La Liste Verte de l'UICN : Témoignages de réussite dans les aires protégées
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
La Liste Verte de l'UICN : Témoignages de réussite dans les aires protégées
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Marine Wildlife Rescue at YSWRR - Engaging community to succeed
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Marine Wildlife Rescue at YSWRR - Engaging community to succeed
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Nature on the Table: What Role Can Wild Harvesting Play in Today’s Food Systems?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Nature on the Table: What Role Can Wild Harvesting Play in Today’s Food Systems?
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
The Big Role of Small Capital Seed: A Case Study from Luxembourg BNCFF
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Big Role of Small Capital Seed: A Case Study from Luxembourg BNCFF
09 Oct
15:30 - 17:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
The Caribbean at the Limit: Nature in Danger, Communities at Risk
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The Caribbean at the Limit: Nature in Danger, Communities at Risk
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
Virtual Channel 5
Online only
Developing wind energy while taking into consideration birds of prey populations and behaviors
Forum
Podcast
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Developing wind energy while taking into consideration birds of prey populations and behaviors
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 7
Hybrid
Building capacity for monitoring, early detection and action of HPAI in wild bird populations
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Building capacity for monitoring, early detection and action of HPAI in wild bird populations
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
China's 'Two Mountains' Concept Promoting Transformative Conservation of Natural Resources
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
China's 'Two Mountains' Concept Promoting Transformative Conservation of Natural Resources
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Investing in Nature and Communities: Lessons from GEF/UNDP-BIOFIN Partnership in Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Investing in Nature and Communities: Lessons from GEF/UNDP-BIOFIN Partnership in Action
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Marine ecological protection and sustainable development
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Marine ecological protection and sustainable development
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Partnership for Species Survival: Building a model of collaboration for conservation in the 21st Century
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Partnership for Species Survival: Building a model of collaboration for conservation in the 21st Century
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Resilience in Unexpected Places
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Resilience in Unexpected Places
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Pavillon France
Onsite
Rewilding and "libre évolution" : new levers for conservation and human-nonhuman coexistence
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Rewilding and "libre évolution" : new levers for conservation and human-nonhuman coexistence
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Scaling Nature Positive Solutions in Arid Environments: The Finance Imperative
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Scaling Nature Positive Solutions in Arid Environments: The Finance Imperative
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 2
Online only
The Elephant in The Room: A Toolkit to Overcome Mental Health Challenges Among Rangers
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
The Elephant in The Room: A Toolkit to Overcome Mental Health Challenges Among Rangers
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
The impacts of Grants in Conservation to achieve GBF targets
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The impacts of Grants in Conservation to achieve GBF targets
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
UAEU’s Legacy in Environmental Sustainability
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
UAEU’s Legacy in Environmental Sustainability
09 Oct
17:00 - 19:00
Conference Hall B: Session Room 11
Onsite
Protecting the Wonders of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Forum
Learning Zone: Deep dive
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protecting the Wonders of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Advancing Connectivity and Transboundary Partnerships: towards Green List Networks
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing Connectivity and Transboundary Partnerships: towards Green List Networks
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Advancing strandings investigation to improve marine megafauna protection
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing strandings investigation to improve marine megafauna protection
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Designing a Nature Positive Future: Converging Perspectives across Business and Science
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Designing a Nature Positive Future: Converging Perspectives across Business and Science
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Double Red Alert: Corals at Risk [Event starts at 4:45pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Double Red Alert: Corals at Risk [Event starts at 4:45pm]
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: Transformative Solutions for Communities and Courts
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: Transformative Solutions for Communities and Courts
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Establishing Marine Protected Areas in a Changing Climate
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Establishing Marine Protected Areas in a Changing Climate
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Panel Discussion: Feeding the Future - Which Food Systems Will Survive Escalating Climate Events?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Panel Discussion: Feeding the Future - Which Food Systems Will Survive Escalating Climate Events?