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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
Reducing impact of fisheries on marine biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Reducing impact of fisheries on marine biodiversity
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
Reimagining Conservation in a post-truth world
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reimagining Conservation in a post-truth world
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Renewing Urban Waterways: Scaling NbS through evidence-based strategies in Asian cities
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Renewing Urban Waterways: Scaling NbS through evidence-based strategies in Asian cities
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:00
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Speakers' corner: hopes and pledges
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Speakers' corner: hopes and pledges
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:25
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Supporting GBF implementation: Red lists and Technical and Scientific Support Centres in Africa
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Supporting GBF implementation: Red lists and Technical and Scientific Support Centres in Africa
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
15:30 - 16:30
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
The new nature of business
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The new nature of business
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
US Funding for Conservation: What can be Expected? Is there a New Normal?
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
US Funding for Conservation: What can be Expected? Is there a New Normal?
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Youth Development in the Green Jobs Sector
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Youth Development in the Green Jobs Sector
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Financing for Nature
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Financing for Nature
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
From Call to Capture: Documenting the Owl Species of Wadi Wurayah
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Call to Capture: Documenting the Owl Species of Wadi Wurayah
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Asia’s Lifelines: Recognising and Scaling Resilient Solutions for Nature and People for Hindu-Kush Himalaya
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Asia’s Lifelines: Recognising and Scaling Resilient Solutions for Nature and People for Hindu-Kush Himalaya
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 - 17:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Creating Nature Content with Impact
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Creating Nature Content with Impact
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Dama Gazelle Conservation Breeding at Al Ain Zoo
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Dama Gazelle Conservation Breeding at Al Ain Zoo
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Driving Excellence in Area-Based Conservation: Insights, Impacts and Voices from the Green List Community
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Driving Excellence in Area-Based Conservation: Insights, Impacts and Voices from the Green List Community
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 - 17:30
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Onsite
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Seed Conservation Actions for SIDS
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Seed Conservation Actions for SIDS
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Brazil
Onsite
Guardians of Nature: Financing Brazil’s Forests, Corridors, and Biodiversity.
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Guardians of Nature: Financing Brazil’s Forests, Corridors, and Biodiversity.
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants
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 - 17:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Pathways to Impact: Youth Careers and Voice in the IUCN Secretariat
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Pathways to Impact: Youth Careers and Voice in the IUCN Secretariat
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:00
EPAA - Sharjah Government
Onsite
Rebuilding Reefs: Innovative Coral Restoration Techniques in Sharjah’s Waters
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Rebuilding Reefs: Innovative Coral Restoration Techniques in Sharjah’s Waters
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings (continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings (continued)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
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 - 17:10
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 - 17:30
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Scaling Up Effective Funding for Species (16:00 - 17:45)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Up Effective Funding for Species (16:00 - 17:45)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Structural Shifts: Indigenous leadership and the reshaping of inclusive financial systems for biodiversity and climate
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Structural Shifts: Indigenous leadership and the reshaping of inclusive financial systems for biodiversity and climate
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation (PART I)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation (PART I)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
The COMBO+ Adventure: Ten years of reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The COMBO+ Adventure: Ten years of reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservation
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 - 17:15
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
The role of Privately Protected Areas as a catalyst for landscape scale conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The role of Privately Protected Areas as a catalyst for landscape scale conservation
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
16:30 - 17:30
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
09 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Advancing Marine Conservation Through Research, Literacy, and Policy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing Marine Conservation Through Research, Literacy, and Policy
09 Oct
17:00 - 17:00
Canada
Onsite
Successful approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative : Part 2
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Successful approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative : Part 2
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
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Aligning the UNESCO led Greening Education Partnership with Nature-Based Education vision
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Aligning the UNESCO led Greening Education Partnership with Nature-Based Education vision
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Aquascapes, Landscapes, and the Global Pact: A Connected Approach to Ecosystem Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Aquascapes, Landscapes, and the Global Pact: A Connected Approach to Ecosystem Conservation
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Be Active, Be a Friend to the Environment - central stage
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Be Active, Be a Friend to the Environment - central stage
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Ekthar
Onsite
Biobanking for biodiversity: Reshaping the future of conservation - Part 1
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biobanking for biodiversity: Reshaping the future of conservation - Part 1