Official IUCN Congress Programme

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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
The Role of Key Biodiversity Areas in the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Role of Key Biodiversity Areas in the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework
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
14:30 - 15:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs: The Coral Reef Breakthrough, Partnerships for People & Planet
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs: The Coral Reef Breakthrough, Partnerships for People & Planet
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
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
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Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
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09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
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
15:30 - 16:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
Announcement: UAEU Postdoctoral Fellowship on Climate Action (Cycle 2)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Announcement: UAEU Postdoctoral Fellowship on Climate Action (Cycle 2)
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
Central Stage - Transition to Nature-Positive
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Central Stage - Transition to Nature-Positive
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Climate Resilient Cities with Nature: The Next Generation of Urban Planning
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Climate Resilient Cities with Nature: The Next Generation of Urban Planning
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
Conference Hall B: Session Room 9
Hybrid
Conservation Funding: Empowering Action Through Small Grants
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Funding: Empowering Action Through Small Grants
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 Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Enhancing capacities to engage in marine BBNJ-related processes
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Enhancing capacities to engage in marine BBNJ-related processes
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Environmental Change and Migration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Environmental Change and Migration
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Global Insights from the IUCN Task Force on Nature-Based Education
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Global Insights from the IUCN Task Force on Nature-Based Education
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Indigenous Talks: Peoples direct access to finance for biodiversity conservation & climate actions
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Indigenous Talks: Peoples direct access to finance for biodiversity conservation & climate actions
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 - 16:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
IUCN Guidelines on Responsible Translocation of Displaced Organisms
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
IUCN Guidelines on Responsible Translocation of Displaced Organisms
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
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Meet The Nature Conservancy!
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Meet The Nature Conservancy!
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Nature Conservation and Genetic Engineering: Examining 'Labs in the Field'
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Nature Conservation and Genetic Engineering: Examining 'Labs in the Field'
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
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 - 17:00
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Assessing ecosystem recovery and conservation impact with the proposed IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Assessing ecosystem recovery and conservation impact with the proposed IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems
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
16:00 - 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
16:00 - 16:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Scaling Circular Solutions for Plastic-Free Oceans
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Circular Solutions for Plastic-Free Oceans
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
IUCN Executive meeting room 2
Onsite
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Marine Protected Areas Working Group
MENA Oceans Summit
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Marine Protected Areas Working Group
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 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 4
Hybrid
Biodiversity credits or certificates: integrity criteria and the case of offsetting
Forum
Thematic session
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Biodiversity credits or certificates: integrity criteria and the case of offsetting
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 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 1
Online only
Cultural Approach to Promoting Natural Heritage Conservation
Forum
Thematic session
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Cultural Approach to Promoting Natural Heritage Conservation
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 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 6
Hybrid
From State Action to Global Impact: Strengthening Biodiversity Through American Local Legislation
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From State Action to Global Impact: Strengthening Biodiversity Through American Local Legislation
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 - 17:30
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