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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Preparing for future Area-based Management Tools, including MPAs, under the BBNJ Agreement
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Preparing for future Area-based Management Tools, including MPAs, under the BBNJ Agreement
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Renewables for Nature --- Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities [Event starts at 1:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Renewables for Nature --- Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities [Event starts at 1:30pm]
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
Resultados del Primer encuentro de Mujeres Guardaparques de Latinoamerica
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Resultados del Primer encuentro de Mujeres Guardaparques de Latinoamerica
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Scaling Climate Finance with Trust: How FinTech Can Unlock Capital for Verified Nature-based Impact
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Scaling Climate Finance with Trust: How FinTech Can Unlock Capital for Verified Nature-based Impact
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Nabat
Onsite
Scaling nature with tech: How AI and robotics are transforming ecosystem restoration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Scaling nature with tech: How AI and robotics are transforming ecosystem restoration
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Scaling NbS for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling NbS for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Seeding Transformative Futures: Youth, Culture, and Decolonizing Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Seeding Transformative Futures: Youth, Culture, and Decolonizing Conservation
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Strategic Partnership Announcement & Panel on Financing for Nature
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Strategic Partnership Announcement & Panel on Financing for Nature
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Canada
Onsite
Successful Gender-Inclusive Approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Successful Gender-Inclusive Approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
SUR Members Committee Closed Session
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
SUR Members Committee Closed Session
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 7
Hybrid
Sustainable and Inclusive Blue Tourism: Experience-Sharing from the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Western Indian Ocean
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Sustainable and Inclusive Blue Tourism: Experience-Sharing from the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Western Indian Ocean
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Synergies Between Species and Climate Solutions (1400 - 1530)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Synergies Between Species and Climate Solutions (1400 - 1530)
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Tackling invasive alien species across the EU
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Tackling invasive alien species across the EU
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
The Green Status Index: measuring progress towards species recovery and the impact of conservation actions
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The Green Status Index: measuring progress towards species recovery and the impact of conservation actions
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 - 16:15
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 - 16:10
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
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 - 16:30
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 - 16:15
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
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?