Official IUCN Congress Programme

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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Becoming better allies: How can Conservation NGOs better support indigenous and community-led conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Becoming better allies: How can Conservation NGOs better support indigenous and community-led conservation
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Celebrating a Global Collaboration: Launch of the Arabic Edition of the KBA Global Standard
Exhibition
Reception
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Celebrating a Global Collaboration: Launch of the Arabic Edition of the KBA Global Standard
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:30
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Covering climate change and conservation in Solomon Islands
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Covering climate change and conservation in Solomon Islands
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Defining IUCN Green List ambition - transforming area-based conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Defining IUCN Green List ambition - transforming area-based conservation
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:30
EPAA - Sharjah Government
Onsite
Ex situ conservation of the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Ex situ conservation of the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Food, Wildlife, and Stewardship: North American Stories of Renewal
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Food, Wildlife, and Stewardship: North American Stories of Renewal
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
From strategy to action: Advancing climate and nature goals despite political denialism
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From strategy to action: Advancing climate and nature goals despite political denialism
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
High Level AU-EU BBNJ Partnership Roundtable
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
High Level AU-EU BBNJ Partnership Roundtable
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
How can we address historic and ongoing injustices in conservation? (Continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
How can we address historic and ongoing injustices in conservation? (Continued)
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
MECC Mongolia
Onsite
Introducing UNCCD COP17: Mongolia’s Vision for a Land-Resilient Future (October 11)
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Introducing UNCCD COP17: Mongolia’s Vision for a Land-Resilient Future (October 11)
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Pathways and Progress to 30x30 in Australia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Pathways and Progress to 30x30 in Australia
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Safeguarding Fragile Ecosystems (Wetlands and Oases): Community-Led Conservation and Innovation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Safeguarding Fragile Ecosystems (Wetlands and Oases): Community-Led Conservation and Innovation
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
Species recovery: Mexico, the future of the California condor
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Species recovery: Mexico, the future of the California condor
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Speed-dating: Two minutes to get people fall in love with your protected area.
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Speed-dating: Two minutes to get people fall in love with your protected area.
11 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Stewarding the Earth: Session 1
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Stewarding the Earth: Session 1
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
The Arab Union of Protected Areas: Promoting regional actions through the League of Arab States
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The Arab Union of Protected Areas: Promoting regional actions through the League of Arab States
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
TNFD 101: Introduction, key issues and way forward
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
TNFD 101: Introduction, key issues and way forward
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Towards a New Horizon for whale Shark Conservation in India (12:00 - 12:45)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Towards a New Horizon for whale Shark Conservation in India (12:00 - 12:45)
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Ekthar
Onsite
Using Genomics for Disease Detection in Ex-Situ Conservation: A One Health Perspective
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Using Genomics for Disease Detection in Ex-Situ Conservation: A One Health Perspective
11 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Pavillon France
Onsite
Woman. Nature. Future. Integrating gender equality into conservation policies
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Woman. Nature. Future. Integrating gender equality into conservation policies
11 Oct
12:30 - 13:30
Virtual Channel 5
Online only
Digital Innovations for Empowering and Scaling Farmer-led Restoration
Forum
Podcast
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Digital Innovations for Empowering and Scaling Farmer-led Restoration
11 Oct
12:30 - 13:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation in Protected Areas
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation in Protected Areas
11 Oct
12:30 - 13:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Indigenous and Western Scientific Collaboration for Conservation: Following a New Path Toward our Sustainable Future
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Indigenous and Western Scientific Collaboration for Conservation: Following a New Path Toward our Sustainable Future
11 Oct
12:30 - 13:30
Hall 3: Forum Plenary
Hybrid
One Health: The only healthy future for people, animals and ecosystems
Forum
High-Level Dialogue
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
One Health: The only healthy future for people, animals and ecosystems
11 Oct
13:00 - 13:30
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Bringing “Living Legacy” to life: Nurturing Resilience
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Bringing “Living Legacy” to life: Nurturing Resilience
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Canada
Onsite
Civil Society in Action: A Collective Dynamic for Biodiversity, from Local to National
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Civil Society in Action: A Collective Dynamic for Biodiversity, from Local to National
11 Oct
13:00 - 13:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Ecosystem Accounting and Nature-Based Solutions: African Approaches to Integrated Policy for Climate, Food and Biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Ecosystem Accounting and Nature-Based Solutions: African Approaches to Integrated Policy for Climate, Food and Biodiversity
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Farming with Nature : Tracking Land Health through Functional Biodiversity - NATAE Living Labs examples
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Farming with Nature : Tracking Land Health through Functional Biodiversity - NATAE Living Labs examples
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Pavillon France
Onsite
From Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation to Green Water Preservation
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation to Green Water Preservation
11 Oct
13:00 - 13:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Incorporating Traditional Knowledge on the IUCN Red List: a freshwater perspective from Lake Tanganyika
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Incorporating Traditional Knowledge on the IUCN Red List: a freshwater perspective from Lake Tanganyika
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Listening to the Ocean using Environmental DNA
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Listening to the Ocean using Environmental DNA
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Nature Positive Pathways: Scaling Nature-based Solutions to Meet Global Biodiversity Goals
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Nature Positive Pathways: Scaling Nature-based Solutions to Meet Global Biodiversity Goals
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Brazil
Onsite
Public Private partnerships as a tool to fund conservation: experiences in Brazil and the UAE
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Public Private partnerships as a tool to fund conservation: experiences in Brazil and the UAE
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Safeguards in conservation – what impacts for people and biodiversity?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Safeguards in conservation – what impacts for people and biodiversity?
11 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
The Power of Community-Led Conservation in Africa: Scaling Local Action for Global Impact
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Power of Community-Led Conservation in Africa: Scaling Local Action for Global Impact
11 Oct
14:00 - 14:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
30x30: clarifying what counts towards the global protection target
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
30x30: clarifying what counts towards the global protection target
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:30
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Advancing Pacific Resilience through IUCN Global Standards for NbS
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing Pacific Resilience through IUCN Global Standards for NbS
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Beyond boundaries: overcoming institutional, physical, and social boundaries to reconnect nature conservation with society.
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Beyond boundaries: overcoming institutional, physical, and social boundaries to reconnect nature conservation with society.
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
Biodiversity Hotspots updated: a 25-year re-evaluation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biodiversity Hotspots updated: a 25-year re-evaluation
11 Oct
14:00 - 14:40
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
Biological invasions: How to quantify ecological impacts worldwide
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biological invasions: How to quantify ecological impacts worldwide
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Bridging science and policy: European action for biodiversity and climate goals
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Bridging science and policy: European action for biodiversity and climate goals
11 Oct
14:00 - 14:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Caring for the Earth’s freshwater: a Manifesto for the freshwater rule of law
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Caring for the Earth’s freshwater: a Manifesto for the freshwater rule of law
11 Oct
14:00 - 14:40
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Combining GenAI with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Community-Led Model to Accelerate and Scale Local Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Combining GenAI with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Community-Led Model to Accelerate and Scale Local Conservation
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 6
Hybrid
Dams in a social-ecological ecosystem approach to freshwater conservation
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Dams in a social-ecological ecosystem approach to freshwater conservation
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Decent work in Nature-based Solutions: Unlocking jobs through investment in nature and conservation
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Decent work in Nature-based Solutions: Unlocking jobs through investment in nature and conservation
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Delivering on Goal A and Target 4 Nationally (14:00 - 15:30)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Delivering on Goal A and Target 4 Nationally (14:00 - 15:30)
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:30
Virtual Channel 2
Online only
Empowering countries to meet their GBF targets: The Global Amphibian Coalition case study
Forum
Thematic session
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Empowering countries to meet their GBF targets: The Global Amphibian Coalition case study
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Exploring the Ocean’s Hidden Depths for Conservation
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Lightning Talk
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Exploring the Ocean’s Hidden Depths for Conservation
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
From Case Study to Global Standard: A Collaborative Workshop on Bleaching Communication
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Case Study to Global Standard: A Collaborative Workshop on Bleaching Communication
11 Oct
14:00 - 15:30
Canada
Onsite
From cities to parks: Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From cities to parks: Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience