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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Accelerating nature conservation through circular solutions
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Accelerating nature conservation through circular solutions
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Accelerating nature-positive outcomes and corporate accountability along the value chain
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Accelerating nature-positive outcomes and corporate accountability along the value chain
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Advancing marine ecology research with technologlical innovations
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing marine ecology research with technologlical innovations
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Building resilience and powering conservation action from the ground up in Southeast Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Building resilience and powering conservation action from the ground up in Southeast Asia
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
Ciudades sostenibles: integrando la naturaleza en la planificación urbana y territorial
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Ciudades sostenibles: integrando la naturaleza en la planificación urbana y territorial
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:30
Contact Group - Virtual 3
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 035
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 035
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:30
Contact Group - Virtual 1
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 085
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 085
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:30
Contact Group - Virtual 4
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 118
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 118
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Economics of Land Degradation and Nature-based Solutions: cost-effective NbS pathways to Land Degradation Neutrality targets
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Economics of Land Degradation and Nature-based Solutions: cost-effective NbS pathways to Land Degradation Neutrality targets
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Fatal Watch (Documentary) with Panel
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Fatal Watch (Documentary) with Panel
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Financing Youth-Led Implementation of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Financing Youth-Led Implementation of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
Pavillon France
Onsite
From WCC to WCCrim : a Roadmap on Crimes that Affect the Environment
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From WCC to WCCrim : a Roadmap on Crimes that Affect the Environment
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Global Ecosystems Atlas: The Innovation Layer for Nature Action using IUCN’s Typology
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Global Ecosystems Atlas: The Innovation Layer for Nature Action using IUCN’s Typology
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:30
Hall 4C: Session Room 3
Hybrid
High-Level Event: Launch of the Updated Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Other
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
High-Level Event: Launch of the Updated Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Inclusive conservation: How Non-State Actors Contribute Effectively to 30x30?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Inclusive conservation: How Non-State Actors Contribute Effectively to 30x30?
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Increasing Direct Funding for IP&LC Organisations Working at the Point of Impact
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Increasing Direct Funding for IP&LC Organisations Working at the Point of Impact
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
IP Summit Closing with "a Walk with Nature"
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
IP Summit Closing with "a Walk with Nature"
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Canada
Onsite
Le règne oublié : La fonge comme socle de la conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Le règne oublié : La fonge comme socle de la conservation
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
MENA Oceans Panel Discussion: Accelerating partnerships for enhanced conservation in the MENA Seascapes
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
MENA Oceans Panel Discussion: Accelerating partnerships for enhanced conservation in the MENA Seascapes
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Nature-based Education: Learning to live as Nature
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Nature-based Education: Learning to live as Nature
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:40
Virtual Channel 3
Online only
Nature’s Return: A Social Game to Reconnect with Nature
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Nature’s Return: A Social Game to Reconnect with Nature
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Progress and Achievements in China's Construction of a Protected Area System with National Parks (17:00-18:40)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Progress and Achievements in China's Construction of a Protected Area System with National Parks (17:00-18:40)
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Protecting the Gulf of California from LNG Industrialization
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protecting the Gulf of California from LNG Industrialization
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Public-Private Pathways: Aligning the actions of businesses to national biodiversity objectives
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Public-Private Pathways: Aligning the actions of businesses to national biodiversity objectives
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reimagining support for Indigenous and community led conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reimagining support for Indigenous and community led conservation
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Reserved for upcoming session
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Reserved for upcoming session
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
Brazil
Onsite
SAMGe – Protected Areas Management Analysis and Monitoring System: From Assessment to Planning
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
SAMGe – Protected Areas Management Analysis and Monitoring System: From Assessment to Planning
10 Oct
18:00 - 21:00
Hall 4A: Session Room 1
Onsite
Special Screening: Ghost Elephants, by Werner Herzog
Other
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Special Screening: Ghost Elephants, by Werner Herzog
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
The Nature of Success: Publication Launch
Other
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Nature of Success: Publication Launch
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
The power of knowledge: Insights and impacts into CEM’s work
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The power of knowledge: Insights and impacts into CEM’s work
10 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
TNC’s Nature Exchange: A Forum for Dialogue, Networking, and Conservation Collaboration (30x30 in Australia)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
TNC’s Nature Exchange: A Forum for Dialogue, Networking, and Conservation Collaboration (30x30 in Australia)
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Unveiling Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coral Reef Value to Catalyze National and Global Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Unveiling Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coral Reef Value to Catalyze National and Global Action
10 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
Urban Nature-Based Development: Catalyzing Biodiversity through Buildings, Regulation, Design, and Markets [Event ends at 7:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Urban Nature-Based Development: Catalyzing Biodiversity through Buildings, Regulation, Design, and Markets [Event ends at 7:30pm]
10 Oct
18:15 - 19:00
IUCN Meeting Room 5
Onsite
MENA Oceans: From decarbonisation to ocean health and biodiversity conservation in the maritime sector
MENA Oceans Summit
MENA Oceans: From decarbonisation to ocean health and biodiversity conservation in the maritime sector
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Africa Night
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Africa Night
10 Oct
19:00 - 20:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
All Talk, All Action: What you need to know about BIOPAMA
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
All Talk, All Action: What you need to know about BIOPAMA
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Celebration and Launch of IUCN Regional Nature-based Solutions Hubs
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Celebration and Launch of IUCN Regional Nature-based Solutions Hubs
10 Oct
19:00 - 19:45
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Fostering Community-Based Conservation through Integrated Technologies for Land and Sea
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Fostering Community-Based Conservation through Integrated Technologies for Land and Sea
10 Oct
19:00 - 19:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Framing the Global Freshwater Challenge for Arid and Water- Scarce Regions - UAE Focus
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Framing the Global Freshwater Challenge for Arid and Water- Scarce Regions - UAE Focus
10 Oct
19:00 - 19:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
From Heritage to Habitat: Inspiring Communities through Education- Al Ain Zoo
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Heritage to Habitat: Inspiring Communities through Education- Al Ain Zoo
10 Oct
19:00 - 19:45
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
How youth tackle the overlooked aspect of biodiversity crisis in Southeast Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
How youth tackle the overlooked aspect of biodiversity crisis in Southeast Asia
10 Oct
19:00 - 20:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
IP Summit Closing with "a Walk with Nature"
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
IP Summit Closing with "a Walk with Nature"
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
IUCN Green List Standard – Experiences from the EAGLs & opportunities for the youth
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
IUCN Green List Standard – Experiences from the EAGLs & opportunities for the youth
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
IUCN WCPA Awards ceremony
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
IUCN WCPA Awards ceremony
10 Oct
19:00 - 20:00
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Living Desert: the Journey to Restore the Land
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Living Desert: the Journey to Restore the Land
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Living with Wildlife Photography Competition Awards Ceremony
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Living with Wildlife Photography Competition Awards Ceremony
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Members reception
Exhibition
Reception
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Members reception
10 Oct
19:00 - 20:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
National Networks Driving Coordinated Species Strategies (19:00 - 22:00)
Exhibition
Reception
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
National Networks Driving Coordinated Species Strategies (19:00 - 22:00)
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Opening Reception: Assessing progress ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2026
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Opening Reception: Assessing progress ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2026
10 Oct
19:00 - 21:00
Pavillon France
Onsite
Réception France-UICN - De Fontainebleau à Abu Dhabi : l’engagement français au sein de l’UICN
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Réception France-UICN - De Fontainebleau à Abu Dhabi : l’engagement français au sein de l’UICN