Official IUCN Congress Programme

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Target audience:Youth and young professionals (35 years of age or younger)X
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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

13 Oct
12:00 - 12:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Citizen Science: Cuttlefish!
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Citizen Science: Cuttlefish!
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Defining Value: Putting People and Nature at the Heart of Landscape Outcomes
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Defining Value: Putting People and Nature at the Heart of Landscape Outcomes
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Film and Strategic Communication’s Role in Species Recovery Collaborations (11:00 Film, 12:00 - 13:00 Discussion)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Film and Strategic Communication’s Role in Species Recovery Collaborations (11:00 Film, 12:00 - 13:00 Discussion)
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Forest Literacy for Planetary Health
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Forest Literacy for Planetary Health
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
Ekthar
Onsite
From data to action: How GIS & AI support wildlife conservation efforts
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From data to action: How GIS & AI support wildlife conservation efforts
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Innovative Actions for Effective and Resilient Freshwater Connectivity and Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Innovative Actions for Effective and Resilient Freshwater Connectivity and Conservation
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Hybrid
IUCN Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
IUCN Asia
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
Mas Vale Prevenir: Metodologías de Alerta Temprana y Protección de los Defensores Ambientales
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Mas Vale Prevenir: Metodologías de Alerta Temprana y Protección de los Defensores Ambientales
13 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
Pavillon France
Onsite
Monitoring Semi-Wild Populations to Regenerate Landscapes
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Monitoring Semi-Wild Populations to Regenerate Landscapes
13 Oct
12:00 - 12:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Open Mic: Reflections, Actions, Commitments for a reimagined future (Continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Open Mic: Reflections, Actions, Commitments for a reimagined future (Continued)
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Prosper with Nature: Safeguarding biodiversity and human rights in energy transition mineral governance [ends 1:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Prosper with Nature: Safeguarding biodiversity and human rights in energy transition mineral governance [ends 1:30pm]
13 Oct
12:00 - 13:00
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Species Protection Challenge - 2
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Species Protection Challenge - 2
13 Oct
12:00 - 12:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
The Role of Law Enforcement in Combating Environmental Crimes and Protecting Biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
The Role of Law Enforcement in Combating Environmental Crimes and Protecting Biodiversity
13 Oct
13:00 - 13:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
African Visions Driving Conservation Futures
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
African Visions Driving Conservation Futures
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Canada
Onsite
Conservation in Action: Service Learning for Real-World Impact
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Conservation in Action: Service Learning for Real-World Impact
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Countering the Colonial Legacies of Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Countering the Colonial Legacies of Conservation
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Nabat
Onsite
From trees to ecosystems: Reframing the value of mangrove restoration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From trees to ecosystems: Reframing the value of mangrove restoration
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Growing Futures: UAE & Global Children Reimagining Education for Biodiversity
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Growing Futures: UAE & Global Children Reimagining Education for Biodiversity
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
How Young Women Can Shape the IUCN Programme and Environmental Policies in the Arab Region
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
How Young Women Can Shape the IUCN Programme and Environmental Policies in the Arab Region
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Intergenerational Dialogue and Youth Commitments for Biodiversity in Africa
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Intergenerational Dialogue and Youth Commitments for Biodiversity in Africa
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
One Health - One Mind: Health and wellbeing for the nature conservation sector
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
One Health - One Mind: Health and wellbeing for the nature conservation sector
13 Oct
13:00 - 13:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Plastic Asking Workshop
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Plastic Asking Workshop
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Scaling conflict-sensitive conservation to benefit nature, people and peace: Understanding the challenges
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Scaling conflict-sensitive conservation to benefit nature, people and peace: Understanding the challenges
13 Oct
13:00 - 13:45
Pavillon France
Onsite
Scaling Up Conservation: From Pilot Projects to Landscape-Level Impact with Satellite Animal Tracking
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Up Conservation: From Pilot Projects to Landscape-Level Impact with Satellite Animal Tracking
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
UAE Rural Communities and Nature Positive Solutions
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
UAE Rural Communities and Nature Positive Solutions
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Unlocking Private Finance for scalable, credible, and high integrity NbS
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Unlocking Private Finance for scalable, credible, and high integrity NbS
13 Oct
13:00 - 14:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Visualising transformation: inspiration from the Reimagine Pavilion
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Visualising transformation: inspiration from the Reimagine Pavilion
13 Oct
13:00 - 15:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
What Role Should Nature Play in Community-based Adaptation?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
What Role Should Nature Play in Community-based Adaptation?
13 Oct
13:00 - 13:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
What We Protect Together Endures: Mobilizing Finance to Achieve the 2030 Goals
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
What We Protect Together Endures: Mobilizing Finance to Achieve the 2030 Goals
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Ask the CEO
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Ask the CEO
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Centering Human Rights and Gender Equity in Protected and Conserved Areas Governance
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Centering Human Rights and Gender Equity in Protected and Conserved Areas Governance
13 Oct
14:00 - 14:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Co-created conservation performance payment mechanisms to share costs and benefits of living with wildlife
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Co-created conservation performance payment mechanisms to share costs and benefits of living with wildlife
13 Oct
14:00 - 14:30
Nzatu Coffee Kiosks - ADNEC Concourse
Onsite
Coffee for Conservation
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Coffee for Conservation
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
From Food Waste to Soil: Youth Co-Creating Circular Food Futures
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From Food Waste to Soil: Youth Co-Creating Circular Food Futures
13 Oct
14:00 - 14:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Human–Nature Connectedness for Transformative Change
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Human–Nature Connectedness for Transformative Change
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Inter-generational Dialogue on Transformative Storytelling
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Inter-generational Dialogue on Transformative Storytelling
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
NATURE Impacts: Prioritising national action towards global nature recovery
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
NATURE Impacts: Prioritising national action towards global nature recovery
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Overcoming the biodiversity paradox
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Overcoming the biodiversity paradox
13 Oct
14:00 - 14:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Role of Veterinarian in Conservation and Animal Welfare
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Role of Veterinarian in Conservation and Animal Welfare
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Ekthar
Onsite
Unlocking Biodiversity: the role of genomics for conservation efforts
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Unlocking Biodiversity: the role of genomics for conservation efforts
13 Oct
14:00 - 14:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Visualising transformation: inspiration from the Reimagine Pavilion (Continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Visualising transformation: inspiration from the Reimagine Pavilion (Continued)
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
WEEC No Limits to Hope and 13WEEC 2026
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
WEEC No Limits to Hope and 13WEEC 2026
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Wild Hope: Does Nature Have Rights? (Film, 13:00 and Discussion, 14:00)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Wild Hope: Does Nature Have Rights? (Film, 13:00 and Discussion, 14:00)
13 Oct
14:00 - 15:00
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Wildlife Friendly Infrastructure in Asia: Safeguarding Whole Ecosystems Amid Rapid Development
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Wildlife Friendly Infrastructure in Asia: Safeguarding Whole Ecosystems Amid Rapid Development
13 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Celebration and closing of the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Celebration and closing of the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion
13 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Community-Based Ecosystem Restoration in Africa: Key Experiences Involving Local Communities
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Community-Based Ecosystem Restoration in Africa: Key Experiences Involving Local Communities
13 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Creative Action for Conservation: Empowering Young Changemakers
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Creative Action for Conservation: Empowering Young Changemakers
13 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
From Fields to Forests: Sustaining Communities, Reviving Biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
From Fields to Forests: Sustaining Communities, Reviving Biodiversity
13 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
How to scale up species conservation action innovatively and achieve greater impact for all?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
How to scale up species conservation action innovatively and achieve greater impact for all?
13 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Meet The Nature Conservancy!
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Meet The Nature Conservancy!