Official IUCN Congress Programme

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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

12 Oct
14:30 - 15:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Planet on the Move
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Planet on the Move
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:40
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
A Digital Perspective on Nature: Turning Data into Action to Protect Biodiversity and Support Herding
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
A Digital Perspective on Nature: Turning Data into Action to Protect Biodiversity and Support Herding
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:30
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Animal reproduction biotechnology applied to ex-situ conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Animal reproduction biotechnology applied to ex-situ conservation
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:40
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Animal Welfare, Human Values, and the Future of Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Animal Welfare, Human Values, and the Future of Conservation
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Building Sustainability for Network Connectivity: the Case of Migratory Flyways
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Building Sustainability for Network Connectivity: the Case of Migratory Flyways
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Business Summit - Reflection Dialogue
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Business Summit - Reflection Dialogue
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Can Wild Economies Fund Conservation? From Livelihoods to Resilient Nature-Based Economies
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Can Wild Economies Fund Conservation? From Livelihoods to Resilient Nature-Based Economies
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Case studies from the zoo on treating rare species
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Case studies from the zoo on treating rare species
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Pavillon France
Onsite
Certificats de biodiversité : enjeux, opportunités et défis
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Certificats de biodiversité : enjeux, opportunités et défis
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Community Centered Traditional Reef Fisheries Restoration and Coral Reef Management: Commonalities and Lessons Learned
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Community Centered Traditional Reef Fisheries Restoration and Coral Reef Management: Commonalities and Lessons Learned
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:40
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
Democratizing Conservation Decisions and Scaling Actions with the Marxan Planning Platform (MaPP)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Democratizing Conservation Decisions and Scaling Actions with the Marxan Planning Platform (MaPP)
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Mesoamérica conectada: retos y soluciones para las áreas protegidas y las comunidades
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Mesoamérica conectada: retos y soluciones para las áreas protegidas y las comunidades
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Moving audiences to conservation action: behaviour change through ex situ and civil society organisations
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Moving audiences to conservation action: behaviour change through ex situ and civil society organisations
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Africa
Onsite
One Ocean - A wave of Opportunity: Africa and the BBNJ Agreement
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
One Ocean - A wave of Opportunity: Africa and the BBNJ Agreement
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Paving for GEF9- Ideas and New Opportunities
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Paving for GEF9- Ideas and New Opportunities
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
MECC Mongolia
Onsite
Przewalski Horse Conservation Alliance
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Przewalski Horse Conservation Alliance
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Revolutionising indicators of wildlife use and trade through big data from online and social platforms
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Revolutionising indicators of wildlife use and trade through big data from online and social platforms
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:30
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Saving lives through radio in Nepal
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Saving lives through radio in Nepal
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Securing a Resilient Future for Asia's Rangelands: Conservation, Restoration, and Sustainable Livelihoods
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Securing a Resilient Future for Asia's Rangelands: Conservation, Restoration, and Sustainable Livelihoods
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
Shared Waters, Shared Futures: Advancing Transboundary Water Cooperation to secure sustainable development, livelihoods and peace
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Shared Waters, Shared Futures: Advancing Transboundary Water Cooperation to secure sustainable development, livelihoods and peace
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
Ministry of Environment, KR
Onsite
Sharing the Status of Biodiversity Monitoring by Citizen Scientists in Korea and Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Sharing the Status of Biodiversity Monitoring by Citizen Scientists in Korea and Asia
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:30
EPAA - Sharjah Government
Onsite
Sharjah Stranding Response Program
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Sharjah Stranding Response Program
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Strategy to help Subnational Actors Engage in Global Policy to Conserve Nature and Biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Strategy to help Subnational Actors Engage in Global Policy to Conserve Nature and Biodiversity
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
The Road to Bélem - COP30
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The Road to Bélem - COP30
12 Oct
15:00 - 15:30
Virtual Channel 3
Online only
The role of communities in nature conservation within the framework of the One Health approach
Forum
Podcast
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The role of communities in nature conservation within the framework of the One Health approach
12 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Voices of Indigenous Youth: Experiences of Community Leadership and Ancestral Knowledge for Nature and Culture
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Voices of Indigenous Youth: Experiences of Community Leadership and Ancestral Knowledge for Nature and Culture
12 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Hands-On with EarthRanger and Skylight: Real-Time Technologies for Conservation
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Hands-On with EarthRanger and Skylight: Real-Time Technologies for Conservation
12 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
IIFB Strategy to Contribute to the Achievement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
IIFB Strategy to Contribute to the Achievement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
'BLAZING TRAILS' The Evolution of Al Ain Zoo African Elephant Program
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
'BLAZING TRAILS' The Evolution of Al Ain Zoo African Elephant Program
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
12 Oct
17:30 - 19:30
Canada
Onsite
Celebrating 9 years of #NatureForAll in Canada
Exhibition
Reception
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Celebrating 9 years of #NatureForAll in Canada
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Central Stage - Announcement of the host country for the IUCN World PCA Congress 2027
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Central Stage - Announcement of the host country for the IUCN World PCA Congress 2027
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Ministry of Environment, KR
Onsite
Expanding the Conservation Boundaries: OECMs in Asia and Beyond
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Expanding the Conservation Boundaries: OECMs in Asia and Beyond
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Film screening and discussion: Blue Spark, Inhambane Bay, Ocean Revolution Mozambique x Marine Conservation Institute
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Film screening and discussion: Blue Spark, Inhambane Bay, Ocean Revolution Mozambique x Marine Conservation Institute
12 Oct
17:30 - 19:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Funding justice … justly: Shifting power and practice in conservation philanthropy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Funding justice … justly: Shifting power and practice in conservation philanthropy
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
IBAT & NPI Learning Lab: Measuring the state of nature
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
IBAT & NPI Learning Lab: Measuring the state of nature
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Inclusive and authentic conservation storytelling
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Inclusive and authentic conservation storytelling
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Influencing Meaningful Change (17:30 - 18:30)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Influencing Meaningful Change (17:30 - 18:30)
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
Integrating Biodiversity into Industry: UAE Leadership in Action
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Integrating Biodiversity into Industry: UAE Leadership in Action
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Measuring the Pulse of European Biodiversity: Scaling-Up Red List Applications to Guide Policy and Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Measuring the Pulse of European Biodiversity: Scaling-Up Red List Applications to Guide Policy and Action
12 Oct
17:30 - 19:00
IUCN Africa
Onsite
People and Partnerships for a Regenerative Blue Economy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
People and Partnerships for a Regenerative Blue Economy
12 Oct
17:30 - 19:00
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Protected and Restored Areas in Brazil and Beyond: Pathways to Global Collaboration for Ecosystem Resilience
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protected and Restored Areas in Brazil and Beyond: Pathways to Global Collaboration for Ecosystem Resilience
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Protecting Nature in Armed conflicts: Advancing Environmental Justice and Resilience.
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protecting Nature in Armed conflicts: Advancing Environmental Justice and Resilience.
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Pavillon France
Onsite
Sustainable organizational development of civil society organizations: for whom, why, how?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Sustainable organizational development of civil society organizations: for whom, why, how?
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
BBC Media Action
Onsite
The future of Bangladesh's Tanguar Haor
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The future of Bangladesh's Tanguar Haor
12 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
The Road to the Biodiversity COP17 (CANCELLED!)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Road to the Biodiversity COP17 (CANCELLED!)
12 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Enhancing financial mechanisms for Primary Forest conservation [Event ends at 7:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Enhancing financial mechanisms for Primary Forest conservation [Event ends at 7:30pm]
12 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Global partnerships for coexistence: Scaling up conservation of apex predators [Event ends at 7:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Global partnerships for coexistence: Scaling up conservation of apex predators [Event ends at 7:30pm]
12 Oct
18:00 - 19:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
It Starts With Birds
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
It Starts With Birds
12 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Nature Exchange: Join The Nature Conservancy for a conversation with TNC's Chief Scientist and coffee
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Nature Exchange: Join The Nature Conservancy for a conversation with TNC's Chief Scientist and coffee