Official IUCN Congress Programme

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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Aquascapes, Landscapes, and the Global Pact: A Connected Approach to Ecosystem Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Aquascapes, Landscapes, and the Global Pact: A Connected Approach to Ecosystem Conservation
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Be Active, Be a Friend to the Environment - central stage
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Be Active, Be a Friend to the Environment - central stage
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Ekthar
Onsite
Biobanking for biodiversity: Reshaping the future of conservation - Part 1
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biobanking for biodiversity: Reshaping the future of conservation - Part 1
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Connectivity for Conservation Toward a Networked, Inclusive Conservation Landscape
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Connectivity for Conservation Toward a Networked, Inclusive Conservation Landscape
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Designing a Community of Practice on Nature & Infrastructure (COPNI)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Designing a Community of Practice on Nature & Infrastructure (COPNI)
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Dialogue: What is the role of humans in a more-than-human world?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Dialogue: What is the role of humans in a more-than-human world?
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: Transformative Solutions for Communities and Courts
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Earth Jurisprudence and the Rights of Nature: Transformative Solutions for Communities and Courts
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Pavillon France
Onsite
Engaging with and enhancing the effectiveness of the Global Review of the KMGBF
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Engaging with and enhancing the effectiveness of the Global Review of the KMGBF
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Canada
Onsite
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation in Protected and Conserved Areas
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation in Protected and Conserved Areas
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Enhancing Global Biodiversity through national-scale Electrocution Mitigation
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Enhancing Global Biodiversity through national-scale Electrocution Mitigation
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Exploring the world’s protected areas through sound
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Exploring the world’s protected areas through sound
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
GEF SGP: Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Through Local Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
GEF SGP: Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Through Local Action
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:00
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Identifying Key Geoheritage Areas (KGAs) for safeguarding geoheritage sites of global significance
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Identifying Key Geoheritage Areas (KGAs) for safeguarding geoheritage sites of global significance
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
Linking Culture to Nature Using the Hima Approach
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Linking Culture to Nature Using the Hima Approach
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Nature in the Balance Sheet : Turning Natural Capital into Business Reality
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Nature in the Balance Sheet : Turning Natural Capital into Business Reality
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Outil d'accompagnement du Comité français de l'UICN "de la planification à l'évaluation d'une démarche SfN"
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Outil d'accompagnement du Comité français de l'UICN "de la planification à l'évaluation d'une démarche SfN"
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Protecting Asia's Giants: Scalable and Resilient Conservation in Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protecting Asia's Giants: Scalable and Resilient Conservation in Action
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:10
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
Purpose-Built Reefs: Building Resilient Marine Ecosystems in a Changing World
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Purpose-Built Reefs: Building Resilient Marine Ecosystems in a Changing World
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:15
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Safeguarding Africa Keystone Protected Areas through enhanced Collaborative Management Partnerships
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Safeguarding Africa Keystone Protected Areas through enhanced Collaborative Management Partnerships
09 Oct
17:30 - 18:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Sneak Preview- an IUCN Explanatory Guide to the High Seas Treaty
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Sneak Preview- an IUCN Explanatory Guide to the High Seas Treaty
09 Oct
18:00 - 18:40
Conference Hall B: Session Room 9
Hybrid
Financing the Future: Unlocking Private Capital for a Thriving Planet
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Financing the Future: Unlocking Private Capital for a Thriving Planet
09 Oct
18:00 - 18:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
From Islands to Insights: The Arabian Region’s Longest Breeding Seabird Monitoring Journey.
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From Islands to Insights: The Arabian Region’s Longest Breeding Seabird Monitoring Journey.
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:15
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Accelerating Nature Markets - a Conservation Finance Conversation and Coffee
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Accelerating Nature Markets - a Conservation Finance Conversation and Coffee
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Agriculture, Desertification and Climate Resilience: From Global Commitments to Community-led Solutions
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Agriculture, Desertification and Climate Resilience: From Global Commitments to Community-led Solutions
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Al Ain Zoo: Projects & Conservation Vision
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Al Ain Zoo: Projects & Conservation Vision
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Dialogue: What is the role of humans in a more-than-human world? (Continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Dialogue: What is the role of humans in a more-than-human world? (Continued)
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:00
Virtual Channel 5
Online only
Digital modelling to predict species outcomes in forest management: the story of a collaboration
Forum
Podcast
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Digital modelling to predict species outcomes in forest management: the story of a collaboration
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Exhibition of Red Panda Carpet
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Exhibition of Red Panda Carpet
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
Canada
Onsite
Healthy nature, healthy economy: how economics support protected area establishment
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Healthy nature, healthy economy: how economics support protected area establishment
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
IUCN Green List
Onsite
How can the Green List support World Heritage conservation?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
How can the Green List support World Heritage conservation?
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:00
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Maximising impact through storytelling
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Maximising impact through storytelling
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Nature-based Solutions from Landscapes to Cityscapes - Lessons for South Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Nature-based Solutions from Landscapes to Cityscapes - Lessons for South Asia
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Strengthening human-nature connectedness to advance transformative change for nature (NFA + partners)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Strengthening human-nature connectedness to advance transformative change for nature (NFA + partners)
09 Oct
18:30 - 19:30
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation
09 Oct
19:00 - 20:00
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Conservation in Action: Inspiring Partnerships for Biodiversity
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Conservation in Action: Inspiring Partnerships for Biodiversity
10 Oct
08:30 - 09:10
Conference Hall B: Session Room 10
Hybrid
Are Your Threat Reduction Efforts Working? Measuring What Matters
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Are Your Threat Reduction Efforts Working? Measuring What Matters
10 Oct
08:30 - 09:10
Virtual Channel 4
Online only
Gender Transformative Approaches to Conservation – What, Why and How?
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Gender Transformative Approaches to Conservation – What, Why and How?
10 Oct
08:30 - 10:30
Conference Hall B: Session Room 8
Onsite
Learning how to implement the updated Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Forum
Learning Zone: Toolbox
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Learning how to implement the updated Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
10 Oct
08:30 - 10:30
Conference Hall B: Session Room 11
Onsite
Managing our Mangroves: lessons in conservation and restoration from the UAE and beyond
Forum
Learning Zone: Deep dive
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Managing our Mangroves: lessons in conservation and restoration from the UAE and beyond
10 Oct
08:30 - 09:30
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Practical introduction and training session: Interactive session using IBAT for biodiversity risk assessment and decision-making
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Practical introduction and training session: Interactive session using IBAT for biodiversity risk assessment and decision-making
10 Oct
08:30 - 10:30
Conference Hall B: Session Room 9
Onsite
Tout savoir sur la Liste verte des aires protégées et conservées de l’UICN
Forum
Learning Zone: Toolbox
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Tout savoir sur la Liste verte des aires protégées et conservées de l’UICN
10 Oct
09:00 - 09:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Building an Evidence Base for Indigenous and Community Led Conservation through Participatory Technology and Self-Documentation
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Delivering on Equity
Building an Evidence Base for Indigenous and Community Led Conservation through Participatory Technology and Self-Documentation
10 Oct
09:00 - 10:30
Hall 3: Forum Plenary
Hybrid
Nature is everyone’s business: Mobilising Capital for Biodiversity and Resilience
Forum
High-Level Dialogue
Nature is everyone’s business: Mobilising Capital for Biodiversity and Resilience
10 Oct
09:30 - 10:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Emergency Action to Restore 80% of ecological integrity in Amazonia by 2030 preventing tipping points
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Emergency Action to Restore 80% of ecological integrity in Amazonia by 2030 preventing tipping points
10 Oct
09:30 - 10:10
Conference Hall B: Session Room 10
Hybrid
Global Species Action Plan Online Knowledge Platform: one stop shop for conservation tools
Forum
Learning Zone: Speedy Learning
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Global Species Action Plan Online Knowledge Platform: one stop shop for conservation tools
10 Oct
10:00 - 11:00
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Demonstrating the untapped potential of the World Heritage Outlook website
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Demonstrating the untapped potential of the World Heritage Outlook website
10 Oct
10:30 - 11:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Areas of importance for biodiversity: what are we missing?
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Areas of importance for biodiversity: what are we missing?
10 Oct
11:00 - 12:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 6
Hybrid
Achieving conservation and socio-economic benefits from managing Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in freshwater ecosystems
Forum
Thematic session
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Achieving conservation and socio-economic benefits from managing Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in freshwater ecosystems
10 Oct
11:00 - 12:30
Hall 4B: Session Room 2
Hybrid
Advancing nature policies to fast-track business action
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing nature policies to fast-track business action