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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Clashing Species: Integrating ONE Health and Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Clashing Species: Integrating ONE Health and Conservation
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Conservation Education in Africa: Navigating African conservation landscapes
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Education in Africa: Navigating African conservation landscapes
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Coral Bleaching Action: Regional efforts in upscaling monitoring for management in the Red Sea
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Coral Bleaching Action: Regional efforts in upscaling monitoring for management in the Red Sea
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Creating effective environmental communications strategies: A new Guide for practitioners
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Creating effective environmental communications strategies: A new Guide for practitioners
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Canada
Onsite
Establishing National Frameworks for Environmental Learning
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Establishing National Frameworks for Environmental Learning
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:40
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
First Abu Dhabi Bank - Central Stage slotNature investment opportunities for the private sector
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
First Abu Dhabi Bank - Central Stage slotNature investment opportunities for the private sector
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Brazil
Onsite
From Science to Action: The Role of ICMBio’s National Research Centers in Saving Species.
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Science to Action: The Role of ICMBio’s National Research Centers in Saving Species.
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
Pavillon France
Onsite
IUCN NbS Standard: From global to local with tailored support tools for effective implementation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
IUCN NbS Standard: From global to local with tailored support tools for effective implementation
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
King Abdul Aziz Royal Nature Reserve’s Pathway to excellence in achieving the Green List Certificate
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
King Abdul Aziz Royal Nature Reserve’s Pathway to excellence in achieving the Green List Certificate
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Ministry of Environment, KR
Onsite
Nature-based Solution in Suncheon City
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Nature-based Solution in Suncheon City
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Onsite
Plastic-Free Society: Policies and Practices for Transition to a Nature-Based Economy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Plastic-Free Society: Policies and Practices for Transition to a Nature-Based Economy
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Podong Indigenous Peoples Initiative: Impact, lessons and Path Forward
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Podong Indigenous Peoples Initiative: Impact, lessons and Path Forward
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Tool in the Pacific
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protected Areas Management Effectiveness Tool in the Pacific
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
EPAA - Sharjah Government
Onsite
Reflections on IUCN Regional Red List Assessments for the Arabian Peninsula
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reflections on IUCN Regional Red List Assessments for the Arabian Peninsula
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reimagining species-based conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reimagining species-based conservation
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Saving ASAP fishes: a radically collaborative approach
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Saving ASAP fishes: a radically collaborative approach
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Scaling Impact: Financial Solutions for Climate Action and Biodiversity Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Impact: Financial Solutions for Climate Action and Biodiversity Conservation
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:40
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
The Power of Partnership: Recognising Support for the IUCN Green List
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Power of Partnership: Recognising Support for the IUCN Green List
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
The Verifiable Nature Unit - critical infrastructure for nature finance
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The Verifiable Nature Unit - critical infrastructure for nature finance
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Transformative Capacity Building of IP&LC Organisations for Effective Inclusive Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Transformative Capacity Building of IP&LC Organisations for Effective Inclusive Conservation
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Una alianza por la conservación luchando por proteger la biodiversidad en Latinoamérica
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Una alianza por la conservación luchando por proteger la biodiversidad en Latinoamérica
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Waste Meets Water: Stories, Solutions, and Strategies for Living
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Waste Meets Water: Stories, Solutions, and Strategies for Living
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Whole-of-Society Action for Land Degradation Neutrality: Empowering CSOs for transformative change
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Whole-of-Society Action for Land Degradation Neutrality: Empowering CSOs for transformative change
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Why Crypto-benthic fish matter for complete biodiversity assessment?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Why Crypto-benthic fish matter for complete biodiversity assessment?
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Youth Artivism: Empowering Creative Voices for Nature
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Youth Artivism: Empowering Creative Voices for Nature
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Advancing Biodiversity Impact Management: Insights from the Energy Sector [Starts at 16:30]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing Biodiversity Impact Management: Insights from the Energy Sector [Starts at 16:30]
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
Advancing Sustainable Agriculture through Law and Policy Coherence
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing Sustainable Agriculture through Law and Policy Coherence
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Biodiversity first: why coral taxonomy matters for coral reef conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biodiversity first: why coral taxonomy matters for coral reef conservation
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
Brazil
Onsite
Biodiversity Monitoring as a Management Tool for Protected Areas
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Biodiversity Monitoring as a Management Tool for Protected Areas
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Challenges for Biodiversity in the Green Transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Challenges for Biodiversity in the Green Transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Conservation Action in the Ancient and Irreplaceable Annamite Mountains Bioregion
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Action in the Ancient and Irreplaceable Annamite Mountains Bioregion
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
Pavillon France
Onsite
De la recherche aux actions concrètes : l'engagement multi-acteurs pour les SfN
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
De la recherche aux actions concrètes : l'engagement multi-acteurs pour les SfN
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Expert Talks:
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Expert Talks:
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
From Learning to Leadership: Young Professionals Experiences Driving Change in Conservation
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Learning to Leadership: Young Professionals Experiences Driving Change in Conservation
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Global EAGL Knowledge Exchange: Challenges, Lessons, and Recommendations in Green Listing
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Global EAGL Knowledge Exchange: Challenges, Lessons, and Recommendations in Green Listing
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:40
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
High-Level Panel on Renewables, Grids and Nature Protection
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
High-Level Panel on Renewables, Grids and Nature Protection
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Inclusive Conservation: Youth & Women Leading Transformative Action in Marine Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Inclusive Conservation: Youth & Women Leading Transformative Action in Marine Conservation
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
IUCN Youth Strategy: Past, Present and Way Forward
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
IUCN Youth Strategy: Past, Present and Way Forward
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
Launch of World Bank Report - Continental Drying: A Threat to Our Common Future
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Launch of World Bank Report - Continental Drying: A Threat to Our Common Future
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Launch Session: Announcements and Reports
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Launch Session: Announcements and Reports
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
Ministry of Environment, KR
Onsite
Nature-based Solution in Suncheon City
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Nature-based Solution in Suncheon City
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
Protecting our natural World Heritage: a collective effort
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Protecting our natural World Heritage: a collective effort
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reimagining species-based conservation (continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reimagining species-based conservation (continued)
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Reviving Arid Lands: AlUla’s Strategic Path to Ecosystem Restoration
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Reviving Arid Lands: AlUla’s Strategic Path to Ecosystem Restoration
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:45
Nature Positive Pavilion
Onsite
Right Data, Right Time
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Right Data, Right Time
10 Oct
17:00 - 18:00
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Successful Conservation Strategies in Indonesia: From Primary Forests to Coral Reefs [Event starts at 4:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Successful Conservation Strategies in Indonesia: From Primary Forests to Coral Reefs [Event starts at 4:30pm]
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Sustainability practices in AlAinZoo
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Sustainability practices in AlAinZoo
10 Oct
17:00 - 17:40
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic for a Pollution-free Future
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic for a Pollution-free Future