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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

10 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Traditional Knowledge, Conservation of bio-cultural Diversity and Spatial Planning
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Traditional Knowledge, Conservation of bio-cultural Diversity and Spatial Planning
10 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Una respuesta a los retos ambientales: nuevos liderazgos desde América Latina
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Una respuesta a los retos ambientales: nuevos liderazgos desde América Latina
10 Oct
15:00 - 15:45
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Walking the Talk: ICI’s 2025 Report on Advancing Equity through Indigenous-Led Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Walking the Talk: ICI’s 2025 Report on Advancing Equity through Indigenous-Led Conservation
10 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Getting the future of vegetable oil right
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Getting the future of vegetable oil right
10 Oct
15:30 - 16:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
NaturAfrica: empowering communities for thriving landscapes
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
NaturAfrica: empowering communities for thriving landscapes
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
IUCN Meeting Room 5
Onsite
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Regenerative Coastal Tourism
MENA Oceans Summit
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Regenerative Coastal Tourism
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
A Conservation Alliance fighting to protect biodiversity in Latin America
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
A Conservation Alliance fighting to protect biodiversity in Latin America
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Accelerating the Recovery of Life on Earth (16:00 - 17:45)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Accelerating the Recovery of Life on Earth (16:00 - 17:45)
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Addressing nature data challenges and opportunities for business and finance
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Addressing nature data challenges and opportunities for business and finance
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Advancing Biodiversity Conservation with AI-Driven Soil Classification & Habitat Mapping
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Advancing Biodiversity Conservation with AI-Driven Soil Classification & Habitat Mapping
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Advancing Equitable Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas through Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing Equitable Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas through Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM)
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:45
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Bottlenecks in Nature Restoration Projects: Insights from Practitioners
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Bottlenecks in Nature Restoration Projects: Insights from Practitioners
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
ELYX Foundation
Onsite
Bridging Art, Culture, and Nature Conservation: The UAE’s Path to Sustainable Futures
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Bridging Art, Culture, and Nature Conservation: The UAE’s Path to Sustainable Futures
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
BBC Media Action
Onsite
Bringing “Living Legacy” to life: Living in Balance
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Bringing “Living Legacy” to life: Living in Balance
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Virtual Channel 1
Online only
Building the Future: Approaches to Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development
Forum
Thematic session
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Building the Future: Approaches to Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
China's Natural World Heritage, Mixed World Heritage, and Scenic Sites
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
China's Natural World Heritage, Mixed World Heritage, and Scenic Sites
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 - 17:30
Contact Group - Virtual 1
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 067
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 067
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Contact Group - Virtual 2
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 094
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 094
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Contact Group - Virtual 4
Online only
Contact Group - Motion 138
Members' Assembly
Contact Group
Contact Group - Motion 138
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 - 17:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 4
Hybrid
Geoengineering: Emerging technologies, risks and governance options
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Geoengineering: Emerging technologies, risks and governance options
10 Oct
16:00 - 16:40
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Glaciers for the future: global partnership for glacier and post-glacier ecosystem resilience
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Hall 4A: Session Room 1
Hybrid
Hima for Peace
Forum
Thematic session
Hima for Peace
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 7
Hybrid
How to operationalise the rights of nature through their implementation in the territories?
Forum
Thematic session
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
How to operationalise the rights of nature through their implementation in the territories?
10 Oct
16:00 - 17:30
Hall 4C: Session Room 3
Hybrid
Integrating nature into business and finance decision-making: Pathways to a nature-positive economy
Forum
Thematic session
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Integrating nature into business and finance decision-making: Pathways to a nature-positive economy
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
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Learning for achieving 30x30 - toolkits of top-down and bottom-up approaches for area-based conservation
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Learning for achieving 30x30 - toolkits of top-down and bottom-up approaches for area-based conservation
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 - 17:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 5
Hybrid
Scaling up behavior change approaches for wildlife conservation: Encouraging actions that benefit wildlife and communities
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Scaling up behavior change approaches for wildlife conservation: Encouraging actions that benefit wildlife and communities
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 - 17:30
Conference Hall A: Session Room 6
Hybrid
Transboundary Conservation Around the World: Ecologically and Culturally Well-connected Landscapes and Seascapes
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Transboundary Conservation Around the World: Ecologically and Culturally Well-connected Landscapes and Seascapes
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 - 17:30
Hall 4B: Session Room 2
Hybrid
Unlocking Transformative Ocean Finance at Scale
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Unlocking Transformative Ocean Finance at Scale
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