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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Advancing 30 by 30 in the ROWA Region, aligning regional action with Kunming Montreal GBF
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Advancing 30 by 30 in the ROWA Region, aligning regional action with Kunming Montreal GBF
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Al Ain Zoo Conservation Role
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Al Ain Zoo Conservation Role
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Beyond Pilots: How do we sustain, mainstream, replicate and scale behavior change for impact?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Beyond Pilots: How do we sustain, mainstream, replicate and scale behavior change for impact?
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Brazil
Onsite
Beyond Red Lists: Innovative Approaches to Wildlife Conservation in Brazil
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Beyond Red Lists: Innovative Approaches to Wildlife Conservation in Brazil
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
Business leadership in protecting World Heritage sites: the ‘no-go’ commitment
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Business leadership in protecting World Heritage sites: the ‘no-go’ commitment
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
CEC Members Gathering - Congress Connections
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
CEC Members Gathering - Congress Connections
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Co-management models in Africa
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Co-management models in Africa
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
Pavillon France
Onsite
COMBO+ et la séquence Eviter-Réduire-Compenser : 10 ans de leçons pour concilier développement et conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
COMBO+ et la séquence Eviter-Réduire-Compenser : 10 ans de leçons pour concilier développement et conservation
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R2
Onsite
COP30 Ocean Action Agenda - Moving from Ambition to Action - The One Ocean Partnership
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
COP30 Ocean Action Agenda - Moving from Ambition to Action - The One Ocean Partnership
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
Onsite
Ecological Connectivity for Resilient Marine Protected and Conserved Areas
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Ecological Connectivity for Resilient Marine Protected and Conserved Areas
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Feeding Futures, Healing Landscapes: Stories of Conflict, Recovery, and Coexistence
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Feeding Futures, Healing Landscapes: Stories of Conflict, Recovery, and Coexistence
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:10
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
From the IUCN World Conservation Congress to the 2026 UN Water Conference
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From the IUCN World Conservation Congress to the 2026 UN Water Conference
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Grand Opening and Inauguration of the Home of Indigenous Peoples (IP Pavilion Opening)
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Grand Opening and Inauguration of the Home of Indigenous Peoples (IP Pavilion Opening)
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Green List Impact: Pathways for Protected and Conserved Areas to 2030
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Green List Impact: Pathways for Protected and Conserved Areas to 2030
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:00
BBC Media Action
Onsite
In Conversation: Dr Sylvia Earle and Ami Vitale
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
In Conversation: Dr Sylvia Earle and Ami Vitale
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
Innovation & Patent Exhibition: “Climate Innovation Lab – UAEU Patents in Action”
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Innovation & Patent Exhibition: “Climate Innovation Lab – UAEU Patents in Action”
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Launch of India’s National Red List Roadmap
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Launch of India’s National Red List Roadmap
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
MENA Target 3 "Stock-take" Dialogue: Accelerating Action towards 30x30 in the Region
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
MENA Target 3 "Stock-take" Dialogue: Accelerating Action towards 30x30 in the Region
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:10
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
Nature Positive action on the road to COP17
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Nature Positive action on the road to COP17
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Opening of the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion / My reimagined conservation looks like…
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Opening of the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion / My reimagined conservation looks like…
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Optimizing climate mitigation and adaptation benefits from synergistic climate and biodiversity action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Optimizing climate mitigation and adaptation benefits from synergistic climate and biodiversity action
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R1
Onsite
Preparing for future Area-based Management Tools, including MPAs, under the BBNJ Agreement
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Preparing for future Area-based Management Tools, including MPAs, under the BBNJ Agreement
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Renewables for Nature --- Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities [Event starts at 1:30pm]
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Renewables for Nature --- Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities [Event starts at 1:30pm]
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Nabat
Onsite
Scaling nature with tech: How AI and robotics are transforming ecosystem restoration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Scaling nature with tech: How AI and robotics are transforming ecosystem restoration
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Scaling NbS for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling NbS for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Asia
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Seeding Transformative Futures: Youth, Culture, and Decolonizing Conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Seeding Transformative Futures: Youth, Culture, and Decolonizing Conservation
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Strategic Partnership Announcement & Panel on Financing for Nature
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Strategic Partnership Announcement & Panel on Financing for Nature
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Canada
Onsite
Successful Gender-Inclusive Approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Successful Gender-Inclusive Approaches in Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
SUR Members Committee Closed Session
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
SUR Members Committee Closed Session
09 Oct
14:30 - 16:00
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Synergies Between Species and Climate Solutions (1400 - 1530)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Synergies Between Species and Climate Solutions (1400 - 1530)
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:15
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Tackling invasive alien species across the EU
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Tackling invasive alien species across the EU
09 Oct
14:30 - 15:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs: The Coral Reef Breakthrough, Partnerships for People & Planet
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Turning the Tide for Coral Reefs: The Coral Reef Breakthrough, Partnerships for People & Planet
09 Oct
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Marine Conservation in Gulf of Aqaba: West Asia example & potential catalyst for regional collaboration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Marine Conservation in Gulf of Aqaba: West Asia example & potential catalyst for regional collaboration
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
Announcement: UAEU Postdoctoral Fellowship on Climate Action (Cycle 2)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Announcement: UAEU Postdoctoral Fellowship on Climate Action (Cycle 2)
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Ask the GEF Almost Anything
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Transition to Nature- Positive
Hybrid
Central Stage - Transition to Nature-Positive
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Central Stage - Transition to Nature-Positive
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Climate Resilient Cities with Nature: The Next Generation of Urban Planning
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Climate Resilient Cities with Nature: The Next Generation of Urban Planning
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Brazil
Onsite
Conservation Genetics and Genomics for Policy and Management: Global Indicators and the Brazilian GBB Case
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Conservation Genetics and Genomics for Policy and Management: Global Indicators and the Brazilian GBB Case
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN Programme 2026-2029 Pavilion - R3
Onsite
Enhancing capacities to engage in marine BBNJ-related processes
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Enhancing capacities to engage in marine BBNJ-related processes
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Environmental Change and Migration
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Environmental Change and Migration
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
From Bean to Biodiversity: Scaling Regenerative Landscape Solutions
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
From Bean to Biodiversity: Scaling Regenerative Landscape Solutions
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
Global Insights from the IUCN Task Force on Nature-Based Education
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Global Insights from the IUCN Task Force on Nature-Based Education
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Indigenous Talks: Peoples direct access to finance for biodiversity conservation & climate actions
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Indigenous Talks: Peoples direct access to finance for biodiversity conservation & climate actions
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Innovation meets Conservation: building and inclusive Ecosystem to Drive Scalable Conservation Impact
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Innovation meets Conservation: building and inclusive Ecosystem to Drive Scalable Conservation Impact
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Pavillon France
Onsite
La Liste Verte de l'UICN : Témoignages de réussite dans les aires protégées
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
La Liste Verte de l'UICN : Témoignages de réussite dans les aires protégées
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Marine Wildlife Rescue at YSWRR - Engaging community to succeed
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Marine Wildlife Rescue at YSWRR - Engaging community to succeed
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
Meet The Nature Conservancy!
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Meet The Nature Conservancy!
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Nature Conservation and Genetic Engineering: Examining 'Labs in the Field'
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Nature Conservation and Genetic Engineering: Examining 'Labs in the Field'
09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Nature on the Table: What Role Can Wild Harvesting Play in Today’s Food Systems?
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Nature on the Table: What Role Can Wild Harvesting Play in Today’s Food Systems?