Upcoming events

The IPBES 12 Plenary is open for participation of IPBES members and observers, hosted in Manchester, United Kingdom. Stakeholder participation inIPBES 12 is open only to delegates who are officially nominated by their organizations that have been accredited as observers toprevious sessions of the Plenary . Individual registration is [...]

Join us for the first 2026 technical support hour for GBIF nodes on the 4th of February at 4:00 pm CET. We are starting the year withrevisiting one of our old blog posts on how to choose a dataset class when sharing data on GBIF. In addition to giving [...]

SBDI Days 2026 explores how artificial intelligence influences the field of ecology and biodiversity research. The conference is hosted by the [Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure](SBDI - https://biodiversitydata.se), which includesthe Swedish GBIF node . The program features current developments in areas such as machine learning, digital twins, genetic monitoring using [...]

This free event is taking place on 16 to 18 February 2026 in Apia, Samoa. It is made possible by the support of the International Science Council’s Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources
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The first International Conservation Technology Conference (ICTC) is hosted by WILDLABS and a coalition of partner organizations in Lima, Peru. The conference consists of two days of pre-conference workshops and three days of the core events that bring together conservation technology adopters, innovators, scalers and enablers from across various sectors. [...]

Ahead of the submission deadline for the 2026 Graduate Researchers Award programme <>, this session brings together nodes from across the GBIF network to share experiences, practical guidance, and lessons learned from running country-level processes. The session will include discussion and a Q&A with the GBIF Secretariat to support national [...]

This workshop is a part of GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme CESP2024-013
The workshop focuses on practical use of biodiversity data to support research, conservation, and decision-making in Ethiopia. Building on data mobilized through GBIF and national partners, it introduces tools, workflows, and real-world use cases that demonstrate [...]

This webinar, hosted by the GBIF Secretariat and the GBIF Regional Support Contractors, is aimed at supporting successful projects funded through the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) round.
The webinar covers essential information relating to the delivery of BID projects. Topics covered include support [...]

Expanding on the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative 's previous events (GSBI), the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference in Victoria, Canada will convene the world’s leading experts in this interdisciplinary field of soil biodiversity science to present and discuss recent advances addressing the urgency of meeting global challenges which link to [...]

The GBIF Secretariat is organizing a capacity enhancement workshop on biodiversity data mobilization as part of theBID programme for representatives of projects selected under the BID Pacific call for proposals and relevant Samoan and regional partners. The workshop is hosted bySPREP in Apia, Samoa, 20-22 April 2026.
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This conference brings together scholars, activists, and policymakers to consider this challenging landscape and discuss the future of open research. The goal is to facilitate the development of open research practices explicitly geared to serve the public interest, which involves interrogating what may constitute that ‘public interest’ to different audiences [...]

Join Biodiversa+, GBIF, MARCO-BOLO, BioAgora and Alliance for Nature from 4 to 8 May 2026 for the first BioMonWeek conference.
This event brings together Europe’s biodiversity monitoring community, including researchers, monitoring experts, policymakers, private sector professionals and students.
Conference themes will explore methods for strengthening transnational cooperation, harmonizing and standardizing [...]

The 18th meeting of the nodes of the GBIF Europe and Central Asia <> (ECA) region takes place in Montpellier, France on 4 May 2026. This full-day, in-person meeting is open to node managers from the region's participant nodes.
Main topics of the meeting include coordination of ECA nodes to [...]

The Nature Action Dialogues provide a unique and powerful forum where business, finance and conservation leaders meet as peers to advance collaboration at the nexus of biodiversity, climate, water, and health. This is a working space to accelerate change, shape leadership, and unlock sustainable growth while halting and reversing nature [...]

The Swedish Climate Symposium is a national platform for advancing climate knowledge and action. It brings together researchers, policymakers, and societal stakeholders to explore the latest science, identify knowledge gaps, and solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation. Hosted by leading Swedish research organizations, the symposium fosters dialogue across disciplines and [...]

The conference aims to strengthen the Asia-Pacific regional mosquito and vector control capacity and network and review new technologies, AI for mosquito control, and approaches to address the rapidly changing landscape for mosquito control in the region.
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Uppsala University in collaboration with the Swedish Systematics Association are happy to announce the 4th BioSyst EU meeting: 17-19th of August 2026, in Uppsala Sweden.
The three day meeting will focus on talks and workshops on the topic of systematics and strengthening the collaboration and networks of systematists in Europe.

The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) 2026 conference takes place in Oslo, Norway in September. This year, the conference is hosted byGBIF Norway , the University of Oslo Natural History Museum and the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre .
TDWG's annual conferences provide a forum for developing, refining and extending TDWG [...]