Upcoming events

Join us on the 6th of August at 4:00 pm CEST for the next GBIF Technical Support Hour for Nodes where Tobias Frøslev from the Science team gives us an update on the work concerning the Metabarcording Toolkit (MDT).Tobias presented an earlier version of the tool last year, which [...]

The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting is being held Aug 10-15, 2025 in Baltimore, MD. This year's meeting theme isEcology is Everywhere.
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The School in 2025 is dedicated to modelling of soil invertebrate habitats and biodiversity. The program includes lectures and practical sessions by leading scientists in the area. The practical sessions will be divided into two levels: for beginners and those already experienced in species distribution modelling. The working languages are [...]

GBIF node managers and staff (not restricted to those attending the events in Bogotá) are invited to attend a launch for the2025 Global Nodes events . During this Zoom event, you will have an opportunity to preview the agendas for the Global Nodes Training and Global Nodes Meeting to be [...]

The conference will showcase advances within public and federal collections, emphasizing opportunities for intra- and international collaboration and data integration across all domains of biodiversity and related sciences, including human health and food security as well as the environmental, ecological, and climate sciences.
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A once-every-four-years gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers from around the world.
The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 Forum features a range of impactful session types including interactive thematic sessions, speaker pitches, online podcasts, training and capacity building sessions, networking and other exciting events.
The Exhibition serves [...]

The 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events takes place in Bogotá, Colombia.
| Date | Event(s) | |-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16 October 2025 |Global Nodes Training – Day 1 | | 17 October 2025 |Global Nodes Training – Day 2 Nodes Steering Group meeting [...]

This joint conference in Bogotá brings together members of our biodiversity networks, alongside hundreds of scientists, researchers, practitioners and other experts from around the world.
Come share your knowledge and experience, help us transform our understanding of the state and trends of biodiversity, and learn how together our work contributes [...]

The meeting comprises the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 30), the twentieth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 20), and the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting [...]

This meeting will bring together ecologists from across the UK and elsewhere, all producing or working with biological survey and monitoring data.
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]