Upcoming events

The GBIF Secretariat will hold an open question and answer session (in English) to support theBiodiversity information for Development <> (BID) programme call for proposals fromregional and cross-regional biodiversity data mobilization projects <> in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pacific.
The aim of this session is to [...]

The IPBES 12 Plenary is open for participation of IPBES members and observers. Stakeholder participation inIPBES 12 is open only to delegates who are officially nominated by their organizations that have been accredited as observers to previous sessions of the Plenary (https://ipbes.net/accredited-organisations) Each nominated delegate must complete the online [...]

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 [...]

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 nodes [...]

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 [...]

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 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.