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Find Us at COP16

At COP16, the Smithsonian’s dynamic delegation will champion several sustainability events.

Events are subject to change. Check back frequently for the most up-to-date information regarding event times and locations. All times are local.

 

 

Centering Biodiversity in United States Policy and International Partnerships
Emmett Duffy, Moderator
October 22, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. | Blue Zone | GEOBON Pavilion

 

Biodiversity Conservation in Working Landscapes
Featuring Emily Pappo, Panelist and Co-Moderator
October 22, 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Green Zone | Casa Humboldt | Salón Cauca

 

Charting the Future: Developing Conservation Technology for Biodiversity Monitoring
Featuring Lacey Hughey and Talia Speaker of WILDLABS
October 24, 11:40 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Blue Zone

 

Boosting Coral Health: Caribbean Strategies for Climate Resilience
Featuring Steve Canty
October 25, 10 to 11:30 a.m. | ICRI Pavilion

 

New Opportunities in the Funding of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM)
Panelists: Emily Pappo
October 26, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. | Blue Zone | Conservation International | Pavilion 10

 

Mujeres en la ciencia
Featuring Oris Sanjur
October 28, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Centro Cultural Comfandi – Salon Bita

 

MMRV for Carbon and Biodiversity, STRI Round Table Event
October 28, 7 to 9 p.m. | by invitation

 

Harnassing Animal Movement Data to Meet Biodiversity Goals
Featuring Lacey Hughey
October 29, 10 to 11:30 a.m. | Blue Zone | GEOBON Pavilion

 

Women in Science: Integrating Wildlife Health into the Global Biodiversity Framework
Featuring Francesca Vitali
October 29, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Blue Zone | Women’s Pavilion (Place Quebec)

 

El valor de la voz femenina en route la toma de decsiones
Featuring Oris Sanjur
October 29, 2 to 3:30 p.m. | Green Zone | Casa Humboldt

 

Grasslands Conservation on Private Lands (Espaço Brasil)/ Integrando Conservação e Sustentabildade em Campos Nativos: Iniciativas e Potenciais Incentivos
Featuring Amy Johnson and Peter Leimgruber
October 29, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. | Blue Zone | Espaço Brasil

 

Harnassing Animal Movement Data to Meet Biodiversity Goals
Featuring Lacey Hughey
October 30, 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. | Blue Zone | GEOBON Pavilion

 

Conservation Tech Event
October 31, 10 to 11:30 a.m. | GEOBON Pavilion

 

Integrating Wildlife Health into the Global Biodiversity Framework: Restoration, One Health, and Halting Species Extinction
Featuring Francesca Vitali
(tbc) November 1, 9 to 10:30 a.m. | Blue Zone | IUCN Pavilion

 

 

All-Day Events

Science Policy Forum
October 26 | Blue Zone | Macarena Room

9 to 9:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony featuring Ellen Stofan

10 to 11:30 a.m. Plenary Session: Interlinkages for Biodiversity, Science and Sustainability: Why Three Decades Later Does it Matter More than Ever?
Featuring Panelist Josh Tewksbury

 

Science Policy Forum
October 27 | Blue Zone | La Macarenna Room / Seaflower Room

11:40 a.m. to 1:10  / La Macarenna Room– Session 8 — Science for NBSAPs – Integrating Science and Data for Effective NBSAPs and Community Engagement (Targets 20 and 21)
Featuring Panelist Rebecca Johnson

11:40 a.m. to 1:10 / Seaflower Room — Session 9 — Technology, AI and Data for Biodiversity (Targets 20 and 21)
Featuring Panelist Josh Tewskbury

 

 

Cocoa, Biodiversity, and Peace Day
October 27 | Green Zone | Casa Humboldt | Salón Sinú

8:30 a.m. — International Panel 1: Agroforestry and Cocoa, A Pathway to Enhance and Conserve Biodiversity
Featuring Emily Pappo, Panelist
The whole event is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

 

 

Multi-Day Events

MoveBON included in WILDLABS Exhibition at Biodiversity and Innovation Expo
October 24 to October 26 | Blue Zone