Abu Dhabi, 9-15 October 2025
This site shares relevant information for US Members. To learn general information on the IUCN World Conservation Congress, please refer to the official 2025 Congress website linked above.
Approaching Congress Deadlines
We recommend that Members book hotels and flights ASAP. Prices are increasing for dates around October 7-16th! Some bookings can be canceled at no cost for late changes/cancellations.
Important Information
Registration
$574, but just $265 if 36 or younger!
For your staff to secure the Member fees rate: add staff to your IUCN portal page. Go to your organization’s page and click on “Manage Related people” and then “Add a New Contact not shown in the list”. The staff will get an email for them to log in and update their information then register.
Flights
Non-stop flights are presently UNDER $1,000 (around October 7th to 16th) on Etihad Airlines with daily nonstop flights to Abu Dhabi (AUH) from 5 US cities (Washington, New York, Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago, plus from Toronto). All flights are red-eye and arrive the following day. TIP: for other US cities also check flights into Dubai (DXB) as it is a 70-minute taxi/bus ride from DXB to the congress location and generally much cheaper than flying into AUH.
Visa
US Citizens do not need a tourism visa for up to 30 days.

Hotels
The hotels around the Congress location are now limited and expensive. We recommend using either IUCN hotel options or Expedia / other travel sites that offer competitive prices on hotels ($100-150/night) in the main tourism area (Abu Dhabi Mall area) which is 15-20 minutes NW of the Congress location.

Venue
Address: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi.
2025 IUCN Congress Schedule

Motions
Members, exercise your right to participate in the Online discussion of Motions happening NOW until June 16th. (To view, you must login with your IUCN Member account.)
Learn more about the Motions process.
Motions Timeline

Forum
1,000 Forum proposals were submitted!
Stay tuned for the approved list coming out soon.
Exhibition
Over 60% of exhibition spaces have been booked! These are selected on a first come, first served basis, so be sure to secure your space soon if you are interested.
Booth and pavilion bookings have a deadline of 30 May 2025!
Reach out to [email protected] if you would like to reserve a space.
2025 IUCN Congress News for US Members