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IUBS 35th General Assembly

The 35th IUBS General Assembly will be held from 9th to 13th June 2026 at the National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Besides the regular business events requiring voting and participation by IUBS members, this GA will have a series of scientific and pedagogical symposia.

GA flyer

Proposed Symposia are on the following themes:

  • One Health
  • Science for conservation policies in Africa
  • Marine/mangrove conservation
  • Technology to map and monitor biodiversity
  • Precision agriculture
  • Pastoralism
  • Geology–Biology interface
  • Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene

Confirmed speakers at this GA:

Keynote Address: Pavan Sukhdev, Green Economist, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and much more

Plenary Speakers:

  • Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist, WHO
  • Vandana Prasad, Former Director, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences
  • Teatulohi Matainaho, President, Pacific Academy of Sciences
 
For full details about registration, location and programme of the conference, please visit the official GA website.
Registration is free of charge for delegates representing IUBS members at the General assembly.

Workshop for Early Career Researchers

There will also be a four-day pre-GA proposal-writing workshop for Early Career Researchers (How Palaeontological Proxies can inform us about Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity). This will be for 25 selected ECRs and will also be at the Indian Institute of Science. For more details, visit our webpage here

IUBS calls

Nominations for the election of the IUBS Executive Committee 2026-2029

Eligibility and submission:
Only IUBS Ordinary and Scientific Members may nominate candidates. Members may nominate one candidate per position and may submit nominations for several different positions in the Executive Committee.
 
We kindly request that you complet and return the attached nomination form by email to the IUBS Secretariat  no later than 9th February 2026.
 
The election will take place on 13th June 2026 during the General Assembly. 

Nomination form

Proposals for the triennial scientific programmes

We invite proposals that tackle international and interdisciplinary challenges in biology. Successful programmes should involve collaboration among researchers from multiple countries and aim to deliver high scientific impact through coordinated activities.

Support may be provided throughout the triennium, depending on the approval of each year’s programme plan. Programmes are also encouraged to seek additional external funding to strengthen their activities. Proposals will be assessed based on scientific relevance, innovation, feasibility, interdisciplinarity, anticipated impact, and commitment to diversity, including gender balance, and early-career researcher participation.

The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2026. Please send your application to the IUBS secretariat. Proposals will be circulated to IUBS Members prior to the General Assembly to facilitate feedback and discussion. During the upcoming GA in Bangalore, Members will decide which scientific programmes will be implemented for the next triennium.

Application form