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Oct 2313:15– 14:35Ljevan

Assessment & disclosurePolicy & business#7551

ISO / MOEJ +8

Compare how standards, metrics and policy can align business assessment and disclosure.

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Oct 2618:15– 19:35Komitas

Cities & infrastructureNature restoration#7497

JBIB / 6a4347e39df4b08ab15b2da0 +1

Explore Japanese corporate-site practice, certification and urban ecological connectivity.

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Oct 2713:15– 14:45Aparan

Finance & investmentPolicy & business#7508

G7ANPE / 6a4362b4fbace3323d080700 +2

Explore business solutions and public–private collaboration through the G7 nature-finance alliances.

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Oct 2718:15– 19:35Arzni

Finance & investment#7393

IIGCC / UNDP-BIOFIN +4

Discuss practical investor approaches to nature risk, growth opportunities and measurable impact.

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02 · CBD OFFICIAL PARALLEL SCHEDULE

Build 23–27 October around your objective.

CBD has published dates for the major parallel meetings. The densest business and finance overlap is 24–26 October; adding the Action Zone on the 23rd and Gender Forum on the 27th creates a stronger decision-making window.

PUBLISHED

Blue Zone programmes require a COP17 registration badge. Dates are published by CBD; some final times, rooms, capacity limits and event-specific registration arrangements are still pending.

Rechecked 18 September 2026

23 OCTCBD date + organiser announcement

Business, finance and youth take the Action Zone

The official Action Zone Auditorium allocation is in the Blue Zone. It overlaps the first day of the off-site TNFD Hive. Use the published TNFD session times and allow for travel when splitting coverage.

24 OCTCBD-published dates

Cities, science, nature and culture converge

Nature and Culture Summit, Cities Summit and Science Forum overlap. The GBF Pavilion covers invasive alien species in the morning, water in the afternoon; the previous evening ocean slot is not currently listed and needs final-programme confirmation. This is also the organiser-announced second TNFD day.

25 OCTCBD-published date

The anchor day for the Business Forum

CBD's current parent list shows the Business Forum, Science Forum, Nature and Culture Summit field trip and ABS in Action. Its relationship to the earlier Business and Biodiversity Forum / Business Day labels awaits the final programme.

26 OCTCBD-published date

Track finance and project pipelines on Finance Day

A day to track resource mobilisation across finance, policy and business. Mountain ecosystems occupy the GBF Pavilion all day. Final times, rooms and any event-specific registration remain pending.

27 OCTCBD-published date

Connect the Gender Forum to faster delivery

Gender Forum takes place, and CBD/COP/17/5 plans a finance–environment ministers dialogue as part of the High-level Segment. The GBF Pavilion covers faster NBSAP implementation in the morning and education in the afternoon; final times and rooms remain pending.

Open the full timeline and decision notes CBD official Parallel Meetings

24 OCT · 09:00–16:00Published Cities Summit programme

09:00–10:30Opening, messages of support and group photo

10:30–12:30Connecting agendas and mainstreaming nature

13:00–14:30Financing solutions and delivering impact

14:30–16:00Celebrating action and closing

Times follow ICLEI’s programme; recheck speakers, final room and registration terms before travel.Official ICLEI programme ↗ICLEI registration ↗

OFFICIAL LISTSee every major Blue Zone meeting

17 OCT2026 Biodiversity Capacity-Building and Development Forum

17–18 OCTBiosafety Clearing-House and Risk Assessment Training Workshop

19–30 OCT2026 Biodiversity Technology and Innovation Expo

19–30 OCTCHM Knowledge Fair · virtual / poster exhibition

19–29 OCTAction Zone

24–25 OCTNature and Culture Summit 2026 · 24 Blue Zone / 25 Field Trip

24 OCTNinth Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities

24–25 OCTScience Forum

24–29 OCTGlobal Biodiversity Framework Pavilion

25 OCTBusiness Forum

25 OCTShowcasing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Action

26 OCTFinance Day

27 OCT2026 Gender Forum

Names follow CBD's display rechecked on 18 September: Business Forum, Finance Day, Science Forum and ABS in Action. Their relationship to longer titles on earlier detail or organiser pages will be rechecked against the final programme. Some times, rooms and registration arrangements remain unpublished.Blue Zone Side Events also have published dates and rooms. The list checked on 2026-09-20 contains 298 events. Start times and durations vary. COP17 registration is required.CBD official Side Events page ↗

24–29 OCTGBF Pavilion · theme timetable

24 OCT09:00–13:00 Invasive Alien Species · 14:00–18:00 Water & Biodiversity

25 OCT09:00–18:00 Target 3 (30x30) · 18:30–20:00 Transformational Change

26 OCT09:00–18:00 Mountain Ecosystems

27 OCT09:00–13:00 Accelerating NBSAP Implementation · 14:00–18:00 Education

28 OCT09:00–18:00 Agriculture & Food

29 OCTRestoration · parent: 09:00–18:00 / detail: 08:30–20:00 · confirm final times

Official GBF Pavilion page ↗

29 OCT · SESSION ANNOUNCEDIUCN Pavilion

On 15 September, CETAF announced an approved session and its time at the IUCN Pavilion at CBD COP17. The full pavilion timetable has not yet been verified.

Published session time: 2026-10-29 · 16:30–17:45
As stated by the organiser; the announcement does not explicitly specify a time zone.
Session: KM-GBF Indicators: Who Validates the Numbers? Natural Science Collections and the First Global Review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Host & focus: Hosted by Naturalis Biodiversity Center under CETAF, exploring the role of natural history collections, taxonomy and data infrastructure in checking GBF progress.
Venue & pending details: IUCN Pavilion. Booth number, access and session registration, speakers and the full daily programme remain unverified.

IUCN's published pavilion programme for 17–28 August in Ulaanbaatar belongs to UNCCD COP17, a different conference. Separate conference notice ↗

CETAF official announcement & details ↗IUCN official news & events ↗CBD official parallel meetings ↗

Checked 2026-09-20 · Public information reviewed by this guide

20–29 OCT · 73 PUBLISHED SESSIONSNature Positive Initiative Pavilion

The Nature Positive Initiative has announced its Nature Positive Pavilion at COP17 in Yerevan, bringing together stakeholders working towards a nature-positive future.

Location: COP17 Blue Zone, Yerevan: Main Room and Small Room.
Schedule: 73 published sessions on 20–29 October, with titles, times, hosts and rooms grouped by date.
Access: Blue Zone access requires COP17 registration. Check the organiser's announcements for any additional registration or capacity limits.

Times are local to Yerevan (UTC+4; Japan is five hours ahead). Expand a date, then a session for its hosts, venue and official details.

Tue 20 Oct3 sessions

12:00–13:00Building the New Architecture for Indigenous-Led Nature Finance

When: 2026-10-20 · 12:00–13:00 · UTC+4
Hosts & co-hosts: Conservation International (CI)
Venue: Main Room

Scaling up business action for biodiversity

Corporate Contributions to Urban Nature Positive: Lessons from JBIB and ABINC’s 15+ Years of Practice in Japan

Sharing Business Opportunities and Initiatives on Nature Finance - G7-Alliance on Nature Positive Economies, and Nature & People Finance Alliance

The $200 billion question: implementing the GBF's ambition through practical investor steps

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Business, finance and youth take the Action Zone

Cities, science, nature and culture converge

The anchor day for the Business Forum

Track finance and project pipelines on Finance Day

Connect the Gender Forum to faster delivery