The 35th General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) (https://www.iubsga2026.org/) will be held from June 9 to 13 2026 at the National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science (https://iisc.ac.in/), Bengaluru, India. The theme of the General Assembly is Biodiversity Forever Despite the Anthropocene. The symposia are based on contemporary topics in ecology and biodiversity, from molecules to ecosystems to conservation strategies. The General Assembly comes back to India, to the same city, exactly after 50 years. The following are the scientific sessions being organised between June 10 to 12 2026, as part of the General Assembly of IUBS. Topics of the Symposia include one health, science for conservation policies in Africa, marine/mangrove conservation, technology to map and monitor biodiversity, precision agriculture, pastoralism, geology-biology interface and chemical ecology in the Anthropocene. Poster and oral presentations from students, early career researchers and faculty from across the world are encouraged. For people who are interested, please visit the website directly to learn more by clicking the link as follows: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2VNkyMMaLbIuAxeyuNLHt_2_vljt4A_gIUhzZXuPNgHAqFw/viewform, to pre-register on the portal to receive further updates on exciting scientific sessions. Please contact iubsga2026@gmail.com for any queries or to express your interest in setting up a kiosk/stall or to promote your efforts in biodiversity/ecology/wildlife biology/conservation/methodology/devices/data analytics, etc. Please find the conference flyer here.

IUBS (http://www.iubs.org/) was founded in 1919, which is now 106 years old, and is the first Union of National Academies (Biology Sections) and Scientific Societies. IAWA officially became a scientific member of IUBS in 2020. IUBS represents the collective wisdom of global biologists with the aim to nurture biological diversity in all its forms, to promote open science and open data policy and guidelines in domains such as bio-nomenclature/biodiversity, public health, and agriculture. IUBS has undertaken a leading role in such international undertakings as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Climate Change Education, Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data (BHBD). IUBS has aligned itself with the changing world of the 21st century by closely working with other science and social science unions in addressing the challenges posed by stressors such as global warming, deforestation, increased human/livestock migration, rapid urbanisation, invasive species, and new epidemics.

Renee M. Borges and LS Shashidhara, India