Parallel sessions running across Hall 1, Hall 2, and Hall 3.
| Time | Hall 01 | Hall 02 | Hall 03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Announcements and Traditional Opening Ceremony | Updated soon | Updated soon |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Welcome speech from Anslem de Silva-Chairperson WCS 2026 Speeches of Guest of Honor, and Chief guest (10 mins each) | Updated soon | Updated soon |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Speeches from IUCN delegates (Johannes Els, Kevin Messenger, Curt Barnes, Shamen Vidanage, Andrea Echeverry (10 mins each) | Updated soon | Updated soon |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Vote of thanks from Nimal D. Rathnayake - Secretary Genaral WCS 2026 Book launch | Updated soon | Updated soon |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Romulus Whitaker - Guardians on the ground: integrating community, conservation and snake bite mitigation | Symposium 1: Nuchal gland system and other defensive mechanisms in snakes. Akira Mori, T. Jono and Team | Oral talks |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Updated soon | Symposium 1: Nuchal gland system and other defensive mechanisms in snakes. Akira Mori, T. Jono and Team | Oral talks |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Indraneil Das - Rare serpents as sentinels of changing rainforests: lessons from tropical Asia | Updated soon | Oral talks |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Updated soon | Updated soon | Updated soon |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Vivek Menon - Chair, Species Survival Commission & Councilor IUCN: SSC and how the snakes fit in to the overall thrust area | Symposium 2: Promoting Responsible Translocations of Displaced Reptiles and Amphibians. Chairs: Pritpal Soorae & Axel Moehrenschlager, IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group | Oral talks |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Updated soon | Symposium 2: Promoting Responsible Translocations of Displaced Reptiles and Amphibians. Chairs: Pritpal Soorae & Axel Moehrenschlager, IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group | Oral talks |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Updated soon | Symposium 2: Promoting Responsible Translocations of Displaced Reptiles and Amphibians. Chairs: Pritpal Soorae & Axel Moehrenschlager, IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group | Oral talks |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Updated soon | Updated soon | Oral talks |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Wenhua Xiong - Collaborate with ISZS and its official journal, Integrative Zoology | Continued…: Symposium 2: Promoting Responsible Translocations of Displaced Reptiles and Amphibians. Chairs: Pritpal Soorae & Axel Moehrenschlager, IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group | Oral talks |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Akira Mori - Nuchal glands : Enigmatic defensive system evolved in Asian snakes | Continued…: Symposium 2: Promoting Responsible Translocations of Displaced Reptiles and Amphibians. Chairs: Pritpal Soorae & Axel Moehrenschlager, IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group | Oral talks |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Gerry Martin: Effective Snake Handling: Empathetic Approaches in Reducing Stress in Snakes. Followed by Film on Snake handling | Updated soon | Updated soon |