IBC 2026 will feature symposia covering a wide range of research topics focused on island systems, proposed through an open call.

The following symposia will be held.

ICS conservation on the Seychelles Outer Islands

(Organiser: Gregory Berke)

Resilience and Dynamics of Island Ecosystems under Natural Disturbances

(Organiser: Hitoshi Sakio)

Advancing island biodiversity monitoring to support global conservation

(Organisers: Holger Kreft, Bernd Lenzner, Nathaly Guerrero)

Mainland proximity and human settlement reshape Oceanic islands Ecosystem: Diversity of animal communities and the ecology of native and non-native species in the Izu Islands

(Organisers: Yusuke  Magome, Daichi Iijima)

Beyond Darwinian model islands: opportunities from non-canonical islands for island biology theory

(Organisers: Sebastian Steibl, Sofía Hayden Bofill, Luís Valente)

Integrated Approaches to Plant Extinction Prevention in Hawaii

(Organiser: Matt Keir)

Next-generation methods and data for fine-scale island biodiversity monitoring

(Organisers: Jamie Kass, Sam Ross)

Reconstructing global biodiversity of islands in the Anthropocene

(Organiser: Ferran Sayol)

The initial ecosystem formation process of a newly formed volcanic island, Nishino-shima

(Organiser: Takashi Kamijo)

Biotic interactions shaping biodiversity recovery in island restoration

(Organisers: Sandra Hervías-Parejo, Ruben Hüttel Heleno, Yuya Watari)

Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation of aquatic ecosystems in islands

(Organisers: Núria Bonada, Luciana Gomez-Barbosa)

Mountains on Islands

(Organiser: Anke  Jentsch)