The theme of the ISE Congress 2026 is “Indigenous Connections and the Global South”
The Congress will explore 9 major themes:
Edible and Medicinal Plants
- Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge
- Food Security in the face of climate change
- Traditional medicine
- History and Policy of Indigenous medicines
- Role of Indigenous medicines in Primary Health Care
- Biodiversity from Indigenous medical knowledge; past and future prospects
Education
- Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge in Education / Curriculum
- Language
Two-Way Science – Rangers and Researchers Projects
- Cultural fire management
- Climate change
- Indigenous people and the Great Barrier Reef
- Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge in Natural Resource Management
Agriculture / Industries
- Indigenous Knowledge Database development and judicious sharing
- Indigenous Languages and Knowledge Transmission
- Technology and Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge
Intellectual Property
- Biodiscovery Act
- Access and benefit sharing
- Protection of Indigenous Knowledge, cultural and Intellectual Property
Ethics
Database
- Indigenous Knowledge Database development and judicious sharing
- Indigenous Languages and Knowledge Transmission
- Technology and Indigenous Biocultural Knowledg
Social
- Health and Wellbeing
- Spiritual
