The first European Conference for Biodiversity Monitoring (BioMonWeek2026) will take place from 4–8 May 2026 in Montpellier, France. It will bring together science, policy, and business communities to exchange monitoring knowledge, build networks, and drive tangible societal impact to help reverse the global biodiversity crisis.

The programme of the conference will feature plenary keynotes and panels focused on key topics such as terrestrial monitoring, marine monitoring, freshwater monitoring, data management for monitoring, mass monitoring, public policy and funding for monitoring, monitoring and the private sector, monitoring governance and capacity building in monitoring. 

OneSTOP will contribute to several sessions, including: 

• PP02 Policy implementation to bridge the gap from data to action on Thursday (07/05) between 9:00-10:00 AM. During the session, Louise Hendrickx will focus on how current implementations of the One Health framework remain “plant-blind” and how this affects food system resilience, ecosystem stability, and microbiome interactions. You can learn more in a policy brief on the topic here. 

• CP02 Monitoring training, and experience sharing, on Thursday (07/05) between 11:30-12:30 AM, where Laura Abraham will explain how the OneSTOP Living Labs help strengthen local and regional capacities to monitor invasive alien species by participatory workshops and continuous feedback, ensuring that tools are accessible, context-appropriate and usable beyond the project lifetime. Learn more about our Living Labs here. 

In addition, OneSTOP will co-host a booth with BMD and MAMBO, where project materials will be available and some of the technologies tested in our Living Labs will be showcased. 

Learn more about BioMonWeek2026: https://2026.biomonweek.eu/page/home/