On 23 and 24 October 2025, the Steppe Birds Research Group (GIAE) held the III GIAE Technical Workshop and the IV GIAE Meeting in Molina de Aragón, Spain. The event brought together more than 70 participants and featured 18 oral presentations, reflecting the continued growth and increasing impact of the group. The programme covered key topics such as trophic ecology, agricultural management and biodiversity, movements and migration, and current conservation challenges, presenting recent research results from the Iberian Peninsula. The meeting held on Friday, open to all attendees, provided an opportunity to share updates, discuss future lines of work and strengthen collaboration between researchers, managers and technicians, further consolidating GIAE as a leading forum for the conservation of steppe birds.

On 14 and 15 December 2023, the Autonomous University of Madrid hosted the 1st GIAE Scientific Session and the 2nd GIAE Members’ Assembly, attended by around 45 researchers from the group. In this first edition, 15 scientific presentations were given, mainly by young researchers and technical specialists in steppe bird conservation. During the second day’s meeting, organisational matters were addressed, and the first strategic lines were drawn to strengthen GIAE’s work. This inaugural event laid the foundation for future meetings dedicated to knowledge exchange between researchers and other stakeholders involved in conservation.