Day 1 – 26 October 2026

Exploring Pathways to Impact

08:00-09:30 Registration

  • Opening Plenary: From Ideas to Impact – Leading the Path of Implementation

    09:30 am - 11:00 am

11:00-11:30 Coffee & Tea Break

  • AI Empowering Sustainability: From Global Vision to Industrial Action

    11:30 am - 01:00 pm

  • From Idea to Impact: Lessons from WAITRO Initiatives

    11:30 am - 01:00 pm

  • The Water, Energy, Food Nexus: Co-Creating Climate-Resilient Futures

    11:30 am - 01:00 pm

    Decarbonizing Industry & Circular Economy

01:00-02:00 Lunch & Networking

  • Strengthening RTOs to Dynamize Innovation Ecosystems: From Organizational Practice to Policy Impact

    02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

  • The Innovation Roundtable: Co-Creating Africa’s Innovation Future

    02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

  • Circular Economy: The Breakthrough for Climate and Resource Security

    02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

03:30-04:00 Coffee & Tea Break

  • Belmont Forum: Biodiversity CRA Scoping Workshop

    04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

    Climate Resilience & Water–Food–Energy Nexus

  • Building Bridges: How Universities Can Connect Knowledge, People & Impact

    04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

  • Quality Infrastructure for Innovation Deployment: Strengthening Trust, Standards and Impact from Research to Market

    04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

    Climate-Responsive Societies & Just Transition

  • Welcome Reception & Poster Exhibition Opening

    06:00 pm - 08:00 pm

Be Part of WAITRO SUMMIT 2026

Join us in Istanbul from 26–28 October 2026 and help turn ideas into impact.
Connect, co-create, and contribute to climate solutions with global innovation leaders.

Day 2 – 27 October 2026

Turning Ideas into Action

08:30-09:00 Registration

  • Co-Creation Workshop – Stage 1 – Framing & Prioritization

    09:00 am - 10:30 am

    Climate Resilience & Water–Food–Energy Nexus
    Climate-Responsive Societies & Just Transition
    Decarbonizing Industry & Circular Economy

  • Building WAITRO Together: From Strategy to Action 2027–2028

    09:00 am - 10:30 am

10:30-11:00 Coffee & Tea Break

  • Co-Creation Workshop – Stage 2 – Development & Integration

    11:00 am - 01:00 pm

    Climate Resilience & Water–Food–Energy Nexus
    Climate-Responsive Societies & Just Transition
    Decarbonizing Industry & Circular Economy

  • Building WAITRO Together: From Strategy to Action 2027–2028

    11:00 am - 01:00 pm

01:00-02:00 Lunch & Networking

  • Co-Creation Workshop – Stage 3 – Consolidation & Readiness

    02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

    Climate Resilience & Water–Food–Energy Nexus
    Climate-Responsive Societies & Just Transition
    Decarbonizing Industry & Circular Economy

  • Establishing a Global Technology Transfer for Impact (=TT4i) Network for Societal Valorisation of Science, Technology and Innovation

    02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

03:30-04:00 Coffee & Tea Break

  • Co-Creation Workshop – Stage 4 – Harvesting & Implementation

    04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

    Climate Resilience & Water–Food–Energy Nexus
    Climate-Responsive Societies & Just Transition
    Decarbonizing Industry & Circular Economy

  • Technology Access Pools for LDCs and Humanitarian Contexts for the UN SDGs – A Global Dialogue

    04:00 pm - 05:30 pm

05:30-06:30 Transition & Transfer to Gala Dinner

  • Gala Dinner & WAITRO Climate Solution Awards Ceremony

    07:00 pm - 09:00 pm

Day 3 – 28 October 2026

Sustaining Impact Beyond the Summit

  • Catalyzing Change Together – Outcomes of Co-Creation Workshops

    09:00 am - 10:00 am

  • From Innovation to Impact – Introducing the Concept for the WAITRO Project Development and Advancement Program (PDAP)

    10:00 am - 10:30 am

10:30-11:00 Coffee & Tea Break

  • Closing Plenary – From Istanbul to the World: Funding, Partnerships and Innovation for Impact

    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

12:30-01:30 Lunch (for WAITRO member representatives registered for the General Assembly only)

  • 28th WAITRO General Assembly

    01:30 pm - 04:00 pm

Be Part of WAITRO SUMMIT 2026

Join us in Istanbul from 26–28 October 2026 and help turn ideas into impact.
Connect, co-create, and contribute to climate solutions with global innovation leaders.