YILAN CONFETENCE 2026

SDG Youth Impact Developers Conference 2026 Q4 @ Yilan

From Farm to Future: Reimagining Food Systems for a Sustainable World

Yilan, Taiwan

Fo Guang University × Da-Wen Aquaculture & Leisure Farm

October 24–25, 2026

Global Youth × Food Systems × Climate Action × AI × Circular Economy

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About the Conference

What if the future of climate action begins with what we eat?

Food is more than what we put on our plates. Behind every meal is a complex system connecting land, water, energy, biodiversity, culture, technology, carbon emissions, and human choices.

The SDG Youth Impact Developers Conference 2026 Q4 @ Yilan brings together international youth, Taiwanese students, educators, sustainability practitioners, and local food producers for a two-day immersive journey into the future of sustainable food systems.

Unlike a conventional conference built around speeches and presentations, Yilan becomes our Living Lab.

Participants will move from university classrooms and professional kitchens to forests, aquaculture ponds, and local food-production sites—learning directly from real-world systems and working across cultures to rethink how food can become part of the solution to climate change.

Through food education, carbon-footprint analysis, sustainable agriculture and aquaculture, circular economy practices, AI applications, and cross-cultural co-creation, participants will turn learning into action—and action into measurable impact.

Why
Yilan?

Yilan offers something a conventional conference venue cannot provide: a living connection between people, food, land, water, and local communities.

Conference Background

The global food system sits at the intersection of some of the most urgent challenges of our generation: climate change, biodiversity loss, resource consumption, food security, and sustainable development.

But for young people, these challenges can often feel distant—represented by statistics, reports, or SDG icons rather than everyday decisions.

The Yilan Conference takes a different approach.

We begin with something everyone understands: a meal.

Where did it come from?
How much carbon did it generate?
How was it produced?
What happened to the waste?
Could technology make the system smarter?
Could our choices make it more sustainable?

Participants will explore these questions through direct experience rather than lectures alone.

What Makes Yilan Different?

COOK

Low-Carbon Food Lab

PLANT

From Carbon Awareness to Climate Action

MEASURE

Know Your Food Footprint

EXPLORE

Sustainable Seafood & Circular Aquaculture

CREATE

AI for Sustainability

Our Purpose

Rethink Food

Enabling young people to rethink the land, water resources, production methods, carbon emissions, biodiversity, and consumption choices behind "food."

Measure Impact

Transforming abstract climate issues into real-world data that can be compared, analyzed, and discussed through carbon footprint tools. The accompanying materials compare emissions differences between everyday diets, low-carbon vegetarian diets, and sustainable seafood.

Experience Circularity

Understanding how the Circular Economy truly happens through farm and aquaculture experiences, rather than just textbook concepts.

Connect Across Cultures

Teaming Taiwanese youth with international youth from different countries to rethink global sustainability through diverse food cultures, agriculture, climate, and life experiences.

Turn Learning into Action

Utilizing AI, video, design, and cross-cultural collaboration, transforming two days of observation into bilingual outcomes, youth perspectives, and communicable sustainability initiatives.

Two Days, Two Living Labs

Day 1 | From Food to Footprint @ Fo Guang University

OCT 24

08:30｜Meet at Jiaoxi Railway Station

Morning
Opening & Global Youth Connection; Sustainable Food & Vegetarian Cooking Lab; Local Ingredients × Low-Carbon Diet

Afternoon
Tree Planting & Climate Action; Food Carbon Footprint Challenge; AI for Sustainability Lab

Evening
Youth Cooking Challenge; International Youth Dialogue; Cross-Cultural Team Co-Creation

Overnight @ Fo Guang University

Day 2 | From Aquaculture to Circularity @ Da-Wen Aquaculture & Leisure Farm

OCT 25

Morning

Sustainable Aquaculture Field Experience; Circular Economy in Action; Sustainable Seafood & Marine Food Systems; Aquaculture Experience; Handmade Milkfish Food Lab

Lunch

Taste the Circular Economy

Afternoon
Sustainable Seafood Carbon Footprint Challenge; Global Youth Dialogue
AI × Sustainability Co-Creation; Bilingual Impact Poster / Short Video Production; Youth Impact Showcase

Closing

Conference concludes at Da-Wen Aquaculture & Leisure Farm.