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
November 07-08, 2026
Global Youth × Food Systems × Climate Action × AI × Circular Economy
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.
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Where did it come from?
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How much carbon did it generate?
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How was it produced?
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What happened to the waste?
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Could technology make the system smarter?
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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
Nov 7
Morning
08:30–09:00 Registration @ Jiaoxi Railway Station
09:00–09:30 Transfer to Fo Guang University
09:30–10:15 Opening & Global Youth Connection
10:15–13:00 Sustainable Vegetarian Cooking Lab & Lunch
Afternoon
13:00–14:30 Tree Planting & Climate Action
14:30–15:30 Food Carbon Footprint Challenge
15:30–16:45 AI for Sustainability Lab
Evening
16:45–18:00 Youth Cooking Challenge & Dinner
18:30–21:00 International Youth Dialogue & Cross-Cultural Team Co-Creation
21:00– Check-in & Overnight @ Fo Guang University
Day 2 | From Farm to Sea: A Cicular Economy Journey @ Toucheng Leisure Farm x Da-Wen Leisure Farm
Nov 8
Morning — Toucheng Leisure Farm
09:00–09:50 Sustainability Impact Briefing: Earth Keeper Third-Party Verification
10:00–10:50 Circular Agriculture Field Tour
11:00–11:30 Seasonal Taste & Food Miles Exploration
11:30–13:00 Low-Carbon Farm-to-Table Lunch
13:00–14:00 Transfer to Da-Wen Leisure Farm
Afternoon — Da-Wen Leisure Farm
14:00–14:30 Circular Fisheries Opening Briefing
14:30–15:30 Circular Fisheries Tour: Black Soldier Fly & Fish Pond Ecology
15:30–16:00 Milkfish Ball DIY Workshop
16:00–17:30 Project Presentation Preparation
Evening
17:30–18:20 Demo Pitch Presentation
18:20–19:00 Low-Carbon Circular Seafood Dinner
19:00–Departure
Leadership & Speakers
Presidium
Yuan Ron Ma
Vice President, Fo Guang University
Chou, Hung Teng
Executive Director,
Office of Sustainable Development, Fo Guang University
Jay Wei
Lead of Steering Committee, Global SDGs Alliance
Featured Guests & Mentors
Chou, Hung Teng
Executive Director,
Office of Sustainable Development, Fo Guang University
Sosin Emi
Managing Director, Joshua International Consultant Co., Ltd.
Hsieh-I Liao
Chair
Yilan County Leisure Agriculture Development Association
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Nina Peng
(Sinam Gimpbay)
Founder, A&N sustainable Co.Ltd
Lewis Nkenyereye
Founder of WARESA. Associate Professor/ Sejong University
Yu hua Chen
Founder,
Green Hope Spring Social Enterprise
Hunter Lin
Director of International Affairs, Office Green Media l Green dinging guide
Cindy Hsueh
Assitant Professor, Office of Sustainability, Feng Chia University
Global Youth Delegates
Eryn Evangelin Yi-Lam Basham
Canada
Halefom Aregay Bisrat
Ethiopia
Javier Alberto Arévalo Castañeda
Guatemala
Bounlaiy Chanthavong
Laos
Bright Hubert Mbuya
Tanzania
Valery Vallejo
Peru
Vanina Estigarribia Aguilera
Paraguay
Joel Hergust Duverger
Haiti
Vukani Bonginkhosi Hlophe
Eswatini
Chisanupong Surarat
Thailand
LAWRETTA LEIGOI LARTEY
Ghana
Ngelmau Dirrukebid Polloi
Palau
Audrey Gertrude Vandenberghe
Belgium
Truong lam huong
Vietnam
Ahmed Muhammad Yasin
Nigeria
Khadar Farah Ibrahim
Somaliland
Jhuneal Linus Padual Babasa
Philippines/UAE
Kezia Trikes Hag Lase
Indonesia
Ling Huang
South Africa
Skye Rothstein
Germany-USA
High school leaders
Wei Hung Chan
Taipei Digital High School
KAO, SHENG-HSUEH
National Ilan University
Lee Yi Chen
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Ying-Chi Ho
Chung Dau High School
Wang Pin Han
Chung Dau High School
Pei-Qin Tu
National Lan-Yang Girls' Senior High School
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Ting-Lun Ho
Chung Dau High School
IKE SHOGEN
Chung Dau High School
LI, YU-HSUAN
National Lan-Yang Girls' Senior High School
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Hsu Yi-Husan
Chung Dau High School
Chang, Chiao-Yi
Ming Dao
High School
Lee En Chieh
Hsinchu Digital High School
Yang Hung Jui
Chung Dau High School
Lin Yu Hsin
Chung Dau High School
Chen Yung I
Junyi school of innovation
Peng-Chun Huang
Taipei Fuhsing Private School
Wu Si Qi
Junyi school of Innovation
Lee Tzu Yan
Chung Dau High School
Lin Ting Yun
Chung Dau High School
Host
Strategic Partners
