15th Korea Green Innovation Days (KGID)
The 15th edition of Korea Green Innovation Days (KGID 2026) will be held on May 6-8, 2026 in Sejong, Republic of Korea bringing together global practitioners, policymakers, and partners to accelerate green growth solutions with clear potential to scale.
KGID is the annual flagship event of the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). Building on the momentum of past editions, KGID 2026 will be organized under the theme: Learning from Korea: Scaling Green Growth for Global Impact.
Korea offers a particularly relevant set of lessons for today’s green growth agenda. It demonstrates how strong public institutions, innovation, industrial capability, and digital solutions can come together to deliver rapid development while advancing resilient pathways. Korea’s experience also shows what it takes to move from policy ambition to implementation by aligning financing, regulation, technology, and delivery systems, and mobilizing partnerships across government, academia, and the private sector.
KGID 2026 will elevate these practical lessons and focus on how they can be adapted and replicated in diverse country contexts. The emphasis is on implementation, replication, and partnership driven scale, highlighting how collaborative approaches across governments, development institutions, and the private sector can translate innovation into measurable development outcomes and generate global impacts for green growth.
About KGID
KGID convenes World Bank project teams, client countries, Korea partner institutions, and global green growth leaders to exchange knowledge, showcase results, and catalyze new partnerships across seven priority sectors: Agriculture and Food, Digital Transformation, Energy and Extractives, Environment, Transport, Urban, and Water.
Through concrete examples from ongoing KGGTF-supported activities, KGID highlights real-world applications of green growth, demonstrating how policy reform, technology, and institutional partnerships can unlock investment, strengthen capacity, increase productivity, and create jobs.
Since its inception, KGID has been hosted in major global and regional hubs, including Seoul, Washington DC, Dar es Salaam, Cairo, and Jeju, serving as a trusted platform for dialogue between operational teams and solution providers. In 2026, KGID will be hosted in Sejong, Korea’s administrative city, offering unparalleled access to government institutions and policy leadership.
Why Sejong
Sejong City, established in 2012 as Korea’s planned administrative city, is the policy hub of the Republic of Korea, home to 23 central government ministries and 22 affiliated agencies, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, as well as 26 national policy research institutes and public institutions such as the Korea Development Institute (KDI).
Developed as part of Korea’s national decentralization strategy, Sejong represents a planned, forward-looking urban model, integrating sustainability, smart city solutions, green infrastructure, and innovation-driven growth. Sejong offers a uniquely concentrated governance ecosystem that supports KGID 2026’s theme and purpose by enabling:
-Direct engagement with policymakers and implementing agencies
-Policy-focused knowledge exchange and peer learning
-Exploration of institutional partnerships in a highly concentrated decision-making setting.
Hosting KGID in Sejong, Korea’s administrative city and a fast-growing planned city located about 1–1.5 hours from Seoul reinforces the event’s emphasis on policy-to-practice linkages and partnership-driven scale for global impact.
KGID 2026 is designed as a hands-on platform for learning, partnership building, and operational impact. Program details will continue to be developed, and updates will be shared regularly. Learn more in the concept note here.
We warmly welcome green growth practitioners from around the world to join KGID 2026 and contribute to inspiring collaboration, knowledge exchange, and scalable solutions. For inquiries, please contact: kggtf@worldbank.org.
Program details are tentative and subject to refinement. Pre-arranged bilateral meetings will take place throughout the event.
Breakout Sessions by Sector & Theme
- Registration
- Agriculture Session
- Urban Session
- Energy Session
- Energy Session 2
- RDA Session
- NIGT Session
Smarter Policies, Better Yields: Using Data and Digital Tools to Transform Agriculture
From Plans to Projects: Delivering Green Cities through Partnerships and Practice
Green Energy Transformation: Driving Decarbonization and Sustainable Solutions
Nuclear in the Energy Transition: What It Takes to Deliver Reliable, Low-Carbon Power
Addressing Nutritional Imbalance through Climate‑Smart Agriculture
From Korean Climate Innovation to Global Application
Breakout Sessions by Sector & Theme (Morning)
Aligned for Impact: Expanding Partnership with the World Bank Korea Office
Blue Economy in Action: Scaling Seaweed, Blue Carbon, and Ocean Solutions
Smarter Mobility in Practice: Digital Solutions foSmarter, Safer, and Greener Transport
Unlocking Climate Finance: Scaling Investment for Real-World Impact
Breakout Sessions by Sector & Theme (Afternoon)
From Pilots to Scale: Aligning ODA, R&D, and Investment for Greater Impact
Clearing the Air: Integrated Solutions for Cleaner, Healthier Cities
Green Transitions in Practice: What It Takes to Build Resilient Systems
Leveraging Private Sector Innovation
Breakout Sessions by Sector & Theme (Afternoon Part 2)
From Digital Government to AI-Enabled Services: Pathways to Better Delivery
From Systems to Services: Scaling Reliable and Resilient Water Delivery
Shaping the Next Generation of Climate Solutions
Plenary Day
Opening Ceremony
Scaling Green Growth: Aligning Policy, Investment, and Innovation
KGGTF: Our Global Impact, Today and Tomorrow
KGGTF: Powering the Continued Development Journey
KGGTF–KDI Joint Knowledge Collaboration Session
From Vision to Impact: Innovations Across Sectors and Regions
Working with the World Bank: Procurement Orientation
Cultural Session