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Monterrey hosts Latin America’s first global bioeconomy summit
Tecnológico de Monterrey is hosting the first Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference in Latin America at its Monterrey campus.
The sixth edition of the conference has brought together nearly 200 in-person participants, including representatives of 26 universities and research centres from 16 countries, government officials and nine industrial partners.
They are discussing how to turn biological resources and biomass into useful products as part of a more circular and lower-carbon economy.
Bioeconomy approaches treat organic and industrial waste as potential inputs rather than simply rubbish.
The conference aims to include Latin American countries as partners in designing solutions, not just as suppliers of raw materials or recipients of technology.
That matters because the region produces food for global markets and includes rural communities that depend on and help care for biodiversity and soil.
The conference’s discussions also stress that the transition should bring fair benefits to both rural communities and high-consumption economies.
Monterrey is hosting the sixth Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference, the first time the summit has been held in Latin America.
The gathering is taking place at Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Monterrey campus.
It brings together about 200 in-person participants from 26 universities and research centres in 16 countries, as well as government officials and leaders from nine industry partners.
Participants aim to develop ways to turn biomass and biological resources into parts of a circular, fair and low-carbon economy.
The summit’s dean says Latin America should help design future solutions and ensure the transition benefits rural communities as well as developed economies.
- Who
- Tecnológico de Monterrey is hosting the Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference, with participants from universities, research centres, government and industry.
- What
- The sixth conference is the first global bioeconomy summit held in Latin America.
- When
- 2026. The article was published on October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Monterrey campus, Mexico.
- Why
- Participants aim to develop technologies that turn biomass and biological resources into a circular, fair and low-carbon economy.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The sixth Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference was held at Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Monterrey campus.
Rector Juan Pablo Murra welcomed international delegations and officially opened the summit.
- Conference
- Sixth Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference
- Location
- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus, Mexico
- Participants
- About 200 attending in person
- Institutions
- 26 universities and research centres from 16 countries
- Industry partners
- Nine
What people are saying
The dynamics of the Global Bioeconomy Alliance resonate deeply with our initiatives. We actively practise these principles through our comprehensive sustainability and climate change plan, Ruta Azul, as well as through the strategic Green Frontier and Blue Frontier projects of the School of Engineering and Sciences.
We are an interconnected planet; as the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, what happens in one part of the world inevitably spills over into another.
Many countries in our region are essential producers of the food that sustains the world.