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AVPN Global Conference 2026 Opens in New Delhi
The AVPN Global Conference 2026 is a large meeting about improving lives across Asia.
It opened in New Delhi, India, for the first time in the conference’s history.
Almost 2,000 people are attending, including investors, government officials, companies and community leaders.
They are discussing ways to work together instead of solving problems separately.
Topics include health, climate change, gender equality, jobs and new technology.
One project announced a USD 1 billion pipeline for climate investments in Maharashtra.
Other sessions will discuss tuberculosis and climate-related health risks.
The meeting will end with a day focused on using different kinds of money to grow helpful projects.
The AVPN Global Conference 2026 opened at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on August 26, its first edition in India.
Nearly 2,000 funders, investors, corporations, policymakers and changemakers are attending the three-day conference.
The event focuses on coordinated capital, inclusive growth and Asia-led solutions under the theme “A Blueprint for Action in Asia.”
India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Government of Maharashtra and other partners are featured in initiatives on health, climate and tuberculosis.
The conference will conclude with an Impact Investing Day examining how grants, debt and equity can help scale solutions.
- Who
- AVPN is convening nearly 2,000 funders, investors, corporates, policymakers and changemakers, with speakers including Anupriya Patel, Ajay Piramal, Budi Gunadi Sadikin and Naina Subberwal Batra.
- What
- The AVPN Global Conference 2026 opened a three-day programme focused on Asia-led solutions, inclusive growth and coordinated impact capital.
- Where
- Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India.
- When
- The conference opened on August 26, 2026, and runs for three days.
- Why
- It aims to move fragmented efforts toward coordinated action and address Asia’s financing needs for growth, poverty reduction and climate response.
Key facts
- Conference theme
- “A Blueprint for Action in Asia”
- Attendance
- Close to 2,000 participants
- AVPN network
- More than 700 resource providers, innovators and intermediaries across 43 markets
- Asia financing need
- USD 26 trillion through 2030, according to the conference announcement
- Annual SDG financing gap
- USD 1.5 trillion
- Maharashtra climate pipeline
- USD 1 billion covering clean transport, industrial decarbonisation, renewable energy and climate-smart agriculture
- Closing programme
- Impact Investing Day, focused on aligning grants, debt and equity to scale solutions
Quotes
Naina Subberwal Batra
CEO of AVPN
“In a year like this, our biggest breakthrough will not come from any single funder, instrument or initiative. It will come from how bravely we choose to work together.”
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“India has a growing role in Asia’s impact story, and is no longer simply a destination for impact capital.”
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