Registration Opens for 2026 Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia Conference
Registration for the 2026 edition of the annual Delivering for Nutrition (D4N) in South Asia Conference is now open. The hybrid conference will be held November 30 through December 3, 2026, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Registration for in-person attendance will remain open while spots are available. Virtual registration will remain open until the conference begins.
D4N is an annual conference dedicated to showcasing evidence-based strategies for improving nutrition across South Asia. With a strong emphasis on implementation research, D4N has emerged as a regional platform over the past few years, bringing together policymakers, implementers and researchers from across the region.
The Tata-Cornell Institute is partnering with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR, and regional and global co-hosts for the 2026 edition of the conference. This year’s theme, “Navigating Systems in Transition,” will look across systems in transition and aim to feature insights on:
- Promising innovations—including digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and data and information systems—that help systems adapt in real time to shifting demographic, urban, political and economic conditions, while improving decision-making, service delivery, and accountability.
- Scaling proven solutions, including biofortified crops, nutrient-rich value chains and nutrition-sensitive social protection, in ways adapted to changing contexts—from urbanizing food environments to climate-stressed agricultural systems.
- Building resilient food, health, education, social protection and governance systems that mitigate the nutrition impacts of climate change, economic shocks, political transitions, conflict and public health emergencies, as well as improve diets and nutrition.
- Strengthening adaptive leadership, governance and capacity to translate evidence into effective action across agriculture, health, social protection, education and markets as these sectors themselves transform.
These insights will be captured throughout the conference in the form of plenary sessions, abstracts from across South Asia, learning labs and side events that bring regional and global learning into practical action.
