Programme
Being built, session by session.
Plenaries, thematic sessions and speakers for 2026 are still being confirmed. The full programme is published here as soon as it is settled.
Confirmed
What you can plan around today.
Dates and city are set. Everything else on this page is either open or drawn from previous editions, and is marked as such.
- Dates
- 28 to 30 November 2026
- Venue
- Silver Jubilee Convention Centre, Graphic Era University
- City
- Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Organised by
- Himalayan Academy of Science & Technology
Travelling a long way? Email secretary@himalayanacademy.org.in and the secretariat will tell you what is firm before you book.
Key dates
The deadlines that matter.
Abstract submissions open on 15 October 2026. These are the dates the summit has published so far.
- 15 October 2026 Abstract submissions open
- 10 November 2026 Abstract submission deadline
- 15 November 2026 Abstract acceptance notification
- 25 November 2026 Full paper submission deadline
- 28 to 30 November 2026 Summit
Open now
The programme is partly yours to write.
Abstracts are invited for the technical sessions and the poster hall. Selected work becomes part of the programme being assembled.
From previous editions
The shape it usually takes.
Not a 2026 commitment. This is how the summit has run before, which is the best guide available until the programme is published.
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Plenaries
Full-room sessions on the questions the whole summit needs to answer together.
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Thematic sessions
Parallel tracks across the lecture theatres, each convened with a partner institution.
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Papers and posters
Presented work from researchers and practitioners, running alongside the main programme.
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Innovation exhibition
An open floor of working tools and prototypes, open across all three days.
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Bhagirath Awards
Recognising leadership and innovation in climate action and disaster risk reduction.
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Evenings
Cultural programme and networking, where the useful conversations usually start.
Across three days
More at once than one person can attend.
Parallel tracks are the point. The programme is built so a delegate chooses, rather than sits through everything in order.
Plenaries, Thematic sessions, Papers and posters, Innovation exhibition, Networking
Stay close to it
Know the moment it lands.
Registered delegates hear first when the programme is published. Partners helping to convene a session hear sooner than that.