Asia Impact Forum 2026: Advancing Mission-Driven Collaboration Across Asia

An invitation-only working forum hosted by the Asia Science Mission

The Asia Science Mission (ASM), in collaboration with PMUB and Future Earth Thailand, will host an invitation-only working forum, Asia Impact Forum 2026, in Bangkok on February 25, 2026.

This forum will bring together senior leaders from philanthropy, development finance, government, science, and community innovation to explore how mission-driven collaboration can accelerate resilient, large-scale outcomes across Asia.

Asia faces escalating climate change, water scarcity, food security pressures, and widening socio-ecological risks. Yet responses remain fragmented, and learning rarely scales across borders. Despite strong scientific capacity and growing investment, insufficient cross-sector coordination continues to limit durable impact.

The Asia Impact Forum responds to this challenge by creating a focused working space for mission-driven collaboration—aligning science, policy, community priorities, and catalytic capital to coherent, sequenced, scalable action across the region.

A Working Forum Focused on Alignment and Learning

Rather than announcements or pledges, the Asia Impact Forum prioritises strategic alignment, shared learning, and relationship-building. Participants will engage directly with emerging demonstration initiatives from across Asia, examining what early results reveal about scaling solutions, coordinating action across sectors, and informing future investment and policy decisions.

Through structured dialogue and collaborative exploration, the Forum will:

• Surface learning from mission-driven initiatives operating in diverse Asian contexts
• Explore how coordination and shared learning can reduce delivery and investment risk
• Develop a shared understanding of the system-level challenges constraining resilience outcomes
• Shape priorities and pathways for the next phase of mission-driven action in Asia

The Forum will also introduce an emerging regional framework to guide mission-driven collaboration across Asia—linking science, practice, and policy while supporting more coherent, sequenced action over time.

If you are interested, please contact ASM Director Anik Bhaduri at a.bhaduri@asiasciencemission.org.

About the Asia Science Mission

The Asia Science Mission (ASM), led by the International Science Council and Future Earth, is a regional initiative designed to connect science, policy, practice, and investment around shared missions. Through demonstration initiatives across Asia, ASM is building the coordination, learning infrastructure, and sequencing needed to move beyond isolated pilots and support system-level transformation under conditions of uncertainty. 

The ASM is supported by the ISC Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific, which is funded by the Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources and led by the Australian Academy of Science.