Ecosystem Activities09 · FIELD NOTE 2026

GREEN TRANSITION · CIRCULAR ECONOMY · SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

Green Innovation Fellowship 2026

2026 PROGRAMME · FINALE 20 AUGUSTHo Chi Minh City
Green Innovation Fellowship 2026 event visual
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WHY IT MATTERS

An integrated green-innovation platform combining acceleration, a summit, exhibition, ecosystem networking and finance connections to move sustainable solutions from promising ideas into operations and markets.

01Nearly 300 applications
02Top 50 pipeline
03Top 16 finalists
043 green tracks

AGENDA & CONTENT

The programme at a glance

Compiled from the official agenda and speaker directory
01

Nearly 300 green solutions sourced

The programme attracts Vietnamese and international ventures addressing circular economy, sustainable agriculture, clean technology, materials, energy and operational decarbonisation.

02

Training and expert support

Selected teams strengthen business models, impact logic, market evidence, implementation plans and the commercial case behind their environmental solution.

03

Vietnam and International Semi-finals

Sixteen ventures pitch during InnoEx, allowing experts and judges to test impact, feasibility, scalability and the quality of the team.

04

Green Innovation Summit

Keynotes and a panel explore the strategic shifts that can create the next competitive advantage through sustainability.

05

Top 6 Fellowship Final

Six leading solutions present at InnoEx, connecting environmental impact with corporate adoption, investment and market expansion.

06

Green Innovation Zone and Network

Exhibition and network mechanisms keep companies, experts, investors and solution providers connected beyond the competition stage.

KEY MESSAGES

What matters beyond the stage

01

Green must improve the business

Adoption accelerates when environmental gains also reduce cost, strengthen resilience, open markets or improve productivity.

02

Impact needs credible measurement

Founders must connect claims to baselines, measurable outcomes and evidence that customers and investors can trust.

03

Factories are essential test environments

Climate and circular-economy solutions mature through real operational pilots, not only pitch competitions.

04

Finance follows implementation readiness

Green capital needs clear economics, risk allocation, adoption partners and a pathway to scale.

PRODUCTS & STARTUPS

Infrastructure and products in focus

AN ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

Green innovation becomes investable when it solves an environmental problem and a business problem at the same time. The programme’s strongest role is to connect ventures with factories, customers, measurable impact, finance and scalable value chains—not simply to select award winners.

Swiss Entrepreneurship Program

SWISS EP

Help partner organisations build climate-tech pipelines, connect experts and investors, and move solutions toward factory pilots, measurable impact and green finance.

Swiss EP Vietnam

PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS

Profiles behind the network

Stakeholder Directory
PEOPLE · 0

Click a profile to open its background and institutional relationship.

ORGANISATIONS · 4

Institutions represented across the Green Innovation Fellowship 2026 programme.

REFERENCES

Sources and verification links

Green Innovation FellowshipGreen Innovation AcceleratorTop 16 official announcement