The IPC16 Convergence is a five-day, participant-led gathering where learning happens through doing, sharing, and direct exchange. Following the conference, this is where the event opens out into workshops, demonstrations, discussions, and practical sessions shaped by the people in the room.
Set at Suan Loong Choke Bamboo School in Nakhon Ratchasima, the convergence is designed for real participation. Sessions will unfold across multiple spaces, from kitchens and meeting rooms to outdoor learning areas, creating room for both focused teaching and informal collaboration.
Framed by the wider IPC16 theme Beyond Sustainability: Many Paths, the convergence invites many different ways of knowing into one shared programme. Farmers, builders, educators, community practitioners, and first-time participants all have something to contribute, and the week will continue to take shape as more sessions are proposed and confirmed.
The Convergence opens at Loong Choke’s own Suan Loong Choke, with a welcome from our host and a keynote from one of permaculture’s most widely heard voices.
Our host for the Convergence. Loong Choke (Uncle Choke) opens five days at his own Suan Loong Choke, the 100-rai bamboo plantation and building school he has grown over four decades of agroforestry. A National Sage of Agriculture and a master bamboo builder who has helped restore tens of thousands of rai of forest with Wildlife Fund Thailand, he welcomes the gathering to a place built on the self-reliance and biodiversity it is here to practise.
A permaculture educator, designer and documentary filmmaker at Oregon State University, Andrew Millison brings permaculture to one of the largest audiences in the world: his films have passed 100 million views across more than fifteen countries. He has filmed Thailand’s own Kok Nong Na model, which he calls ‘the Thai version of permaculture,’ and gave the keynote at IPC15 in Taiwan. He joins us to set Thailand’s regenerative movement in a global frame.
Sessions run across six venues simultaneously. Tell us what you need and we'll match you to the right space.
Across all six venues, that's 150 session slots to fill and we need your help filling them.
Submitting a proposal doesn't commit you to anything, it starts a conversation.
Questions about the convergence? Reach out to the coordination team at [email protected]
A remote bamboo-forest valley in Wang Nam Khiao, about three hours northeast of Bangkok. Book both events and the bus from the Conference is included free.
Convergence 18,000 THB (student 16,200 THB), all communal meals included. Camp on site: bring your own tent free, or rent one, 2,000 THB (1-person) or 3,500 THB (2-person).
Residents of eligible countries pay the concessionary rate of 13,000 THB.
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IPC16 takes place across two unique locations in Thailand: a national museum for the conference and a bamboo school for the convergence.
2 DaysThailand's national agriculture museum. The setting for two days of keynotes, panels, and formal presentations.
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5 DaysFive days of hands-on workshops, discussions, and community building at a bamboo construction school.
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