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.
Clea Chandmal→
Vitoon Panyakul→
Roz Rolls→
Catherine Austin Fitts→
Sakchai Chatadee→
Bunya Halasz→DHDamion Horn USAprofile coming
Danial Lawton→
Lindsay Brandon→PPookie Wanakaset Networkprofile coming
Gusti Ayu Komang Sri Mahayuni→
Manasvini Tyagi→
Odetta Kaonda→
Robina McCurdy→MBMarina Bagley New Zealandprofile coming
Bronwen Evans→
Michael Commons→
Hui-i Chiang→
Robin Clayfield→See all in the schedule →Sessions run across six venues simultaneously. Tell us what you need and we'll match you to the right space.
Across all six venues there are 150 session slots. Around 46 are already filled, and we welcome proposals for the rest.
This convergence is a living thing, built by the people in it. Following a long permaculture tradition, we come together as a peer-to-peer, co-created gathering: practitioners sharing knowledge, skills, stories, creativity, and culture with one another.
Everyone who joins shapes what this becomes. If you have something to offer, a session to lead, a skill to share, a piece of culture or wisdom to bring forward, we’d love to hear about it. Please fill out the form below.
Submitting a proposal doesn't commit you to anything, it starts a conversation.
Questions about the convergence? Reach out to the coordination team at info@thaipermaculture.org
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.
Tickets are on sale now. Convergence 18,000 THB, concessionary rate 13,000 THB for eligible countries.
Students and groups of 5 or more adults book through the registration form
For any other special requests or questions, email registration@thaipermaculture.org
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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