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InnovAzul Caribe 2026

The Sea That Unites Us

Blue Economy, innovation, and regenerative development for the Greater Caribbean.

InnovAzul Caribe 2026 is not just "another event": it is an international platform with continuity that connects knowledge, territory, and action to drive a new model of blue development from the Colombian Caribbean to the world.

September 17 — 19, 2026
Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta

Opening ceremony · Confirmed venue

Hotel Estelar & Convention Center

September 17 · 8:00 a.m.

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Start date: September 17, 2026

ESTELAR Santamar pool and beach at sunset

Recommended hotel in Santa Marta

ESTELAR Santamar Hotel & Convention Center

A beachfront option in Pozos Colorados to complement your visit to InnovAzul Caribe 2026.

Explore the hotelPozos Colorados, Santa Marta
The context that brings us together

A Caribbean with urgent challenges and unique opportunities

The sea as a strategic frontier of sustainable development.

The Caribbean faces critical challenges: climate change, pressure on ecosystems, social gaps, and fragile local economies. At the same time, it holds one of the planet's greatest potentials for an innovative, inclusive, and regenerative blue economy.

Allies
CAFUniversidad del Magdalena
BiO ReD Institute
CEI-MARDecenio de las Naciones Unidas de las Ciencias Oceanicas para el Desarrollo Sostenible
What is InnovAzul Caribe?

A platform for articulation, knowledge, and continuous action.

More than an event: an ecosystem under construction.

InnovAzul Caribe brings together public, private, academic, and community actors in a living process of co-creating blue economy solutions, combining science, innovation, governance, and territorial knowledge.

InnovAzul Caribe 2026

The sea that unites us

The sea as bond, memory, and shared future

A narrative connecting territory, culture, and innovation.

The sea does not just separate shores: it unites stories, cultures, and opportunities. InnovAzul Caribe is born from the Caribbean identity to build a future with roots, community, and shared vision.

Coastal communities
Indigenous peoples
Afro-descendant communities
Local wisdom
Caribbean identity and regenerative development

Innovating from the territory, not despite it

Blue economy with identity, equity, and purpose.

InnovAzul Caribe recognizes coastal, indigenous, Afro-descendant, and amphibious communities as central actors of blue innovation, integrating scientific knowledge and local wisdom.

AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING

When cooperation becomes an ecosystem

Academia, cooperation, investment, and territory in dialogue.

InnovAzul Caribe brings together universities, cooperation agencies, governments, investors, entrepreneurs, and communities to build alliances that go beyond the event.

WHAT HAPPENS AT INNOVAZUL CARIBE 2026?

A living space for encounter and co-creation

Conversations, experiences, and collective building.

The event brings together strategic conferences, high-level panels, co-creation spaces, territorial gatherings, and international articulation sessions.

Conferences
Panels
Co-creation
Articulation

THEMATIC AXES

The topics shaping the blue future

Innovation with real impact.

Regenerative blue economy, marine-coastal governance, technological innovation, blue entrepreneurship, international cooperation, and sustainable territorial development.

Regenerative blue economy
Marine-coastal governance
Technological innovation
Blue entrepreneurship
International cooperation
Sustainable territorial development

INNOVAZUL CARIBE 2024

A look back at InnovAzul Caribe 2024

Moments from the gathering in Santa Marta that paved the way to 2026.

Opening of InnovAzul Caribe 2024 before a full auditorium, with the motto “Reencontramos la Riqueza” on screen.
Attendees following a talk on ocean stewardship in the event auditorium.
Pacífico Vivo and SENALMAR stand in the InnovAzul Caribe 2024 exhibition area.

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