Conference Schedule

November 16-20, 2026

All times shown in East Africa Time (EAT - UTC+3)
Total
20
Sessions
Upcoming
20
Sessions

20 sessions found

Current & Upcoming Sessions

Monday, November 16, 2026

09:00
17:00
EAT
Upcoming

Arrivals & Delegation Registration (Pre-Event)

Arrival of delegations and early badge collection. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas - Chief Executive Officer
Brazzaville — room TBC
registration
14:00
17:00
EAT
Upcoming

Closed Technical Meetings (Invitation Only)

Closed preparatory technical meetings of the co-conveners and working groups. Invitation only. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas - Chief Executive Officer
Brazzaville — room TBC
workshop

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

09:00
12:30
EAT
Upcoming

Technical Training & Preparatory Workshops (Pre-Event)

Training and preparatory workshops for clinics and programme delivery teams. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

H.E. Ms. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge - Commissioner, Infrastructure & Energy
Brazzaville — room TBC
workshop
14:00
17:00
EAT
Upcoming

Pre-Event Site Visits

Technical site visits in and around Brazzaville. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

H.E. Ms. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge - Commissioner, Infrastructure & Energy
Brazzaville — room TBC
side_event

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

08:00
09:00
EAT
Upcoming

Registration & Badge Collection

Registration and badge collection for all accredited participants. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
registration
09:00
10:30
EAT
Upcoming

Official Opening — Republic of Congo, AUC, CEEAC, AUDA-NEPAD

Official opening ceremony of PIDA Week 2026 by the co-conveners. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
opening_ceremony
11:00
12:30
EAT
Upcoming

Presidential Session: Accelerating Alignment for Delivery

High-level session on accelerating legal, regulatory, institutional, technical, fiscal and planning alignment for regional infrastructure delivery. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
plenary
14:00
15:30
EAT
Upcoming

Ministerial Round Table & RECs Regional Portfolio

Ministerial round table with regional economic communities on the regional project portfolio. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
roundtable_discussion
16:00
17:30
EAT
Upcoming

Water & Sanitation Panel (AU 2026 Priority)

Panel on the AU 2026 theme: assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
panel_discussion
18:00
20:00
EAT
Upcoming

Bilaterals & Official Reception

Bilateral meetings followed by the official reception hosted by the Republic of Congo. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
side_event

Thursday, November 19, 2026

09:00
10:30
EAT
Upcoming

Alignment Clinics: Legal, Regulatory, Institutional, Technical

Working clinics locating alignment blockers across the delivery sequence: political, legal, regulatory, fiscal, technical, institutional and operational. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
workshop
09:00
10:30
EAT
Upcoming

Preparation & Maturation Clinics

Maturity diagnostics, preparation clinics and links to preparation finance for priority regional projects, with focus on the CEEAC/Central Africa portfolio. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
workshop
11:00
12:30
EAT
Upcoming

Productive Use: Corridors, Value Chains & Energy

Corridors, value chains, local content, industrialisation and energy investment that put infrastructure assets to work. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
panel_discussion
14:00
15:30
EAT
Upcoming

Water & Sanitation Workshop

Technical workshop on bankable water access, sanitation, standards alignment and resilience. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
workshop
16:00
17:30
EAT
Upcoming

Project–DFI–Investor Meetings

Structured meetings between project owners, development finance institutions and investors on preparation and financing needs. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
roundtable_discussion

Friday, November 20, 2026

09:00
10:30
EAT
Upcoming

Clinic & Workshop Conclusions

Presentation of conclusions from the alignment and preparation clinics and thematic workshops. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
plenary
11:00
12:30
EAT
Upcoming

Partners Round Table — Accelerating Delivery

Round table of partners on commitments to accelerate delivery, formalised without pre-judging amounts. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
roundtable_discussion
14:00
15:30
EAT
Upcoming

Adoption of the Brazzaville Roadmap & Closing

Adoption of the Brazzaville Roadmap — an acceleration agenda with clear responsibilities and a follow-up mechanism — followed by the closing ceremony. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
closing_ceremony
15:30
16:00
EAT
Upcoming

Joint Press Conference

Joint press conference of the co-conveners. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
side_event
16:00
18:00
EAT
Upcoming

Site Visit: Brazzaville–Kinshasa Road–Rail Bridge

Site visit to the Brazzaville–Kinshasa road–rail bridge — a flagship cross-border PIDA project on the Congo River. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.

Brazzaville — room TBC
side_event
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