The lat­est de­vel­op­ments in re­search and in­no­va­tion across sev­er­al crit­i­cal sec­tors are be­ing show­cased as the In­ter-Amer­i­can De­vel­op­ment Bank (IDB) launched its in­au­gur­al Knowl­edge Week 2026 at the Hy­att Re­gency Ho­tel and Con­fer­ence Cen­tre in Port of Spain this week.

A me­dia re­lease is­sued by the IDB on Wednes­day stat­ed that the four-day con­fer­ence fea­tures a range of plat­forms and re­sources aimed at bridg­ing gaps be­tween par­tic­i­pants and ex­perts in fields in­clud­ing health, en­er­gy and agri­cul­ture through an in­ter­ac­tive learn­ing ex­pe­ri­ence.

De­liv­er­ing the fea­ture ad­dress, IDB Group coun­try rep­re­sen­ta­tive for Trinidad and To­ba­go Ju­lian Bel­grave urged stake­hold­ers to take a broad­er view of re­gion­al de­vel­op­ment and fo­cus on prac­ti­cal so­lu­tions sup­port­ed by ef­fec­tive part­ner­ships and col­lab­o­ra­tion.