CONVIVIUM
Where meaningful encounters begin
CONVIVIUM is an international platform that brings people together to address shared challenges through dialogue, food and collective experience.
It convenes institutions, cities, researchers, businesses, communities and young people around issues that connect everyday life with global priorities: food systems, water, climate, health, culture and local development.
By using conviviality and gastrodiplomacy as working tools, CONVIVIUM creates spaces for exchange beyond formal settings. Shared meals, conversations and working sessions become opportunities to build relationships, connect perspectives and develop new collaborations. Rooted in the Mediterranean and open to the world, CONVIVIUM turns encounters into a starting point for more informed, inclusive and regenerative action.
FROM CONVERSATION TO COOPERATION
Through gastrodiplomacy, CONVIVIUM uses food and conviviality as tools for listening, exchange and collaboration.
Dialogues
Conversations that connect different perspectives, disciplines and generations.
Shared experiences
Meals, cultural moments and informal encounters that create trust and common ground.
Action
Alliances, commitments and practical pathways that move ideas forward.
A PLATFORM IN MOTION
CONVIVIUM takes shape through gatherings, partnerships and public programmes across different places and communities. Each edition creates a new space for dialogue between local knowledge and global challenges.
CONVIVIUM at New York Climate Week 2026
20–26 September · East Village, New York