Rio All Year Round • July 21, 2026
Rio Innovation Week 2026 transforms the Mauá Pier into a stage of innovation with immersive experiences
By Mariana Novaes
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Between August 4 and 7, the Mauá Pier receives Rio Innovation Week 2026, one of the largest events of innovation and technology in Latin America. For four days, the space will be the meeting point of entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, students and professionals from different areas..
Between August 4 and 7, the Mauá Pier receives Rio Innovation Week 2026, one of the largest events of innovation and technology in Latin America. For four days, the space will be the meeting point of entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, students and professionals from different areas for a program that brings together lectures, workshops, mentoring, exhibitions, startups and immersive experiences.
In this edition, the event occupies 90 thousand m2 and will have more than 3,000 speakers, 35 stages, 2,000 startups and 400 exhibitors, consolidating Rio as one of the main centers of innovation in the country. Among the topics highlighted are artificial intelligence, cities of the future, education, sustainability, well-being, climate and creative economy.
The Prefeitura do Rio, through the Riotur and the Municipal Secretariat for Economic Development (SMDE), will be present with a new reading of the No Clima do Rio campaign During the event, the brand wins a special version: In the Climate of Innovation
Experiences that connect innovation and tourism
Those who visit Rio Innovation Week will be able to know activations that unite technology, interactivity and the experience of living Rio.
O River Sense Lab will be one of the great attractions. In an immersive cube equipped with neurotechnology, visitors can discover which tourist attractions of the city arouse greater emotional engagement, providing a new way to explore the tourist potential of Rio.
Another experience will be the LED Pulse, an interactive installation in which lighting accompanies the movements of the public, creating a visual representation of the connection between people, technology and city in real time.
The programme will also have the Arena. River, space dedicated to pitches of startups cariocas, presentations of companies, investors and specialists, as well as lectures focused on the innovation ecosystem.
The Plenary In the Climate of Innovation will bring together great names of technology, entrepreneurship and creative economy in one of the main stages of the event, promoting debates on trends and solutions for the future.
More than a conference, Rio Innovation Week reaffirms Rio’s leading role as a city that combines talent, creativity, tourism and innovation to drive new businesses and turn ideas into opportunities.
Service:
Dates: 04/08 to 07/08
Location: Pier Mauá
Address: Av. Rodrigues Alves, 10 - Praça Mauá
Schedule: 10 am to 9 pm
Tickets: passport Rio Innovation Week R$990. Ensure your no site I'm sorry.
Check out the full program in official website.
Social network: @rioinnovationweek
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