The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), will organize the second CRVS Research Forum on 30 March - 1 April 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Along with transforming the Forum from a regional platform to a global one, the 2026 Forum will be run as a hybrid event at ESCAP's headquarters in Bangkok. Organisation of the forum is supported by funding provided by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative.

Abstract submissions in English and French are open for the 2026 Research Forum, with a deadline of Friday 31 August 2025.

For more information, please go to this page.