ATL Global Innovation Weekend | Kickoff Day Application (Feb 20-22, 2026)
Where Atlanta Comes Together Ahead of the World Cup.
Help shape ATL’s future before the world arrives. Apply to South Downtown Atlanta's 48 hour civic innovation weekend!
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The ATL Global Innovation Weekend is a three-day, hands-on gathering rooted in Atlanta’s historic South Downtown, where global attention, local urgency, and bold imagination meet.
The goal = Transforming Downtown into a World Stage for Atlanta’s culture, creativity, and civic ideas.
Click here for the Weekend Agenda (more to come).
As the world prepares to arrive for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, this weekend invites students, entrepreneurs, technologists, creatives, civic leaders, and neighbors to come together and tackle the real challenges shaping Atlanta’s future: workforce access, public space, housing stability, and economic opportunity. This is not a conference where you sit and listen. It’s a working session for the city, designed to surface ideas, test solutions, and build pathways that last well beyond the final whistle.
You’ll join cross-sector teams, learn directly from Atlanta’s civic, business, and community leaders, and collaborate with neighbors who live the realities being discussed. Together, you’ll develop ideas that are grounded, practical, and shaped by the people most affected, solutions built with dignity, equity, and possibility at the center.
The Focus Areas:
Public Safety & Walkability
Make Downtown safer, smarter, and easier to navigate.Cultural Preservation & Storytelling
Elevate ATL history and voices through new experiences.Economic Opportunity & Business Vitality
Fuel creatives and unlock growth for local businesses.Sustainability & Public Space Activation
Green, active spaces that invite connection and healthier living.Civic Engagement & Advocacy
Build pathways that empowers every Atlantan to shape our city.
Whether you’re a builder, a thinker, a student, or a community advocate, you’ll leave with new connections, sharper insight into Atlanta’s civic ecosystem, and a tangible role in shaping what inclusive growth can look like before the world arrives and long after it leaves.
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How do you want to get there?
Driving
MARTA (We're right next to Garnett Station)
Biking
Questions? Email: [email protected]