Detailed agenda
Join Rotary International leaders, regional and district leaders, peace fellows, and young change-makers in inspiring workshops and cultural events in Palanga, Lithuania September 3 - 6 2026.
| Palanga Action Summit 2026 — Programme | |||
| Wednesday, 2 September 2026 | |||
| 19:00 | End Polio Now Dinner | Sold out | Restaurant Vandenis, Birutės al. 47, Palanga |
| Thursday, 3 September 2026 | |||
| Listen, Learn & Share in our Forums - included in your ticket web Forums — Listen, Learn & Share | |||
| Sessions run in parallel. Each session takes place at its own venue —please register your choice in advance with your code | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 14:00–16:00 | Membership Forum | RID Christine Buering, Germany and PRID/Trustee Venky Venkatesh, India | Gabija Hotel |
| Vytauto g. 40, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Foundation Forum | PRIP/Trustee Stephanie Urchick, USA and PRID/Trustee Ann-Britt Åsebol, Sweden | Baltic Grand Dunes |
| Birutės al. 26, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Action Plan Planning Forum | PRID Suzan Stenberg , Sweden and PDG Claudia Hendry, Switzerland | Gabija Hotel |
| Vytauto g. 40, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Conflict Management and Prevention Forum | RID Jennifer Scott, Australia and PP Brian Rusch, USA/Spain | Baltic Grand Dunes |
| Birutės al. 26, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:00 | Investing in the Future — Creating Lasting Impact | RID Soffía Gísladóttir, Iceland and RIP Yinka Babalola, Nigeria. Our special event as a thanks to for IPDG, DG, DGE, DGN | Kurhaus, Palanga |
| Grafų Tiškevičių al. 1, Palanga | |||
| Be part of a Special Event | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 16:30–17:30 | Interact & Rotaract Club Charter Ceremony | RI President Yinka Babalola, | Youth center |
| RI Directors and District Governor Andrius Barniškis | Vytauto g. 110, Palanga | ||
| 19.00-22.00 | Sundown at the Pier and Beach | Get a drink at the beach bar Sun&Moon (on the left side of the pier) and meet lots of Rotarians | Palanga Beach Bar Sun&Moon |
| 18:00–22:00 | Evening Dinner — Individual | Enjoy Palanga`s restaurants at your own pace | Various restaurants, Palanga |
| Friday, 4 September 2026 | |||
| Share your passions in the House of Friendship | |||
| 08:30 – 18:00 | House of Friendship — Exhibitions & Networking | Districts, Fellowships, and partners presenting projects and initiatives | Foyer, Palanga Concert Hall |
| Vytauto g. 43, Palanga | |||
| Listen and Learn in the Plenary Session in the morning — included in your ticket | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Check-in for the day tickets | Palanga Concert Hall | |
| Vytauto g. 43, Palanga | |||
| 09:11 | Welcome & Introductions — Flags Ceremony and Greetings from the Mayor of Palanga | Conveners RID Christine Buering, Germany and Soffía Gísladóttir, Iceland, Chair Mingaile Scherer, Lithuania | |
| Where We Are — History of the Baltic Region | Ambassador Argita Daudze, Latvia | ||
| Where We Are — The Baltics Today | Ambassador Arnoldas Prančkevičius, Lithuania | ||
| Where we are: Security in the Baltic Region | General a.D. Jörg Vollmer, Germany | ||
| Conclusions | all speakers above | ||
| Investing in the Future | RI President Yinka Babalola, Nigeria | ||
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | Palanga Concert Hall Foyer | |
| Our Rotary Peace Center in Uppsala University, Sweden | Prof. Magnus Öberg, Sweden and Rotary Peace Fellows Dorcas Tiwaa Addai, Ghana and Abigail Cawley | ||
| Panel: What means Peace today? | Anastasiia Klonova Sweden/Ukraine and Natalia Sineaeva Poland/Moldova | ||
| Connecting — Diversity as a Value and Attraction | Brian Rusch, USA/Spain | ||
| Lunch Break - included in your ticket | |||
| 12:15–14:00 | Lunch | Don`t forget your coupons* | Indicated in the coupon, You have received in the Welcome center |
| Listen and Learn in the Plenary Session in the afternoon — included in your ticket | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | SpeakUp! competition winner "Don`t be stumm!" | Fiona Stumm, Rotaract Germany | Palanga Concert Hall |
| Panel — Rotary tomorrow - unlocking potential together | Esi Otoo, Renatas Kandrotas, Marek Balschun and Viktoria Carazvec, Rotaract Sweden, Lithuania, Germany | ||
| Rotary as a national project | RI Director Emmanuel Katangole Uganda | ||
| Rotary International — Financial Update | RI Director Jennifer Scott, Australia | ||
| Invitation to Rotary Internation Convention 2027 Barcelona and Europe/Middle East Action Summit 2027, Bari | Andrejus Geraščenko, Lithuania and RI Director Massimo Ballotta, Italy | ||
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee Break | Palanga Concert Hall Foyer | |
| Where we live. The Baltic Sea and the environment | Rüdiger Strempel, Finland | ||
| What can Rotary do for the Baltic Sea? The BASRAN Approach | BASRAN Network, Martin Weigel, Germany | ||
| Closing Remarks — Creating Lasting Impact | RI President Yinka Babaola, Nigeria | ||
| Sing-Along, Celebrations and Thank-Yous | Conveners and Chair | ||
| Enjoy and get to know each other in the Evening - White Dinner is included in your ticket | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Concert with Youth Orchestra Simfukai | Complimentary, make a donation. Collect the ticket you reserved in the Youth Center | Kurhaus, Palanga |
| Grafų Tiškevičių al. 1, Palanga | |||
| 19:30 - 21:30 | White Dinner with Lottery | Dress in white! Celebrating life and fellowship - only for Summit participants. Tickets for partners available now in the Youth Center. | Exit Bar&Restaurant |
| S. Nėries g. 39, Palanga | |||
| 21:00 - 02:00 | Pre-Rotariada Party | Join in the party with all Rotariada participants. Entry included, drinks on your own expenses. | Club Exit Discotheque |
| S. Nėries g. 39, Palanga | |||
| Saturday, 5 September 2026 | |||
| DO! Rotariada Summer Sports Games 2026 - included in your ticket | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 08:30–12:00 | Rotariada — Parade, Sports & Games | Join the parade and compete in the Rotariada Summer Sports Games | Junction of Vytauto st. and Basanavičiaus st. |
| 12:00–14:00 | Lunch Break | Explore Palanga and connect with fellow participants | Buy your lunch next to the stadium or in Palanga town centre |
| Afternoon Workshops & Impulse Sessions - included in your ticket | |||
| Sessions run in parallel. Each session takes place at its own venue —check the QR Code on your badge for your registration. | |||
| Listen to great people in Impulse & Motivation Sessions | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 14:00–15:00 | Update on Vaccination | Trustee Venky Venkatesh, India and Polio Team Lidun Hareide, Norway, Mikko Lindeman, Finland and Frank Intert, Germany | Gabija Hotel |
| Vytauto g. 40, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–15:00 | Afternoon Tea with Stephanie — Major Donor & Bequest Motivation | PRID Stephanie Urchick, USA in conversation with Lars Borgestrand, Norway | Restaurant Gras, |
| Kęstučio g. 32, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–15:00 | High Five for Paul Harris Society (PHS) with Holger | PRIP Holger Knaack, Germany in conversation with Anette Løwert, Denmark | Restaurant Gras, |
| Kęstučio g. 32, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–15:00 | Happify with Yinka | RIP Yinka Babalola, Nigeria interviewed by Venanzia Rizzi, Finland | Kurhaus (Main hall), Grafų Tiškevičių al. 1, opposite the Concert Hall |
| 14:00–15:00 | How to Bring Peace to a (New) Club | PP Vinita Venkatesh, India and DG Elísabet S. Ólafsdóttir, Iceland | Kurhaus (Wedding room), Grafų Tiškevičių al. 1, opposite the Concert Hall |
| Share practical ideas in How to? Interactive Workshops | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 14:00–15:30 | How to build projects with refugees that last | Peace Fellows Natalia Sineaeva, Poland/Moldova and Anastasija Klonova, Sweden/Ukraine | Baltic Grand Dunes |
| Birutės al. 26, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–15:30 | How to Create Continuity in Leadership | DG Elisabeth Norrby, Sweden and PDG Claudia Hendry, Switzerland | Gabija Hotel |
| Vytauto g. 40, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–15:30 | How to Do Innovative Fundraising | Brian Rusch, USA/Spain | Kurhaus (Cinema Room), Palanga |
| 14:00–15:30 | How to Plan a Global Grant and Its Communication | RPIC Ulrike Vogt and EMGA Ulf Bingsård | Kurhaus (Roof Room), Palanga |
| 14:00–15:30 | How to build resiliance, peace and security? And use gaming. | Jörg Vollmer, Germany and Manouchehr Shamsrizi, Germany | Baltic Grand Dunes |
| Birutės al. 26, Palanga | |||
| Engage and learn in interactive Workshops | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 14:00–16:30 | BASRAN Baltic Sea Walk — Networking on the Move | BASRAN Network | Departing from Restaurant Gras |
| Kęstučio g. 32, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:30 | How Do You Imagine the Rotary of the Future? | Esi Otoo, Sweden with fellow Rotaractors Marek Balschun, Fiona Stumm and others | Youth Centre |
| Vytauto g. 110, Palanga | |||
| 14:00–16:30 | How to Live as a Peace Bringer in Our Society | Uppsala Peace Team, Prof. Magnus Öberg, Sweden and Rotary Peace Fellows Dorcas Tiwaa Addai, Ghana and Abigail Cawley | Mana Hotel M. Valanciaus g. 1, Palanga |
| Part with old and new friends in the Evening - Gala Concert is included in your ticket | |||
| Time | Session | Presenter / Moderator | Venue |
| 16:00 - 19:00 | Major Donor Cocktail & Dinner | On invitation only/drinks from 16-16.30 | Palanga Hotel |
| 20:00 – 23:00 | Rotariada Gala Concert — Awards, Music, Dance & Get-Together | Celebrating the Rotariada Summer Games and our community.* | Palanga Concert Hall |
| Vytauto g. 43, Palanga | |||
| 23:00 - 02:00 | After Party | We still want to meet and dance together with You | Club Exit |
| S. Nėries g. 39, Palanga | |||
| Sunday, 6 September 2026 | |||
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Optional: Yoga on the Beach or Guided Walking Tour | Please look up location in WhatsApp Group Palanga Rotary Action Summit. Yoga teacher - Viney Prakash Dubey | Palanga Beach / Town Centre |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | ICC Meeting | All participants are welcome | Kurhaus, Grafų Tiškevičių al. 1, opposite the Concert Hall |
| Farewell — Safe Travels! | We hope you leave inspired, connected and ready to make a difference. | ||
*Note: drinks are not included in the ticketed lunch or dinners.