Verified facts
What happened
The World Trade Organization (WTO) says Public Forum 2026, titled Powering the Future, will feature 113 sessions from 15 to 17 September 2026.
The programme will focus on trade in services, according to the WTO event notice.
Sessions are organized by WTO member governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, academia and international organizations.
Many sessions are expected to be livestreamed on the WTO website. The available evidence is a single WTO summary, not the full programme or session schedule.
Business relevance
Why it matters
A services-focused programme could be relevant to merchants selling digital services, subscriptions, support, fulfilment, payments or other cross-border offerings, but the event notice does not identify specific commercial or policy outcomes.
The mix of government, business and civil-society organizers may give sellers several perspectives on trade in services, if the published session details contain topics applicable to their markets.
Livestream access could make selected discussions easier to monitor without attending in person, subject to the WTO publishing the relevant links and schedules.