hdpi Forum

A forum series with global thought leaders that stimulate thinking and action.

Video and audio files below when available

Recent Presenters

Hamit Dardagan

John Sloboda

Casualty recording in conflict

achievements, prospects and pitfalls

Iraq Body Count

Bo Victor Nylund

Poly-crises and the impact on children;

developing a research agenda

DR Victor Karunan

Identity and Statelessness

Dr. Moitreyee Sinhatitle

Executive Director and co-founder of citiesRISE

Mental health and well-being: need for a paradigm shift

Adele Khodr

Regional Director

UNICEF, Middle East and North Africa

Reflections on Critical Issues in the Middle East

Traveling with

former President Carter

James Brasher

Matthew Brubacher

Climate Change: threats - response

Yolande Wright

Hunger and Child Poverty

Pedro Conceição
Director of the Human Development Report Office,  UNDP.
Title: Navigating new layers of uncertainty

Megan Gilgan

"Disruption in support for the UN in a polarized world?"
Deputy Director of the Public Partnerships Division
UNICEF

Dr. Natalia Linos

Executive Director/Acting Director
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
Harvard University

William Hawk, Peter Mulrean, Fred Spielberg

Practical applications of the 8KQ - an ethical framework for decision making

 

Dr. Amaya Gillespie
UNICEF MENARO
title: Behavior, and the Concept of Choice

Dale Buscher Vice President for Programs, Women’s Refugee Commission

Reorienting Humanitarian Assistance: refugee self reliance

Yoriko Yasukawa

The Need for More Courageous Advocacy for Human Rights

Dr. Jan Vandemoortele,

Independent Researcher and Consultant

co-architect of the MDG’s; with ongoing work on the SDGs

Reflections on Global Goals and the SDGs;

Considerations for the Next Step

DR Bruce Curry

Pioneering Researcher

Food Security and Nutrition

Jianluca Buono

Chief of Field Operations and Emergencies

UNICEF, Yemen

Dr. Gary Slutkin, MD.

President and CEO, Cure Violence Global

 

Mark Bowden

The Evolution of NGO's

Philip Goldman

Founder and President of

Maestral International

More Responsive Humanitarian Action

Nick Van Praag

Founder and Director of Ground Truth

BYKIDS

Holly Carter

Founder and Executive Director

Migration

Michele KLEIN SOLOMON

A.R. Subbiah

"A different approach, lessons from a multi-hazard early warning program"
(RIMES, Bangkok)

Tara Thiagarajan, Ph.D,

Mental well-being across countries, and implications

Neuroscientist, Founder and Chief Scientist of Sapien Labs

David Evangelista

Regional President & Managing Director,

Europe Eurasia,

Special Olympics

DR Elena Butti

Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly

Complexity Theory:

Adressing Complex Humanitarian Problems

Philip Howard

Misinformation - Fake News

IMPACT AND TRAUMA OF MIGRATION

Saulo Padilla

RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS

Mark Connoly, UNICEF Representative Honduras

IMPROVING THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF YOUTH

Rob Burnet, Chief Executive, Shujaaz, INC.

MULTILATERALISM: TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED BUT DON'T GIVE UP

Amb. Peter Mulrean

Julie Rosicky, Executive Director of International Social Service

RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY

Cecile Aptel, OHCHR

CHALLENGING INHUMANITY IN TURBULENT TIMES

Norah Niland and Antonio Donini

THOUGHTS ON THE DYNAMICS OF PEACEBUILDING

John Paul Lederach

Robert Jenkins, Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF HQ

 

Jim Brasher, Program Development and Resource Mobalization: Lessons learned

CURRENT THREATS ON CHILDREN

Cornelius Williams, UNICEF

 

HUMAN RIGHTS AT A CROSSROAD

Iain Levine

 

  • Prof. Eve Mitleton-Kelly Complexity Theory: Addressing Complex Humanitarian Problems
  • Philip Howard,  Mis-Information, Fake News
  • DR Elena Butti, Postdoctoral fellow, Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
  • Julie Rosicky, Executive Director of International Social Service (ISS) USA Observations and lessons in helping to reunite children with families in Central America
  • Norah Niland and Antonio Donini, Challenging Inhumanity in turbulent Times
  • John Paul Lederach, Thoughts on the Dynamics of Peacebuilding
  • Robert Jenkins, Chief Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF HQ
  • Iain Levine, Human Rights at a Crossroad
  • Jim Brasher, Program Development and Resource Mobilization, Lessons Learned
  • Angela Raven-Roberts
  • Cornelius Williams, UNICEF
  • Edouard Belloncle, Disinformation, Response and Reflections: a Libyan Case Study
  • Richard Morgan, Plan International
  • Dennis McNamara, Humanitarian Dialogue Center
  • Robin Biellick, vaccine specialist
  • Stephen Allen, OFDA/USAID
  • Carl Stauffer, Center for Justice and Peace, EMU
  • Lori Hieber Girardet, UNDRR
  • Hani Mansourian, Alliance for Child Protection
  • Peter Morris, formerly with OFDA
  • Rt Hon Lord Mark Malloch-Brown KCMG
  • Hugo Slim – Oxford University
  • Peter McDermott & Justin Rogers – Martin James Foundation
  • Molly Bingham – Orb Media
  • Carlo Scaramella - WFP
  • Luis Mendez, Stratman Consultants
  • Brigette De Lay – Oak Foundation
  • Jagan Chapagain – IFRC
  • Karen Landgren – Security Council Report
  • David Nabarro – WHO/4SD
  • Tom McDermott – xUNICEFers
  • Krishna Belrose - HDPI
  • Everett Ressler – HDPI
  • Fred Spielberg – UNICEF Colombia