hdpi Forum
A forum series with global thought leaders that stimulate thinking and action.
Video and audio files below when available
Recent Presenters
Hugo Slim
Senior Research Fellow
University of Oxford
Humanitarian Ethics
for a New Era of Climate Emergency
Lana Weikat
Deputy Director UNICEF
Emergency Services (EMOPS)
Mark Linning
Operationalizing "localization" and "protection"
Senior Protection Advisor
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
Garly Michel
Executive Leader, WOZO
Haiti: The struggle to survive
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
Dr. Natalia Linos
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
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