The Guardian’s Global Development Professionals Network regularly hosts events around the world to discuss and explore key humanitarian and development issues.
This list below gives details of our past and future events. If you would like to find out more about hosting an event with us, please contact: rachel.joy@theguardian.com
Upcoming events
Breaking down barriers to HIV/Aids response: past, present and future
Thursday 21 July, Durban, South Africa
This afternoon seminar and networking reception, hosted alongside the International Aids Conference in Durban in association with Gilead Sciences, will discuss how we can reach the UNAids 90-90-90 targets by 2030, and ensure that those who have historically been excluded from treatment are not left behind.
Register your interest in attending here.
Past events
2016
What is the most effective way of rebuilding a country after catastrophe?
An evening seminar, hosted in association with Crown Agents, at the Guardian’s offices in London in January 2016.
Panellists included: Kate Muzwehi (Restless Development), Ben Webster (British Red Cross) and Lewis Sida (DfID).
Read the write-up here.
2015
Development without equality: how to create the world we need post-2015
Ahead of the launch of the sustainable development goals, this morning leadership seminar aimed to capture the mood and set the tone for future action alongside the UNGA in September 2015.
Panellists included: Amina J Mohammed, Ishmael Beah (Unicef), Veyrl Adell (Women for Women International), and David Miliband (International Rescue Committee).
Read the write-up here.
Incorporating water into climate policy: how do governments, businesses and NGOs work together?
A lunchtime panel discussion, hosted in association with FEMSA Foundation, alongside SIWI World Water Week, in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 2015.
Panellists included: Benedito Braga (World Water Council), David Tickner (WWF) and Dominic Waughray (World Economic Forum)
Read the write up here.
The next five years in global development: can we usefully look forward?
Last summer, we hosted an informal meet-up in a pub in central London. Duncan Green (Oxfam), Harriet Sherwood (Guardian) and Teresa Dumasy (Conciliation Resources) took part in a short panel discussion to talk about the (then) upcoming SDGs and Cop21 agreements, which was followed by casual drinks and networking.
From aspiration to reality: universal financial access in Africa
A roundtable event, hosted in association with Visa, alongside the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, in June 2015.
Panellists included: Giancarlo Bruno (World Economic Forum), Carlos Conde (OECD) and Natalie Africa (UN Foundation)
Read the write-up here.
From aspiration to reality: universal financial access in Latin America
A roundtable event, hosted in association with Visa, alongside the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Riviera Maya, Mexico, in May 2015.
Panellists included: Bas Burger (BT Americas), Bernardo Guillamon (Inter-American Development Bank) and Enrique Jacob Rocha (Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor).
Read the write-up here.
From aspiration to reality: universal financial access in Asia
A roundtable event, hosted in association with Visa, alongside the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia in April 2015.
Panellists included: Anna Chilczuk (Mercy Corps), Matthew Driver (MasterCard) and Ma Estrella Penunia (Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development).
Read the write-up here.
2014
Financial inclusion in emerging economies
A morning seminar, hosted in association with Visa, alongside the autumn meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, in October 2014.
Panellists included: Martha Brantley (Clinton Development Initiative), Leora Klapper (World Bank) and Cathleen Tobin (Women’s World Banking).
Read the write-up here.
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