Canadian Humanitarian Conference

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The following conference sessions are available as webcasts:

Thursday, December 4:

Opening Remarks

• Khalil Shariff, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
• The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and la Francophonie
• Nicolas Moyer, Executive Director, Humanitarian Coalition

Presentation by Nick Harvey, Thematic Team Coordinator, World Humanitarian Summit

Responding to emergencies in the most difficult places: Is the global humanitarian system failing to reach those in need?

• Nigel Fisher, former Regional UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis
• Stephen Cornish, Executive Director, MSF Canada
• Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor to the President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• Catherine Bragg (Moderator), former Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Beyond Government: The Role of Humanitarian Organizations in Upholding the Responsibility to Protect Principle

• Clémentine Olivier, Humanitarian Affairs Advisor,Médecins sans Frontières Canada
• Eamon Aloyo, Senior researcher at the Hague Institute for Global Justice
• Kyle Matthews (Moderator), Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
• Marie Lamensch, Assistant to the Director at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS)

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Development Practice

• Nusrat Nasab, Executive Officer, Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Pakistan
• Andrew Shore, Director, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group (IRH), Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
• Ashbindu Singh, former Director of the Early Warning of Emerging issues Branch, United Nations Environment Program
• Michelle McCombs (Moderator), Deputy Director, Programs at Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC)

Closing Plenary

• Sue Szabo, Director of Social and Economic Policy, IDRC
• Presentation on the Syria Crisis by Nigel Fisher, former Regional UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis
• Presentation on the Ebola Crisis by Patricia Erb, President and CEO of Save the Children Canada

Friday, December 5:

Health Care in Danger: Legal and Ethical Challenges

• Robert Young, Senior Delegate, ICRC
• Adrian Di Giovanni, Senior Program Officer, Law & Development, IDRC
• Josephine Cirezi Cishibanji, Project Coordinator, MSF
• Nils Mork, Assistant Project Manager for MSF’s Medical Care Under Fire project, Director of Communications, MSF Norway
• Isabelle Daoust (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Office of the Director General, International Operations and Movement Relations, Canadian Red Cross

Opening Plenary with Keynote Speaker

• Khalil Shariff, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
• Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• François Audet, Professor, School of Sciences and Management ESG UQAM & Director, Canadian Research Institute on Crisis and Aid (OCCAH)

Adaptive and Accountable Reponse: Use of Technology and Feedback Loops

• Isabella Jean, Director of Evaluation and Learning, CDA (Cambridge, MA)
• Gabriele Almon, Fellow – Humanitarian GIS Specialist, World Vision International
• Alana Mascoll, World Vision Canada Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs Program Officer
• Denise Byrnes (Moderator), Executive Director, Oxfam-Québec

Advancing Canada’s Humanitarian Leadership Through Cross-Sector Collaboration

• Nicolas Moyer, Executive Director, Humanitarian Coalition
• Paul Forgues, Principal Manager, Governance and Corporate Responsibility, Conference Board of Canada
• Rosemary McCarney, CEO and President, Plan Canada

The Role of the Private Sector in Humanitarian Response: Good Practice and Opportunities for Expanded Collaboration Between Humanitarian and Business Communities

• Brent Carbno, Program Director, Ericsson Response
• Jay Aldous, WFP Director of Private Sector Partnerships
• Charlotte Empey, Principal, FYI Media, former Editor in Chief of Metro News
• Jacqueline Wright (Moderator), Vice-President International Programs, CARE Canada

Closing Plenary

• Leslie Norton, Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance Directorate, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
• John de Boer, Senior Policy Advisor, UN University – Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
• Nick Harvey, Thematic Team Coordinator, World Humanitarian Summit
• Nicolas Moyer, Executive Director, Humanitarian Coalition

Closing Remarks

• Khalil Shariff, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
• Rosemary McCarney, CEO, Plan Canada

 

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