Latest Past Events
Digital Dividends: Launch of the 2016 World Development Report
Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat 199 Sussex Drive, OttawaMarch 22, 2016 – Rapid innovations in digital technology have the potential to profoundly affect the lives of billions of people, through better access to digital devices and the Internet. Increased connectivity is sparking new opportunities for inclusion, efficiency, and innovation, but the broader benefits of the digital revolution may still be on the horizon.
In conversation with Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme
Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat 199 Sussex Drive, OttawaFebruary 25, 2016 - The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, reaching 80 million people with food assistance in 75 countries each year. WFP operates in many countries, such as Syria, that are involved in complex, protracted crisis.
Saving Heritage: Preserving History in the Developing World (2016 Phillips Memorial Lecture)
Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat 199 Sussex Drive, OttawaFebruary 24, 2016 - Harnessing the culture and history of a region can be a powerful driver of development and progress – but protecting and restoring historic sites and artefacts continues to be challenging in unstable and vulnerable parts of the developing world.