Speakers 2026

Abdulqawi Hajeb

Manager of the Yemen Localisation Initiative (YLI) , Tamdeen Youth Foundation

Albashir Ibrahim

Executive Director, Organization for Sustainable Development Africa (OSDA)

Alexandre Maaza

Sustainability & Innovation Lead, Cardano Foundation

Alyoscia D'Onofrio

Vice President & Head of Technical Excellence, International Rescue Committee

Anna Hakobyan

Chief Impact Officer and Executive Director, Nutrition, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)

Anna Tazita Samuel

Executive Director, Women for Change (WFC) South Sudan

Anne-Sofie Munk

Director, Humanitarian Innovative Finance Hub (HIFHUB)

Atef Fawaz

Executive Director, eHealth Africa

Aurelien Hubert

Head of Emergency Responses and Operations, Foundation S - The Sanofi Collective

Avril Patterson

Head of Health Programs, ICRC

Bahati Ernestine

Labour Mobility Consultant, RefugeePoint

Barri Shorey

Senior Program Officer - Refugees, Disasters and Aviation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Ben Constable Maxwell

Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment, M&G Investments

Berenika Różańska

Co-Founder and Strategy Head, Phoenix Space

Catherine Naisu

Executive Director, Hamiza Development Foundation (HDF) Uganda

Christelle Delenclos

Vice President of Global Business Development for the Humanitarian Sector, Ecolog International

Christian Modino Hok

Humanitarian Director, Caritas International

Colette Selman

Director for Fragile and Conflict Countries, GAVI

Dima Al Farah

Global MHPSS Advisor, War Child Alliance

Dominik Stillhart

Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Doogie Black

Chief Executive Officer, Climate Sense

Dorina Ardeleanu

Head of Global Institutional Partnerships, Terre des Hommes Foundation

Emad Al Shammari

Senior Director, Global Supply Chain & Security, Project HOPE

Fiona Mavhinga

Executive Director – CAMFED Association Development, CAMFED Association

Gloria Soma

Executive Director, Titi Foundation South Sudan

Gregory Renand

Head, Z Zurich Foundation

Helen McElhinney

Executive Director, CDAC

Imraan Choonara

Chief Executive Officer, Africa Muslims Agency (AMA)

Irene Dawa

Founder and Technical Advisor, CEPAD (Community Empowerment for Peace and Development - West Nile)

Jagan Chapagain

Chief Executive Officer and Secretary General, IFRC

John Ede

Chief Executive Officer & President, Ohaha Family Foundation

Juliet Parker

Director, ALNAP

Keith Cole

Leader, Humanitarian and Multilateral, SATO, part of LIXIL

Maike Striffler

Co-Founder & Purpose Pool Lead, Relevant Ventures Uganda

Marie Houel

Group Coordinator, The Inter-Agency Procurement Group (IAPG)

Marta Valdés García

Humanitarian Director, Oxfam International

Matthias Schmale

Assistant Secretary-General and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, United Nations

Maysa Jalbout

Director, Education Cannot Wait

Melyn McKay

Founder, CoalaPay

Mirko Zappacosta

Country Director, Ethiopia, Premi're Urgence Internationale

Mohammed Kroessin

Head of the Global Islamic Microfinance Business Unit, Islamic Relief Worldwide

Mousumi Saikia

Partnerships and Programme Development Manager, Islamic Relief Worldwide

Nathalie Praz

Head of Humanitarian Aid, HEKS/EPER

Nicholas Rutherford

Managing Director, AidEx & Development2030

Ota Akhigbe

Director, Partnership & Programs, eHealth Africa

Patrick Oger

QSE Group chair, IOM/ICRC

Rasha Al Askar

Health Coordinator, PUI Lebanon

Regine Kopplow

Senior Global Technical Advisor - Livelihoods, Concern Worldwide

Riing Garwech

National Director, Child's Destiny & Development Organisation (CHIDDO)

Roshni Sumitra

Humanitarian and Climate Programmes Officer, World Jewish Relief

Samuel Williams

Director and Head of the Resilient Futures Fund, Christian Aid

Sanda Kyaw Win

Director, Swe Tha Har Organization Myanmar and Chair, LIA

Sara Lisa Ørstavik

Senior Advisor - Humanitarian Innovation and Impact Finance, NORAD

Sarah Estermann

Senior Advisor and Knowledge Manager Migration, Caritas Switzerland

Simon Meldrum

Innovative Finance, Private Sector & Innovation Unit, IFRC, and Executive Director, Humanitarian Finance Forum

Tanjir Hossain

Team Lead International Humanitarian Action and Resilience Team & Head of ARISE Fund, ActionAid International

Tjada D'Oyen McKenna

Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corp (Prosper Global)

Vanina Farber

elea Professor for Social Innovation and Dean of the EMBA Programme, Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Wael Darwish

Regional Director Middle East Programme, Caritas Switzerland

Winnie Auma

Chief Operating Officer, Village Enterprise

Zeina Mohanna

Member Board of Directors, AMEL Lebanon

Zeinab Hijazi

Global Lead Mental Health, UNICEF