2026 Seminars

Locally Led Action (LLA) has become a central commitment across the humanitarian and development system. From Grand Bargain pledges to organisational strategies, there is broad consensus that shifting …

Digital payments hold enormous promise for aid delivery, so why do so many pilots break down? This workshop gets practical, drawing on real operational journeys from both INGO organizations, Coala Pay …

This Aidex session on Early warning systems (EWS) in fragile and conflict affected settings will explore how hybrid, community-anchored EWS can address critical gaps in fragile and conflict-affected s …

As digital health tools rapidly expand across low‑ and middle‑income countries, children and adolescents face growing risks—ranging from data misuse to algorithmic bias and online harm. This session b …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is generating growing interest across the humanitarian and development sectors as a tool to improve data analysis, optimize resource allocation, strengthen early warning s …

This session will help participants understand which financing models are suited to which types of humanitarian problems. Rather than focusing on general introductory guidance, it will compare practic …

This session shifts the centre of gravity from “mobilising capital” to “making capital actually work” in fragile and displacement‑affected contexts. It explores why climate adaptation approaches often …

This session explores what it will take to move beyond localisation as a policy commitment towards financing models that enable locally led humanitarian action at scale. Bringing together donors, loca …

This session will examine what it takes to move from promising pilots to models that can be replicated or scaled across contexts. It will explore how humanitarian organisations, private sector partner …

Humanitarian access is often discussed as a question of roads, permits, security constraints, and operational reach. But access is much more than geography or logistics. In today's crises, access is i …

This session will focus on what humanitarian organisations need internally in order to engage with innovative finance responsibly and effectively. It will draw directly on operational experience, incl …

The humanitarian system is undergoing historic transformation. Funding is shrinking, structures are being reshaped, operational realities are changing, and the longstanding consensus on what 'lifesavi …

Despite growing recognition that access to clean water and sanitation underpins health, resilience, gender equality, and economic development, the sector continues to face a significant financing gap. …

This session will be a practical and accessible entry point into humanitarian innovative finance, helping participants examine humanitarian challenges through a market failure and systems lens. It wil …

Islamic philanthropy and Shariah‑compliant social investment, such as zakat, sadaqah, waqf and Islamic social finance instruments, represent a significant yet underutilised source of funding for human …

Leadership is rarely exercised in comfort or stability. Yet the current global context is stretching the boundaries of what humanitarian leaders have traditionally been prepared to navigate. Humanitar …

This opening plenary will frame humanitarian innovative finance through practical solutions already being tested in operational settings. It will explore how organisations are using different financin …

this panel brings together donors, humanitarian supply chain leaders, compliance and governance experts, and private sector procurement and technology leaders to explore how organizations can strength …

Education has become one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time. As conflict, displacement and climate shocks continue to disrupt learning for millions of children, the sector faces a dif …

This session is intended to be a high-level, multi-stakeholder conversation confronting one of the most urgent yet under-addressed issues in global development: the ongoing reorganisation of the human …

Gender-based violence is rising across conflict-affected settings just as humanitarian resources are under unprecedented pressure. Rather than asking how to do more with less, this session explores ho …

Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) remains one of the most urgent yet under-resourced aspects of humanitarian response, despite the growing needs of people affected by conflict and crises. …

The humanitarian sector is facing a growing imbalance between rising needs and increasing constraints. While financial resources are tightening, access to affected populations is becoming more limited …

Fragile and conflict‑affected contexts are home to a growing share of people living in extreme poverty, where repeated shocks, displacement, weak institutions, and limited livelihood opportunities und …

This session addresses the compounding, cascading impacts of climate shocks on water, sanitation, and food security, exploring how climate volatility drives the direct collision of hunger, water scarc …

The humanitarian system is navigating a defining period of transition. Escalating crises, widening funding gaps, geopolitical fragmentation, shrinking humanitarian space, and growing pressure on multi …

At the AidEx Nairobi 2026 regional convening, a high-level discussion explored how access to livelihoods, finance and markets strengthens resilience and reduces vulnerability in fragile contexts. Buil …

This session tackles a central blockage in adaptation finance: risk that is misallocated, misunderstood or invisible, particularly in fragile contexts. It brings together DFIs, private investors, ente …

Resilience is increasingly recognized as an economic challenge as much as a humanitarian or climate challenge. Communities are strongest when women, young people, persons with disabilities, and other …