22 - 23 October 2025
Palexpo, Geneva

Agenda 2025

Agenda 2025

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*The agenda is still in development, with more sessions will be announced shortly. The agenda, timings and speakers are subject to change.

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09:50
  1. AidEx Stage
    10 mins
10:00
  1. AidEx Stage
    30 mins
  2. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    15 mins
    Opening remarks of the Duty of Care pavilion at AidEx 2025
10:20
  1. Development2030 Stage
    10 mins
  2. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    60 mins
    Considering these intersections of escalated risks to aid worker safety and decreased budgets for organisations delivering aid or international development programming; how can we support the safety a …
11:35
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    55 mins
    In this session, Protect Humanitarians present the Community of Practice on staff care, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for humanitarian personnel, currently being developed and support …
13:00
  1. Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    15 mins
    HFF logo
13:15
  1. AidEx Stage
    60 mins
  2. Development2030 Stage
    75 mins
  3. Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
    HFF logo
  4. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    55 mins
    This session explores localisation as it is increasingly driven by external pressures: from shrinking international aid budgets and deteriorating access, to donor demands for efficiency. Drawing from …
14:25
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    40 mins
    In today’s humanitarian landscape, aid organisations face escalating physical, digital, and legal risks—while operating under increasing financial strain. Amid crises, insecurity, and staff burnout, t …
15:20
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    55 mins
    Technology is only as useful and cost effective when leveraged with creative processes and innovative systems within organisations. This session will explore how organisations can effectively utilise …
16:30
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    40 mins
    Reflections on the recent Mauchline v. CADUS legal proceedings in Berlin.
10:00
  1. AidEx Stage
    30 mins
  2. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    50 mins
    Many of the services that enable context appropriate Duty of Care, such as emergency medical response, legal advice, and risk insurance, are primarily delivered by private actors. In fact, security fu …
11:00
  1. Development2030 Stage
    75 mins
11:05
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    50 mins
    The workshop addresses how escalating risks and shrinking budgets can undermine an organisation’s Duty of Care and uses systems thinking to explore more sustainable, collaborative ways to protect staf …
11:30
  1. Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
12:10
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    55 mins
    This workshop looks at how non specialist staff can provide first response psychological care to staff members who are struggling. Following an overview of the philosophy and theory of mental health f …
13:15
  1. Development2030 Stage
    75 mins
  2. Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
13:35
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    55 mins
    Despite decades of commitments, women remain underrepresented in global security efforts. When women lead, missions are stronger, trust runs deeper, and peace lasts longer. As one of the largest SRH s …
14:15
  1. Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
14:40
  1. Duty of Care Pavilion and Conference Stage
    50 mins
    This session will explore how learning and development for risk management can be strategically adapted and deployed as a cost-effective tool to strengthen field teams, uphold duty of care, and mitiga …

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