Agenda 2026

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Please note: The 2026 agenda is currently under development. Additional sessions and speakers will be announced in the coming weeks, and session timings remain subject to change.

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09:50
  1. Welcome to AidEx
    AidEx Main Stage
    10 mins
10:00
  1. AidEx Opening Keynote
    AidEx Main Stage
    30 mins
10:20
  1. Welcome to Development2030
    Development2030 Main Stage
    10 mins
10:30
  1. Plenary Panel - Financing Humanitarian Solutions that work in practice
    AidEx Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
  2. Development2030 - Fireside Chat
    Development2030 Main Stage
    30 mins
  3. How can we make AI truly accountable to communities in crisis?
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
  4. The Nexus of WASH, Food Security, and Climate Change
    Workshop Room 2
    60 mins
  5. Why Not? Outcomes Finance in the Humanitarian Geographies Everyone Calls “Uninvestible”
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
  6. Who decides how humanitarian fleets move – and who lives with the consequences
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
  7. Where Next for Humanitarian Reform? From the Grand Bargain to the Humanitarian Reset: What tangible changes are needed to make real change to how humanitarian aid is delivered?
    Discussion Room
    75 mins
    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 …
11:00
  1. Closing the Climate Delivery Gap - Financing Adaptation That Works in Fragile Contexts
    Development2030 Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
11:35
  1. Islamic Philanthropy and Social Investment - Unlocking Sustainable Financing for Humanitarian and Development Action
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
    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 …
11:45
  1. Aid Innovation Challenge
    AidEx Main Stage
    60 mins
  2. Bridging the Gap - Real-World Applications and Limits of Digital Health Interventions
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
  3. Lessons from 30 years of humanitarian procurement - Can collaboration deliver the next leap forward?
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
  4. After the Commitments - Turning political will into improved protection for aid workers
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
12:00
  1. Humanitarian access, but at what cost? - Reaching the Most Vulnerable in a New Humanitarian Reality
    Discussion Room
    75 mins
    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 …
13:15
  1. Reimagining Humanitarian Health - Beyond the current model, shaping what comes next
    AidEx Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
  2. Who Takes the Risk on Adaptation? - Aligning DFIs, Investors and Enterprises to Scale Impact
    Development2030 Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
  3. Choosing the Right Financing Model – Matching Humanitarian Challenges with Practical Financial Solutions
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
    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 …
13:45
  1. Revitalising GBV prevention and response in conflict amid a contracting humanitarian funding environment
    Workshop Room 2
    60 mins
    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 …
  2. Procurement Under Pressure - Embedding Compliance Without Slowing Delivery
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
    As humanitarian operations face growing demands for faster response, stronger accountability, and increasingly complex regulatory requirements, procurement teams must balance speed with robust governa …
  3. From Information Overload to Operational Clarity - AI-Driven Duty of Care
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
14:30
  1. Humanitarian Organisations and Operational Readiness – Building the Capabilities to Engage with Innovative Finance
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
    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 …
14:45
  1. Locally Led, Globally Supported - Partner Perspectives from the Middle East Response
    AidEx Main Stage
    60 mins
  2. Who Holds the Power to End Poverty? - Communities as Collaborators and Agents of Change
    Development2030 Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
15:00
  1. Can AI be a Game Changer for Health Programmes in Humanitarian Settings?
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
    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 …
  2. Reimagining Education in Emergencies in a Polycrisis World
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
    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 …
15:45
  1. From Implementation to Scale - Linking Partnerships and Capital to Scale Humanitarian Financing
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    75 mins
    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 …
16:00
  1. Supply chain as 'the' strategic pillar - Reimagining your biggest asset to achieve longevity, sustainability and operational resilience
    AidEx Main Stage
    75 mins
  2. Beyond the Buzzword - What It Really Takes to Deliver Locally Led Action?
    Discussion Room
    75 mins
    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 …
16:15
  1. Women Transforming Economies - Building Resilience Through Inclusive Economic Leadership
    Development2030 Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
  2. Operationalising Blockchain for Scale in Humanitarian Aid
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
  3. Climate & Health Nexus
    Workshop Room 2
    60 mins
  4. Doing Business with the UN - How to Navigate Procurement and Win Contracts
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
  5. The Cost of Compromise - When Reduced Access, Lower Quality and Insecurity Undermine Humanitarian Impact
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
    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 …
10:00
  1. Keynote by UAE Aid
    AidEx Main Stage
    30 mins
10:15
  1. AI Roadmap for Humanitarian Supply Chains - Moving from Concept to Reality
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    90 mins
  2. Scaling mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in emergencies - The role of Public-Private Philanthropy Partnerships
    Workshop Room 3
    75 mins
    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. …
10:30
  1. In the Front and at the Centre - Women, Girls and the Humanitarian Reset
    AidEx Main Stage
    75 mins
    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 …
  2. When International Actors Couldn't Be There - Health Responses Led From Within
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
  3. Development2030 Keynote
    Development2030 Main Stage
    30 mins
  4. Innovative Finance Case Study
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
  5. Stitching the Nexus Together - Practical Lessons from Integrated Programming
    Discussion Room
    60 mins
11:00
  1. Innovative Finance for Water and Sanitation - What Can Actually Scale?
    Development2030 Main Stage
    75 mins
    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. …
  2. Interactive Corporate/Humanitarian collaboration workshop
    Workshop Room 2
    120 mins
11:30
  1. Innovative Finance Case Study
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
11:45
  1. Continuity of Care - Bringing Care to People, Not Waiting for People to Come
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
  2. The Graduation Approach and Its Emerging Potential in Humanitarian Settings
    Discussion Room
    75 mins
    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 …
  3. Bridging the First and Last Mile - Strengthening Early Warning Systems in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
    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 …
12:00
  1. Supply chain digitalisation and interoperability
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
  2. Syria’s Recovery at a Crossroads - Balancing humanitarian needs, long-term Investment and local capacity
    AidEx Main Stage
    60 mins
12:30
  1. Innovative Finance Case Study
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    45 mins
13:15
  1. Scaling Water and Sanitation Through Partnerships - Rethinking the Role of the Private Sector
    Development2030 Main Stage
    60 mins
13:30
  1. Financing Locally-Led Humanitarian Action - Designing sustainable models that work at scale
    Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
    60 mins
    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 …
13:45
  1. Building Safe and Rights-Based Digital Health Ecosystems for Children in the AI age
    Workshop Room 1
    60 mins
    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 …
  2. Resetting Humanitarian Standards - Equity, Adaptation, and Impact
    Workshop Room 3
    60 mins
14:00
  1. Leadership Through Transition - Navigating Power, Proximity and Organisational Change in a Contracting Humanitarian Sector
    AidEx Main Stage
    60 mins
    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 …
  2. Interactive Workshop: From humanitarian problem to financeable opportunity - reframing problems beyond grants
    Workshop Room 2
    120 mins
    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 …
  3. How collaboration can remove systemic barriers created by regulatory frameworks
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins
15:00
  1. Redefining Private Sector Partnerships - How to Fully Integrate the Private Sector in Humanitarian Response
    AidEx Main Stage
    75 mins
15:15
  1. Quality, Social and Environmental Concerns in Relief Items Procurement
    Supply Chain and Procurement Room
    60 mins