For the past year, international humanitarian debates have focused on the funding crisis and growing questions about whether the system remains relevant to the people it is meant to serve.

Over the last year, the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action has been discussing these questions, engaging with various actors across a diverse range of places, and with this event – is launching a report that will outline a vision and roadmap for how to move us forward.

The Advisory Panel, with co-hosts NEAR and ODI Global / Humanitarian Policy Group, will be joined by key figures in the ecosystem to discuss the findings at this event. Attendees will have a chance to pose questions to our panel members and to better understand the vision this report outlines.

Live interpretation into Arabic, French and Spanish will be available.

With Speakers:

• Chair: Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive Officer, ODI Global
• Will Hines, Humanitarian Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Erling Hess Johnsen, Deputy Director, Section for Humanitarian Policy and Long-term Development Initiatives, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Adelina Kamal, Co-Founder, Southeast Asian Women Peace Mediators
• Marc DuBois, Independent humanitarian analyst/consultant
• Najeeba Wazefadost, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Network of Refugees (APNOR)
• Freddie Carver, Director of Programme, Humanitarian Policy Group
• Anita Kattakuzhy, Director of Policy, NEAR
• Gloria Donate, Head of Humanitarian Aid, IMS Foundation
• Bill O’Keefe, Executive Vice President, Mission, Mobilization, and Advocacy, Catholic Relief Services