The 9^th annual Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit (6-7 September, Washington D.C.) strives to improve effectiveness, cost-efficiency and sustainability of aid operations and development programmes by bringing together regional and global expertise from government, NGOs, UN organisations and the private sector. 

Hear from 70+ expert speakers, including: 

• Christopher Smith, Director of Individual Assistance, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• Kenny Cheung, Chief of Procurement, World Bank
• Anna Spindler, Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Service, UNHCR
• Joseph Burton, Counselor for Technology and Security Policy, U.S. Department of State
• Keith Kall, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, World Vision
• Hani Shannak, Chief, Information Technology Operations Services, UNICEF
• Adefela Adelekan, Senior Manager Disaster Response Programme, GSMA
• Richard Leach, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Food Program USA
• Mikel Maron, Board Member, Chair of Voting Members, Humanitarian Open Street Map Team
  …and many others. See full list of speakers here
  

Reasons to participate at the Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit:

• Gain practical advice from over 70 speakers on how to improve efficiency and effectiveness of disaster response and deliver global programmes aimed at meeting the sustainable development agenda
• Benchmark your approaches with 350+ decision makers from government agencies, United Nations, Red Cross, NGOs, donors and foundations, military, relief agencies and the private sector and explore opportunities for collaboration
• Discover innovations, new trends and solutions that will help implement technically sound international humanitarian and development assistance 
• Participate in 8 hours of networking offering an unparalleled opportunity for knowledge exchange, cross-sector engagement and building long lasting partnerships 

Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit offers two days full of learning and ideas, topic-specific discussions, themed roundtables and cross-sector collaboration to project the path forward as existing and new players in the industry gather together to take humanitarian aid and development to a new level.

By attending you’ll be at the forefront of emergency procurement strategy of World Bank, FEMA, UN and Save the Children; best practice in humanitarian logistics by UNDP and UNHCR; field operations with WFP and Rescue Global; technology & data strategy with UNICEF and U.S. Department of State; effective partnerships for aid & development programmes with Action Against Hunger, IOM and World Vision. 

For more information, visit http://disaster-relief.aidforum.org 

GET YOUR TICKET http://disaster-relief.aidforum.org/register 

For all enquiries, please get in touch with Alina O’Keeffe at [email protected]