XV. Humanitarian Congress Berlin

Berlin, 25th-27th October 2013

Programme for Friday, October 12th

 AuditoriumKursraum 1Kursraum 2
8:00- 9:00
Registration and distribution of conference folders; coffee and tea
9:00- 9:10

1) Welcome Address

9:10- 9:20

Introduction to the Day

9:20- 10:00

2) Keynote Speech: Examining Medical Humanitarian Action Through the Ethical Lens

10:00- 11:30

3) Financing Humanitarian Aid - Differences Between Institutional and Private Money

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4) Humanitarian Action for Beginners: What You Always Wanted to Know But Never Dared to Ask

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5) Chagas – A Neglected Disease Under the Spotlight

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11:30- 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00- 13:30

6) Humanitarian Action in Authoritarian States: A Compromise?

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7) Aid in Detention Centres - Can Humanitarian Principles Survive Behind Prison Walls?

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8) Our Patients, Our Responsibility?

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13:30- 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30- 16:0 9) Impartiality in Practice - Who Comes First?
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10) German Government Aid Evaluated

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This panel will be held in German

11) Non-communicable Chronic Diseases: New in Humanitarian Programming?

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16:00- 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30- 18:00

12) Keynote Speech: The Golden Fleece - Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action

Speaker: Antonio Donini  (Tufts University)

Discussants:

18:00- 19:00

Reception

Programme for Saturday, October 13th

 AuditoriumKursraum 1Kursraum 2
9:00- 9:30
Registration and distribution of conference folders; coffee and tea
9:40- 10:30

13) Keynote Speech: Humanitarian Ethics - Doing the Right Thing in War and Disaster

10:30- 12:00

14) A Conflict Researchers' View on Humanitarian Action

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15) Social Media - More Attention for Humanitarian Issues?

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16) Technical Innovations in Humanitarian Action

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12:00- 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00- 14:30

17) Humanitarian Action in Urban Violent Settings

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18) Humanitarian Aid in the Middle East

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19) Water and Sanitation in the Field

Workshop
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14:30- 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00- 16:30

20) How Can One Work Safely in High-risk Security Countries?

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21) Sexual Violence Against Men

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22) High-Tech Surgery in Low-Tech Settings 

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16:30- 18:00

23) Closing Debate: Does Humanitarian Aid Prolong War?

18:00- 18:30

Get-together



*List of abbreviations
AWO - Arbeiterwohlfahrt/ Workers' Welfare Association
BMZ - Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung/ Ministry for Economical Cooperation and Development
CERAH - Centre d'enseignement et de recherché en action humanitaire/ Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action
DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt/ German Aerospace Centre
DNDi  - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
DRK - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz/ German Red Cross
GIZ - Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit/ German Technical Development Cooperation
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
INEF - Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden/ Institute for Development and Peace
MdM - Médecins du Monde/ Doctors of the World
MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders
MSF OCA - Médecins Sans Frontières Operational Centre Amsterdam
MSF OCG - Médecins Sans Frontières Operational Centre Geneva
NOHA - Network on Humanitarian Assistance
UN OCHA - United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

 

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