Programme 2025

From 1:45pmRegistration at Les Pensières
2pmShuttle arrives at Les Pensières from the railwaystation

The TGV from Paris arrives at Annecy railway station at 13:29
2:00pm-2:30pmWelcome Coffee
2:30pm-2:45pmOpening

Welcome from the Organising Committee
2:45pm-4:00pmRound Table n°1: Surges of extremism and nationalism, populist alliances, intentional denials of IHL: how does this affect humanitarian actors?

Moderator: Julia GRIGNON, Scientific Director IRSEM, Professor Université Laval, Chair of the IHL Sub-Commission

Speakers:
Daniela FATARELLA, Executive Director, Save the Children Italy
France-Isabelle LANGLOIS, Executive Director, Amnesty International Canada Francophone
4:00pm-5:15pmRound Table n°1 bis: The room testifies

Moderator:Julia GRIGNON, Scientific Director IRSEM, Professor Université Laval, President of the IHL Sub-Commission & Serge BREYSSE, Director General, Solthis

Speakers:
Kevin GOLDBERG, Director General, Solidarités International
Moumouni KINDA, Director General, ALIMA
Florence DAUNIS, Deputy Director General and Director of International Programmes, Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion
5:15pm-5:45pmCoffee Break
5:45pm-6:45pmSide Event n°1 : Progress and development of logistics poolingSide Event n°2: Adapting humanitarian practices and organisations to climate change

Moderator: Véronique DE GEOFFROY, Director, Groupe URD
6:45pm-7:00pmBreak
7:00pm-8:30pm"From the heart"

Claire MAGONE, General Director, Médecins sans Frontières - France

Interview conducted by Anne HÉRY, Director of Advocacy and Institutional Relations, Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion
8:30pm-11:00pmDinner at Les Pensières
7:30am-8:45amBreakfast
9:00am-11:00amLab' n°1: What does the future hold for generative AI in humanitarian aid: anticipating the future by building on the progress made and overcoming the challenges encountered

Moderator: Kevin GOLDBERG, Director General, Solidarités International & Pierre GALLIEN, Director of Innovation, Impact and Information, Handicap International

Speakers:
Michel MAIETTA, Director, IARAN
Karin MAASEL, CEO, Data Friendly Space
Bertie BOSREDON, Independent Digital Consultant for NGOs
Geneviève KEBE, Senior Education Policy Advisor, International Rescue Committee
Lab' n°2: Insights into the institutional and operational choices made by NGOs in the face of restrictive migration policies – Canada/Italy/France

Moderator:

Speakers:
Francois AUDET, Director, Canadian Observatory on Crisis and Humanitarian Action (OCCAH)
Raffaele SALINARI, Terre des Hommes International Federation
Lab' n°3: The governance of transnational NGOs

Moderator:

Speakers:
Sébastien LAMBROSCHINI, Director, Save the Children France
Manuel PATROUILLARD, Executive Director, Handicap International
Jean-Paul MUSHENVULA, President, ALIMA
11:00am-11:30amPhoto & Coffee Break
11:30am-12:30pmSide Event n°3: Protecting humanitarian workers: current situation and areas for improvement

Moderator: Boris MARTIN, Editor-in-Chief, Humanitarian Alternatives

Guest: Olivier VANDECASTEELE, Founder, Protect Humanitarians
Special Event: Discussion with a Senior Official of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
12:30pm-2:15pmLunch
2:15pm-3:45pmRound Table n°2 : Re-/de-/a-politicising humanitarian aid?

Moderator: Janique THÖLE-ARCHIMI, Legal Officer, Directorate of Public International Law Switzerland

Speakers:
Philippe DA COSTA, President, French Red Cross
Sara PRESTIANNI, Director of Advocacy, Euromed Rights
Anouchka FINKER, Director General, Chaîne de l'Espoir and Vice-President, Coordination SUD
Jean-François CORTY, President, Médecins du Monde France
Pauline CHETCUTI, President, VOICE
3:45pm-4:15pmCoffee Break
4:15pm-5:45pmRound Table n°3: Environmentalists, human rights activists, feminists and citizens: are they all humanitarians?

Moderator:

Speakers:
Jérôme FRIGNET, Director of Programmes, Greenpeace
Aurélie GAL-REGNIEZ, Executive Director, EQUIPOP
6:15pmShuttle departs for the evening event
7:00pm-11:30pmAn evening of fun and conviviality
7:30am-9:15amBreakfast and Check-out
9:30am-11:00amConvictions session: NGOs/media: profoundly different ecosystems?

Moderator: Benoit Miribel, co-founder of the FEH

Speakers:
Dana POPESCU, President, Communication Without Borders
11:00am-11:30amAlternatives Humanitaires Journal
11:30am-12:00pmConclusion and prospects
Remarks by the outgoing CO and presentation of the new CO
12:00pm-1:00pmLunch
To eat in or take away
1:00pmShuttle departs for Annecy railway station
13h45: Train leaves for Paris (1 change in Chambéry at 13:45)

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