Webcast - Symposium +5 - October 25

Plenary Session 24 - 26 October
Location: Room XIX

Oct 24 | Oct 25 | Oct 26

Thursday, 25 October 2007
9:00 Welcome
Sharon Rusu, Chief, ERSMB / OCHA Geneva, Chair
9:10

Keynote address
John Holmes
, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Short Questions for USG Holmes

9:30 Presentation by Working Group 4: Innovation to Improve Humanitarian Action
10:15 Break
10:30

Panel 3: Envisioning the Future
Moderated by James Darcy, Director, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Develop Institute

Introduction and Moderator

Sami Zeidan

Rima Qureshi

Sanjana Yajitha Hattotuwa

Anuradha Vittachi

Questions and Answers

12:00 Lunch
13:00 Presentation by Working Group 5: Communications to Affected Communities in Crisis
13:45 Break
14:00

Panel 4: New Media
Moderated by Martyn Broughton, Editor, Alert Net

Introduction and Moderator

Ariela Blater

Ben Parker

Neha Viswanathan

Tarik Kafala

Questions and Answers

15:30 Wrap-up Day 2
Dennis King, Rapporteur
Alta Haggarty and Besida Tonwe, Working Chairs
16:00 - 17:00 Poster Presentations
   
18:00 Reception
Restaurant des Délégués
8th Floor
Building A

 

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