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Humanitarian Futures conference program now available

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We are very pleased to now share with you the full program for the upcoming NCHS Humanitarian Futures conference! Please find the full program here.

The program includes panel discussions on the future for displaced people, humanitarian governance, humanitarian design, innovation and technology, who are humanitarians, and the future of Norwegian humanitarianism to name a few.

There will be keynote presentations by:

  • Amali Tower (Founder, Climate Refugees) – Living in a changing climate: Dynamics of forced migration and displacement
  • Mukesh Kapila (Professor, University of Manchester) – What killed the humanitarian consensus?
  • Dorothea Hilhorst (Professor, Erasmus University) – Future or science fiction? A reality check of humanitarian action

Join us at Litteraturhuset in Oslo on 7 and 8 June to explore what developments, risks, ideals and policies are characterising the ongoing transformations of the idea and practice of humanitarian assistance.

As seats are limited, please register your interest to attend here. You will then receive an email confirming your place (there is no registration fee).

For those who cannot join us in-person, the conference will be streamed. The link for streaming will be made available ahead of the conference here.

We very much look forward to you joining us for what is shaping up to be a very interesting and informative conference.