Speakers and Panellists 2017

We are excited to share with you the list of confirmed speakers and panellists for the 4th Humanitarian Congress Vienna. Please note the list below is in alphabetical order and does not set priorities. Kindly follow the website www.akaryon-development.com/huco for future updates:

Alistair Dutton, Director, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF)

Ann Burton, Chief, Public Health Section, Division of Programme Support and Management, UNHCR

Benjamin Ward, Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division, Human Rights Watch

Dr. Garry Conille, Under Secretary General for Programmes and Operations, IFRC

Elias Bierdel, Borderline Europe

Fadhumo Musa Afrah, speaker, consultant, activist

Gerald Knaus, Founding Chairman, European Stability Initiative, ESI

Kanokporn Kaojaroen, WHO Lead on Migration and Health

Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR

Klaus Schwertner, Director, CARITAS Vienna

Manuela Ertl, Train of Hope

Mary Crock, Prof. Law and Research, Univ. of Sidney Law School

Monika Kalcsics, Journalist

Mostafa Malbawee, Syrian Surgeon

Manfred Nowak, Professor, Scientific Director Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights

Sara Pantuliano, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute

Spyros Galinos, Mayor, Lesbos

Tanja Boukal, Artist

Tammam Aloudat, Deputy Medical Director, MSF Operations Centre Geneva

Ulrike Last, Technical Advisor, Support to Disabled People Organizaitons and Disability Inclusive Policies

Ursula Baatz, Journalist

Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection; UNHCR

Vincent Bernard, Editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross

Yves Daccord, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Zedoun Al-Zoubi, Manager, Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations, UOSSM

Zeina Hassan, Mental Health Coordinator, Middle East, MdM France