Agenda 2025
AGENDA*
Registration and Exhibition Opening
Guests are invited to explore the exhibition during registration, featuring visual narratives on humanitarian struggle, resistance, and community action.
Opening Remarks
Dr Farhat Mantoo, Executive Director, Médecins Sans Frontières South Asia
Keynote Address:
Aarathi Krishnan, Founder and Executive Director, RAKSHA Intelligence Futures
The Humanitarian Script is Broken. Who Rewrites It?
A provocation on the collapse of humanitarian norms—and what comes next.
Panel One
Failing the Mandate: Shared Responsibility & The Crisis of Humanitarian Legitimacy
Theme: Examining accountability and legitimacy in humanitarian crises
Moderator: Tammam Aloudat - CEO of the New Humanitarian
Vincent Bernard, – Lecturer, Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva
Emily Tannock, - Lecturer in War Studies, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University
Neve Gordon, Professor of Human Rights Law, QMUL
Morning Tea Break
Panel Two:
Governing Reproduction: Health, Law, and the Politics of Denial in Crisis Settings
Theme: Addressing SRH challenges in conflict and crisis contexts across South Asia
Moderator: Prabina Bajracharya, Director Asia, Center for Reproductive Rights
Seema Ghani, Vice President, AFGA Governing Board
Melissa Upreti, Human Rights Expert
Roshmi Goswami, Feminist Human Rights Activist
Sophie Desoulieres, Head of Humanitarian Affairs, Advocacy and Operational Communications, (OSCAR), MSF-OCA
Lunch
Spotlight Talk – Sudan
A focused reflection on the war in Sudan, the erasure of accountability, and the consequences of international neglect.
Panel Three-
Local Resilience in a Fractured World: The Role of Communities, Civil Society, and South-To-South Solidarity
Theme: Building solidarity networks and grassroots movements across the Global South
Moderator: Leena Menghaney, Public Health Policy Expert
Shalmali Guttal, Senior Analyst, Focus on the Global South (Focus)
Pradeepa Jeeva, Vice President, Brand and Communications, Global Fund for Women
Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale University
Renata Reis - General Director, MSF Brazil
Closing Remarks
Dr. Farhat Mantoo – Executive Director, MSF South Asia
Afternoon Tea Break, Exhibition Viewing, Networking & Sand Art Performance
A space to close the day with reflection, informal exchange, and artistic engagement.
*Subject to change