9:00 - 9:10
Welcome Address

• Heinz-Jochen Zenker
  President, Ärzte der Welt (Médecins du Monde), Munich
  

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9:10 - 10:00
Keynote Speech
Humanitarian Action in Haiti and Beyond

• Peter Walker
  Director of Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, Boston

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10:00 - 11:30
Haiti Emergency, Successes and Failures - A (Self-) Critical Analysis

• Martin Hahn
  Head of International Cooperation Department, German Red Cross, Berlin
• Frédéric Penard
  Head of Emergency Desk, Médecins du Monde, Paris
• Frank Dörner
  General Director, Médecins Sans Frontières, Berlin
• Red Cross, Haiti

Chair: Peter Tinnemann, MD, Charité, Berlin

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10:00 - 11:30
Humanitarian Action for Beginners: What You Always Wanted to Know about Humanitarian Action but Never Dared to Ask

• Peter Runge (tbc)
• Sid Peruvemba
  Programme Director, Malteser International, Cologne (tbc)
• German Red Cross, Berlin
  

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10:00 - 11:30
Sexual Violence: Medical and Ethical Dilemmas in the Field

• Karin Griese
  Head of Trauma Work Department, medica mondiale, Cologne
• Constance Duplessis
  Gender Based Violence Officer, Médecins du Monde, Paris

Chair: Christine Kurmeyer, Women and Equal Opportunities Officer, Charité, Berlin

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11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break

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12:00 - 13:30
Medical Priorities for Earthquake Survivors

• Joachim Gardemann
  MD Paediatrician, German Red Cross, Berlin
• Iza Ciglenecki
  MD Msc, Emergency Programme Manager, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva

Chair: Sibylle Gerstl, Senior Desk Officer Africa, Malteser International, Cologne

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12:00 - 13:30
Money Matters: Are Humanitarians Selling their Independence?

• Jürgen Lieser
  Head of Disaster Assistance, Caritas, Freiburg
• Bernadette Orbinski
  International Treasurer, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva
• Martin Landgraf
  Assistant to the Director of Operations, ECHO, Berlin

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12:00 - 13:30
Obstetric Fistula: A Forgotten Illness of 2 Million Women. Experiences and Practices in the Field

• Volker Herzog
  Surgeon, Vesico Vagina Fistula Specialist, Médecins Sans Frontières Expat, Berlin
• Médecins du Monde, Paris

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13:30 - 14:30
Lunch Break

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14:30 - 16:00
The Role of the Military during and in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters

• Johannes Richert
  Director of International Services/ National Relief Division, German Red Cross, Berlin
• Jérôme Larché
  Médecins du Monde, Head of Programmes for Sudan and Member of the Board, Paris
• Carsten Fausboll
  Head Civil Emergency Planning, NATO HQ, Brussels
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva

Chair: Kate MacKintosh, Head of Humanitarian Affairs Department, Medécins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam

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14:30 - 16:00
Do We Learn from Evaluations? Reflections on Rwanda, the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Haiti.

• Jean-Marc Biquet
  Reflection Unit on Humanitarian Stakes and Practices, Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva 
• Francois Grünewald
  Chairman, Urgence-Rehabilitation-Developpement, Plaisians
• International Federation of the Red Cross, Geneva 

Chair: John Mitchell, Director, Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, London

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14:30 - 16:00
Emergency Surgical Care in Disaster Situations

• Bernd Domres
  MD Specialist Surgeon in Traumatology, German Institute for Disaster Medecine, Tübingen
• Paul McMaster
  MD Surgical Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam
• German Red Cross

Chair: Médecins du Monde

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16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break

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16:30 - 18:00
The Limits of Humanitarian Action

• Linda Polman
  Independent freelance Journalist, Netherlands/ Sierra Leone (tbc) 
• John Mitchell
  Director, Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, London
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva

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18:00 - 19:00
Reception

10:10 - 11:00
Keynote Speeches
Looking Ahead: Major Challenges for Humanitarian Action

• Unni Karunakara
  President, Médecins Sans Frontières International, Geneva
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
  

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11:00 - 12:30
Crises and the Media: An (Un)Holy Alliance? (focus on Haiti)

• Peter Hell
  Journalist, Spiegel TV, Hamburg
• Lothar Keller
  Journalist/ Presenter, RTL Television, Berlin
• Ingrid Müller
  Journalist, Tagesspiegel, Berlin
• German Red Cross, Berlin
  

Chair: Reporter ohne Grenzen

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11:00 - 12:30
Same Country, Same Risk - Same Security Management?

• Harald Mundt
  Risk Manager and Security, German Development Organisation, Eschborn
• Hubertus Rüffer
  Safety and Security Advisor, Welthungerhilfe, Bonn
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva

Chair: Oliver Behn, Coordinator of the European Interagency Security Forum, London

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11:00 - 12:30
What Kind of Training is Needed for Doctors and Medical Personnel in International Emergency Settings?

• Stefan Görres
  Director, Institut for Public Health and Research in Nursing, University of Bremen
• Pascale Schlageter
  International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva

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12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break

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13:30 - 15:30
Avenues into the Field of International Health. How to Become an Expert

The Panel is kindly organised and supported by foring www.foring.org

• Judith Kasper
  Medical Student, University of Aachen
• August Stich
  Head of the Department of Tropical Medicine of the Medical Mission Hospital, Würzburg
• Johannes Leidinger
  Senior Consultant in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Husby-Rekame
• Susanne Carai
  Technical Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva

Chair: Reinhard Klinkott, Co-founder & Chairman of the Forum of International Health (foring), Munich

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13:30 - 15:30
The Politics of Coordination. Analysis of the Cluster Approach (focus on Haiti)

• Andrea Binder
  Project Manager for the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin
• Gerhard Tauscher
  Shelter Cluster Haiti, German Red Cross, Berlin (tbc)
  
• Aoibheann O'Keeffe
  Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva

Chair: Dennis Dijkzeul, Chair in Management of Humanitarian Crises at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr University Bochum

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13:30 - 15:30
Assistance for People with Special Needs in Natural Disasters: the Elderly and Disabled People in Haiti

• Frances Stevenson
  Head of Emergencies, Help Age International, London
• François De Keersmaeker
  General Director, Handicap International, Munich
  

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15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

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16:00 - 17:30
Closing Panel: Humanitarianism Unraveled? The Case of Afghanistan

Keynote Speech: Antonio Donini,Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, USA

• Panel Discussion with:
  
  • Jürgen Lieser
    Vice-Chairman, VENRO, Freiburg
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Auswärtiges Amt/German Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  • Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin
    
  
  Open debate with public

Chair: Sonia Mikich, Journalist, WDR, Cologne

 

(tbc) - Speaker to be confirmed