What is the XIIth Humanitarian Congress?
The Humanitarian Congress is an international platform for the exchange of information, experiences and ideas related to humanitarian action. Each year, the Congress brings together leading experts from non-governmental organisations, the medical world, humanitarian and international organisations, politics and the media.
The subject of this year's debates is: Trauma, Chaos and Politics: Humanitarian Action in Haiti and in other Emergencies.

More than 60 practitioners and researchers from a multitude of backgrounds will present their experiences and concerns through a series of panel discussions and workshops. Discussion themes include: priorities in earthquake situations; the role of the military in natural disasters; security management; surgery; groups with special needs; sexual violence; and an introduction to humanitarian action. The congress will close with a debate on the shrinking humanitarian space in Afghanistan.

When and where will the Congress take place?
In Berlin on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 October 2010.

Who is invited?
Representatives of political institutions, NGO staff, medical workers, psychologists, lawyers, journalists, academics and students are all welcome to attend the Congress. And of course anyone driven to learn more about the humanitarian aid sector.

To find out more and register:
Here you will find the provisional agenda of the 2010 edition of the Humanitarian Congress.

For further information on last year's Humanitarian Congress (including details about speakers, panels and workshops) please click here .

For registration please click here or on the button Registration/ Anmeldung in the top left-hand corner. 

We look forward to welcoming you at the XIIth Humanitarian Congress in the heart of Berlin.

The Humanitarian Congress 2010 Team