The Humanitarian Centre

Oxford Forum for International Developments 2012

  • Friday, 24th February 2012 (all day)
  • Saturday, 25th February 2012 (all day)
  • Sunday, 26th February 2012 (all day)

Location: Said Business School, Oxford

This event is in the past.


The UK's highest profile student-led conference, bringing together practitioners, academics and professionals from across the world to discuss international development issues, attracts over 400 participants from the UK and beyond, bringing together the decision makers of today with the decision makers of tomorrow.
This year, for OxFID’s 5th Anniversary, the conference will ask:

Where Next? Finding New Paths and Shaping New Visions

What Role does Internet Civil Society have?
How do New Technologies affect Conflict? What about Agriculture?
Can Humanitarian Aid Prolong Wars?
How have the International Community failed to prevent Famine?
How connected are Human Rights Law and Development?
Does our era demand a New Economics for Development?
Is Private Business Initiative the only way forward?
What are India and China’s emerging Roles for Development?
What is the Climate for Peaceful Development post-Arab Spring?
How Realistic were the UN’s Millennium Development Goals? And what happens after 2015?


Engaging with the development issues of the 21st century: from Internet civil society and public advocacy, to the role of new technologies in conflict and agriculture, as well as pushing traditional issues like human rights and food security into the modern era-


A full weekend of keynotes, panels and workshops discussing and evaluating the new directions, challenges and solutions which are currently emerging in the field.


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Category:
Meetings
Cost:
Varies. Check the website for further information
Website:
www.oxfid.org
Contact:
emily.hislop@bnc.ox.ac.uk

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