Day 2 - 4 June 2026
*The agenda is still under development and subject to change. If you are interested in running a session, please get in touch with us here.
08:30 | Registration desk opens
09:00-09:40 Morning coffee/networking
09:40-10:25 Local Intermediaries – A better partnership model or replacing one bottleneck with another?
Gloria Soma
Executive Director
Titi Foundation South Sudan
(Moderator) Irene Dawa
Founder and Technical Advisor
CEPAD (Community Empowerment for Peace and Development - West Nile) Uganda
Joyce Julian Acoko
Executive Director
NUWOSO, Uganda
Betty Yari
Executive Director
Centre for Development Initiatives (CDI) South Sudan
10:30-11:30 Integrating WASH, food security and climate resilience – Scaling innovative solutions for a rapidly changing East Africa
(Moderator) Keith Cole
Leader, Humanitarian and Multilateral
SATO, part of LIXIL
John Kanyingi
Head
Bayer Crop Science East Africa
Ahmed Idris
Secretary General/CEO
Kenya Red Cross Society
Wanjiku Kuria
WASH Advisor
World Vision Kenya
Leila Asha
Project Coordinator
Plan International Kenya
Fredrick Nyambare
Africa Partnerships Leader
SATO (part of LIXIL)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:00 Supply chain as “the” strategic pillar - Reimagining your biggest asset to achieve longevity, sustainability and operational resilience
13:00-14:30 Lunch & networking break
14:30-14:55 Keynote - Reimagining health responses in fragile contexts
Helga Fogstad
Director of Health
UNICEF
15:00-16:00 Coopetition in East African supply chains – Unlocking efficiency or adding complexity?
(Moderator) Jacquiline Muchoki
Regional Supply Chain Director, East Africa
International Rescue Committee
Carol Alexander-Reid
Foundation Programmes Lead
Airbus Foundation
Jean-Baptiste Lamarche
CEO
HULO
Willem Zuidema
Global Director Supply Chain
Save the Children International
Philippe Tissier
Technical Lead Aviation and Logistics
DG ECHO
Katherine Ely
Project Lead, WREC
Global Logistics Cluster/World Food Programme
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30 Moving beyond transactions - How to fully integrate the private sector in East African humanitarian response
17:30 | Conference close