Programme for BIDC 2012:

On 10th March 2012 The Bristol International Development Conference opened its doors once again, and was even  bigger and better than the year before! 

The conference was an action-packed day of talks, workshops, films and debate with leading minds from across the world of international development and global justice. The conference addressed key themes such as humanitarian aid, climate change, world trade, international health, human rights, and the politics of development; and aimed to facilitate a dialogue about our role to play, as individuals and world citizens, in tackling poverty and social injustice across the globe.

Speakers at BIDC 2012 included:
  • John Hilary - Executive Director of War on Want
  • Adrian Gault – Chief Economist, Committee on Climate Change
  • Katie Alcott - Founder of FrankWater Projects
  • Gavin Bate - Founder of Moving Mountains Trust and Everest summiteer! 
  • Abbas Shiblak - Founder, Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Centre, Ramallah (SHAML) 
  • Catherine Turner - Child Labour Programme Coordinator, Anti-Slavery International  
  • Professor Vikram Patel - Co-founder of Goan NGO, Sangath
  • Dr Hugh Annett -  Director of Public Health Bristol and Associate, Oxford Policy Management
  • Heidi Chow - Campaigns Officer, World Development Movement 
  • Dr Adam Corner - Research Associate Cardiff University and Guardian Environmental Blogger
  • Dr Tim Chatterton - Senior Research Fellow, UWE; Policy Fellow, Department of Energy and Climate Change
  • Dr Adrian Flint - Lecturer in Politics, Bristol University
Also involved: Global Giving, African Initiatives, OneVoice Movement, Fairtrade Foundation, Balloon Kenya, Frank Water Projects, SARAID (Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters), theIDLgroup, FairTrade Volunteers, Maison de la Gare and many more...

Plus....  the Burma Art Exhibition, Remember the Ethic Minorities, courtesy of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) and Deeda Production's enlightening 2011 film, 'Talibé: The Least Favoured Children of Senegal'. 

There was a lot of time afterwards for networking and the opportunity to find out about international development societies and organisations in Bristol, as well as opportunities from further afield.

A free lunch was provided by FoodCycle, and refreshments were available throughout the day.