Our Summit 2010! Looking forward... This year’s summit will continue where others have left off by providing a high level of critical and constructive debate. With speakers from esteemed institutions such as UNICEF, UN, DFID as well as renowned academics this year’s summit will undoubtedly be a huge success. The theme of this year’s summit will be ‘Resources, Crisis and Conflict: facing up to the new decade.’ This summit aims to look at some of the biggest challenges which confront us as we enter a new decade and aims to try and investigate some of the problems which are likely to arise in the future. Through a joined up and coherent approach the summit will look to address the subtle interplay between these factors and will challenge our speakers and panellists to suggest solutions and areas for future improvement. Themes this year will include; post conflict redevelopment with a special focus upon women and children, disaster management and development with a focus upon Haiti, Caribbean development, women and conflict, resource management with a focus upon corporate social responsibility as just a few examples as well as more general talks on broader development landscape. Through a combination of specific themes and broad talks we will provide a summit which both stimulates and moves audiences. As always WIDS this year will Inspire, Engage and Inform!  Further to this the summit weekend is being made bigger and better than ever through the addition of a specific Careers Area and our Charity Gala Evening in association with Right to Play. The careers fair will provide unique opportunities to meet 3rd sector employers and to socialise with like minded students, which is notoriously hard to do. Our Charity Gala Ball will aim to raise as much money as possible for our partner through an auction and other events. Tickets will include dinner and entertainment and this is sure to be a great opportunity to have a fantastic time and raise money for a good cause! So make sure you don’t miss out on a stimulating and fun weekend of events which could be the highlight of your university life! |
