Conference & Awards 2020

Indian trans activist Abheena Aher opens Bond Conference 2019

Conference & Awards 2020

Join civil society leaders, NGOs, researchers, funders, government and private sector to interrogate the latest trends and share new ideas to tackle today’s biggest challenges.

The Bond Annual Conference & Awards is the biggest international development event in Europe, bringing together over 1,000 diverse people from across the international development and humanitarian sectors.

23-24 March 2020 at the QEII Centre, London

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Bond’s two-day conference is your opportunity to:

Challenge your thinking and stimulate debate around crucial current issues across 34 workshops and talks.
Hear thought-provoking speeches from keynote speakers, such as environmental activist James Wakibia and Pan-African feminist Aya Chebbi.
Exchange views with peers and make connections across the sector.
Get new ideas to help your organisation adapt to the future and get inspired to tackle key development challenges.
Connect with over 50 prominent sector suppliers and NGOs at our exhibition.

Want to sponsor or exhibit at the conference? Find about the unrivalled sponsorship and exhibition opportunities we offer.

The first day features the Bond International Development Awards, which celebrates the sector’s inspiring people and achievements.

Highlights from 2019

Read our blog on the top 10 highlights from the conference or check out #BondConf on Twitter. You can also see the photos from the conference and the awards winners.

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Speakers

Jess Crombie

Jess is a humanitarian communications consultant and lecturer at LCC.
Deborah Charles

Deborah is a veteran foreign and White House correspondent, currently Devex's news editor.
James Wakibia

James Wakibia is a photographer and environmental activist, campaigning for a ban on single-use...
Anna Becker

Anna is the director of institutional funding at disability charity Sightsavers
Jelmer Kamstra

Jelmer is the senior policy researcher at the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of...
Simon Capper

Simon is the head of performance and insight at WaterAid.
Aya Chebbi

Founder and Chair of the Afrika Youth Movement
Kate Sayer

Kate Sayer leads Sayer Vincent’s consultancy services to charities.

Main sponsors

Al-Khair Foundation (AKF) is a UK-based international NGO that provides humanitarian aid and disaster relief to those in the world’s most deprived areas.

INTL FCStone Ltd (IFL) specialises in transferring funds to the emerging markets and complex countries.

Other sponsors and partners

Key Travel is a global Travel Management Company specialising in the humanitarian, faith and education sectors.

Exhibitors

Tools for Self Reliance is a UK based charity working to help relieve poverty in Africa.

Good Neighbours is an international humanitarian development NGO founded in Korea in 1991. Our vision is to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony.

Orphans Care Federation is a charitable organization supporting the field of humanitarian philanthropy.

Utmost Corporate Solutions is a market-leading provider of employee benefits and group risk solutions.

GeoPoll is a leader in providing fast, high quality research from areas that are difficult to access using traditional methods, conducting over 10 million surveys per year through the mobile phone.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales are the regulator of charities in England and Wales and maintain the charity register.

NGO Online is a cloud-based program, project and grant management IT solution specifically designed for international humanitarian and development NGOs.

The Donor Tracker is an independent website that seeks to advance sustainable development by providing advocates with easy access to high-quality quantitative and qualitative strategic information on 14 major OECD donors (including UK), covering over 80% of the world’s official development assistance.

The Humanitarian Leadership Academy is a global learning initiative set up to facilitate partnerships and collaborative opportunities to enable people to prepare for and respond to crises in their own countries.

NGO Online is a cloud-based program, project and grant management IT solution specifically designed for international humanitarian and development NGOs.

Oxford HR is a global specialist executive search firm working primarily with for-purpose organisations, to help recruit and develop their leaders in an ever evolving landscape.

Utmost Corporate Solutions is a market-leading provider of employee benefits and group risk solutions.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a global research and learning organisation for equitable and sustainable change.

The Open University (OU), the UK’s largest university, has been committed to international development for over twenty years.

Strategic Agenda specialises in helping development organisations communicate more effectively across different languages.

Tools for Self Reliance is a UK based charity working to help relieve poverty in Africa.

Good Neighbours is an international humanitarian development NGO founded in Korea in 1991. Our vision is to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony.

Orphans Care Federation is a charitable organization supporting the field of humanitarian philanthropy.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales are the regulator of charities in England and Wales and maintain the charity register.

GeoPoll is a leader in providing fast, high quality research from areas that are difficult to access using traditional methods, conducting over 10 million surveys per year through the mobile phone.

TGS are Toyota Motor Corporation’s official suppliers of ex-stock Toyota vehicles and parts to aid and humanitarian agencies working in emergency and development projects worldwide.

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