Sept. 21-24, 2026
New York / On-Demand
Devex IMPACT HOUSE @ UNGA
Sept. 21-24, 2026
New York / On-Demand
Where the conversations shaping the coverage happen.
This September, Devex Impact House returns to UNGA and NY Climate Week — our hub for the people and ideas shaping what comes next in global development. Expect timely discussions, news-driving interviews, and candid, behind-the-scenes exchanges you won’t hear anywhere else.
Past Speakers
Governor David M. Beasley
Former executive director, World Food Programme
America Ferrera
IOM global goodwill ambassador
Tony Elumelu
Chairperson, United Bank for Africa
Mark Green
Fellow, Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
Susana Malcorra
President and co-founder, GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion
Dr. Vanessa Kerry
CEO and WHO special envoy for climate change and health, Seed Global Health
Dr. Saia Ma'u Piukala
Regional director, World Health Organization – Western Pacific Regional Office
Winnie Byanyima
Executive director, UNAIDS
Mafalda Duarte
Executive director of the Green Climate Fund
Emmanuel Akpakwu
Chief executive officer, Axmed
Cina Lawson
Togolese Minister of digital economy and transformation
David Bersoff
Head of research, Edelman Trust Institute
Annika Sten Pärson
Executive chair and founding partner, The Inner Foundation
Themba Kalua
Director, Pact for the Future Implementation, United Nations
Anthony Banbury
President & CEO, International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Former president of Tanzania and board chair of the Global Partnership for Education
Comfort Ero
President & CEO, International Crisis Group
Dr. Cary Fowler
President, Food Security Leadership Council
Jorge Moreira da Silva
Executive director, UNOPS
Mark Malloch-Brown
President, Open Society Foundations
Helen Clark
Cochair, The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Sasha Gallant
Founding member, Project Resource Optimization; former Chief, DIV at USAID
Nancy Lindborg
President and CEO, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Atul Satija
Founder and CEO, The/Nudge Institute
Alice Albright
Former CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Alaa Murabit
Managing partner of sustainable growth, 500 Global
Jake Cusack
Managing partner, CrossBoundary Group
Nancy Pfund
Founder and managing partner, DBL Partners
María Fernanda Espinosa
Executive director at GWL Voices; Former president of the United Nations General Assembly; Former minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador
Elias Zerhouni
Former director, National Institutes of Health
Alexis Bonnell
Ai Adoption & Deployment, OpenAI
Henrietta Fore
CEO, Holsman Internation; former executive director, UNICEF
Kennedy Odede
Co-founder and CEO, SHOFCO
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