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, ideas, and initiatives reshaping global development today. Across four days of live journalism, high-level convenings, and candid conversations, we'll explore what's working, who's driving change, and the shifts transforming development right now — from who funds development and who sets the agenda to the next chapter of multilateralism, how AI and digital technologies are reshaping opportunity, power, and access, the growing role of private capital, and what it takes to build resilience in a more volatile world.
Through news-making interviews on the Impact Stage, interactive sessions in the Innovation Lounge, closed-door roundtables, and networking throughout the Global Commons, Devex Impact House is designed to spark ideas, forge connections, and move conversations forward. On September 22, we'll host the UHC Pavilion, bringing together health leaders to help shape the agenda for the 2027 U.N. High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage.
Stay tuned as we unveil more speakers, sessions, and opportunities to participate.
Speakers
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Danielle Bayer
CEO, Evidence Action
The Honorable David Bohigian
CEO, Meridian International Center
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
Founder and CEO, Humane Intelligence PBC
Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
CEO, Mercy Corps
Sister Gertrude Elelegu
Project manager, Bakhita: St Louis Empowerment Network
H.E. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces
Former president, United Nations General Assembly
Shannon Farley
Cofounder and executive director, Fast Forward
Doug Galen
Cofounder and CEO, Rippleworks
Elie Hassenfeld
CEO, GiveWell
Jonathan Jackson
Founder and CEO, Dimagi
Amalia Johnsson
CEO, Hand in Hand International
Alice Kang'ethe
CEO, Beginnings Fund
Dr. Anu Kumar
President and CEO, Ipas
Dr. Silas Majambere
Business manager of Africa, Europe and Middle East, Valent Health
Sister Sarah Puls
National executive officer, ACRATH — Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking In Humans
Victoria Sabula
CEO, The AECF
Rebecca Sharp
CEO, IDinsight
Abigail Steinberg
Executive director, Livelihood Impact Fund
Fred Swaniker
Founder of African Leadership Group and CEO of Sand Technologies
Dr. Marcello Tonelli
President, International Society of Nephrology
Mark Viso
President and CEO, Food For the Hungry
Devex Interviewers
Rumbi Chakamba
Senior Editor, Devex
Catherine Cheney
Senior Editor for Special Coverage, Devex
Michael Igoe
Senior Reporter, Devex
Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Colum Lynch
Senior Global Reporter, Devex
Elissa Miolene
Global Development Reporter, Devex
Alan Robbins
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Devex
Adva Saldinger
Senior Reporter, Devex
Kate Warren
Executive Vice President & Executive Editor, Devex
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
CEO, 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
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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