Event Conference
AidEx 2025
AidEx 2025 is taking place 22-23 October 2025 at Palexpo to bring topical and timely discussions and sessions that address the current challenges the sector is facing. This year's theme is "Future-proofing humanitarian aid - Implementing innovative approaches and systemic change for more impactful crisis response".
About AidEx
AidEx explores solution oriented and innovative approaches, as well as systemic changes needed for a sustainable and effective crisis response in the conference agenda and exhibition. The humanitarian system is creaking, overwhelmed by overlapping crises and funding shortages exacerbated by the USAID dissolution and cuts to other public donor funding, making adaptation critical to address today’s challenges.
AidEx is co-located with Development2030, a global event uniting international development actors in pursuit of sustainable development goals. The two events bring humanitarian aid and international development professionals under one roof to explore the latest innovations, meet new suppliers, share experiences with peers, build meaningful relationships and collaborate in new projects. Participants include UN agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, local and international NGOs, donors, DFIs, IFIs, impact investors, MDBs, foundations, government, and many different businesses with an interest in A&D from the private sector.
The theme for 2025 is “Future-proofing humanitarian aid – Implementing innovative approaches and systemic change for more impactful crisis response”.
Environment @ Aidex 2025
Various sessions in the programme featuring the environment include:
Wednesday, 22 October
- Mobilising climate finance – Innovative approaches to move beyond the SDGs | 11:15-12:30 CEST | Development2030 Stage
- Advancing circularity of disaster relief tents | 11:45-12:45 CEST | Workshop Room 2
- Rethinking the SDGs in a climate crisis – Innovation and partnerships for the next decade | 13:30-14:30 CEST | Development 2030 Stage
- Sharing Session – Green Innovation and China’s Contribution to Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Aid | 14:30-15:30 CEST | China Networking Area
Thursday, 23 October
- From relief to resilience – Leveraging water and climate science to improve aid effectiveness | 10:30-11:30 CEST | Workshop Room 1
- Parametric Heat Insurance for urban resilience | 10:30-11:15 CEST | Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference
- Water as a catalyst for peace – Unlocking collaboration across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus | 13:30-14:30 CEST | Workshop Room 2
- Quality, social and environmental concerns in relief items procurement | 15:15-16:45 CEST | Workshop Room 4