Warwick International Development Summit (WIDS) took place on campus from Friday 19 – Sunday 21 November 2010. The overarching theme was “Resources, Crisis and Conflict - facing up to the new decade” and aimed to explore some of the challenges our globe faces as we enter a new decade. Warwick International Development Summit is organised by the International Development Society, a student society at the University of Warwick that aims to engage students with global development and provide a platform to enable them to become actively involved. The summit brought together stakeholders from different sectors in development - from governments, civil society organisations, academia, international institutions and the private sector in both developed and developing countries - to reconcile policy, practice and theory through critical engagement and constructive debate. There were a range of exciting and motivational speakers from UNICEF, DFID, the UN, as well as academics: * Katherine Nightingale, Senior Research & Policy Officer - Building Disaster Resilient Communities, Christian Aid * Dr. John Hancock, Councellor - Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organization * Valerie Msoka - UN Mission to Sudan * Julia Bucknall, Manager - Water Anchor, World Bank * Dr Anke Hoeffler, Research Officer - Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford A selection of podcasts from the event can be downloaded here.