On October 11, nearly 300 individuals came to The Beverly Hilton to attend the 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony, honoring the 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient, icddr,b.
This year’s symposium was guided by the theme The Future of Humanitarian Action: Bridging Our Divides. This topic was addressed by a diverse line-up of speakers including: Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario; Founder of The Chopra Foundation and Co-founder of Jiyo and the Chopra Center Deepak Chopra, MD; Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar; News Deeply CEO an Executive Editor Lara Setrakian; Search for Common Ground President and CEO Shamil Idriss; and many more.
October 11, 2017