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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Data in Action: Getting Ahead of Crises

Launch of the Next Generation HungerMapLIVE
Co-organized by IFPRI and the World Food Programme (WFP) | Convening alongside the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings

Hybrid Event at IFPRI-HQ

1201 Eye St NW

12th floor conference room

Washington, D.C., United States

April 17, 2026

  • 2:30 – 4:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 8:30 – 10:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 12:00 – 1:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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Please type your questions into the chat box with name, affiliation, and country. The event video, presenter slides, and podcast will be available in the days following the event.

As global food security challenges intensify, using timely and reliable data to forecast food insecurity and malnutrition crises can prevent emerging shocks from escalating into humanitarian crises.

This high‑level event brings together the World Food Programme, IFPRI and key partners for the launch of World Food Programme’s next‑generation HungerMapLIVE platform. Designed to strengthen global early warning systems, this latest generation incorporates richer indicators, enhanced forecasting, subnational modeling, advanced analytical capabilities and AI-enabled insights that help policymakers, researchers, and practitioners better anticipate and respond to food security and nutrition risks.

Please join us for this debut and live demonstration of the latest HungerMapLIVE platform and a discussion on how timely data enables rapidly improving approaches to forecasting and early warning. The HungerMapLIVE platform will be inaugurated by The Honorable Cindy McCain, WFP’s Executive Director.   

A distinguished panel of experts will subsequently examine:

  • New innovations to support more accurate early warning, including the responsible use of AI as an analytical enabler
  • Approaches to filling existing data gaps
  • The urgent need for sustained investments in strong data ecosystems to ensure sound food security and nutrition analytics
  • Opportunities for deeper collaboration to support smarter and earlier decision-making

The event will also feature remarks from policymakers and representatives of multilateral and regional development banks who rely on early warning systems to inform their operations, policies and investments.

Welcome Remarks

Launch of HungerMapLIVE

  • Introducing HungerMapLIVE: The Honorable Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Live Demonstration: Jean-Martin Bauer, Director, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis, World Food Programme (WFP)

The draft agenda above will be updated regularly as speaker confirmations are received. Please check back for the latest details.

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