From June 2-6, IPA Kenya Research Associate James Opot, part of the Strengthening People-Centered Accessibility, Respect, and Quality (SPARQ) project, attended and participated in the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada.Representatives from the SPARQ project's other partners, Jacaranda Health; the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); and the University of California, Los Angeles also attended and participated in the conference.The forum brought together global researchers and stakeholders to discuss gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women.

On May 31, World Bicycle Relief (WBR) and the Zambian Ministry of General Education hosted a dissemination event at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia.The event covered the initial release of the primary outcomes of the randomized evaluation conducted by IPA Zambia of WBR's bicycle program. IPA Zambia partnered with researchers Nathan Fiala (University of Connecticut), Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut), Kritika Narula (Yale University), and Ana Garcia-Hernandez (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) to conduct the study which took place in 100 schools across three rural districts of Southern Province, Zambia.

On May 30, IPA held its first-ever benefit event in New York City, with more than 100 guests attending, many of them new to IPA.Professor Daniel Kahneman joined IPA Founder Dean Karlan in an engaging conversation as featured speakers, and host Justin Leverenz, IPA Board Member Aroon Balani, and IPA Executive Director Annie Duflo also spoke.