Time

Event and Location

Description

Audience

8:30 am-

3:00 pm

Registration

Main Complex Building, 18^th Street entrance

  Registration of finalists and guests

DM2006 Finalists and guests.

10 am-

10:45 am

Opening Ceremony

Main Complex Building, Atrium

Opening Statements by

Joyita Mukherjee, Team Leader, Global and Country Programs, Development Marketplace

Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy and Water, World Bank

Welcome address by Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank Group

All

11:00 am-

4:00 pm

Marketplace Open

Main Complex Building, Atrium

Development Marketplace jurors visit finalists stands.

DM visitors, World Bank staff, and the general public visit finalist stands. People’s and Peer Choice voting opens.

All

4:15 pm-

6:15 pm

Knowledge Exchange Open

H Building Auditorium

Resource Forum

This panel will focus on opportunities for funding and capacity building from a range of organizations which provide support to small-scale development projects. Panelists will include speakers from multi-lateral and bi-lateral organizations as well as the private and philanthropic sectors.

DM2006 Finalists, World Bank staff and other guests by invitation only

Time

Event and Location

Description

Audience

9:00am-11:00am

Sector Dialogs

Main Complex Building

Level C1

The sector dialogs will be held in breakout groups by project sector (water, sanitation, or energy) with the primary objective of promoting discussions among the finalists to share common challenges, learn from each others' experiences, and network with other development practitioners in their sector. Each session will also include a technical specialist to provide an overview of the sector.

DM2006 Finalists, World Bank staff and other guests by invitation only.

11:00am-

12:30 pm

PanelDiscussions Main Complex Building

Level C1

These discussions will focus on how to encourage target populations to adopt innovations, whether through behavior change, creating a commercial market for products and services, or by other means. There will be three concurrent panels targeting three different project models: no-fee services, cost recovery, and profit generation. 

DM2006 Finalists, World Bank staff and other guests by invitation only.

12:30 pm-

2:30 pm

Marketplace Open

Main Complex Building, Atrium

DM visitors, World Bank staff, and the general public visit finalist stands. People’s and Peer Choice voting closes at 2 pm.

All

3:00 pm-

5:00 pm

Award Ceremony

Main Complex Building, Atrium

Remarks by Kathy Sierra, Vice President for Infrastructure, World Bank and Jury Chair

Winners announced and awards given by President Paul Wolfowitz, World Bank

All

5:15 pm-

6:00 pm

Orientation for Winners

Main Complex Building

Level C1

Briefing for Winners of DM2006 on next steps.

DM2006 Winners only and DM team