Urban Development - Urban Forum 2006

MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006
12:30 pm	Registration and Coffee
SESSION I -- WELCOME AND OPENING OF DAY 1
Video of Session I
2:30 pm	Opening Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, Director, Transportation and Urban Development Department, World Bank
2:45 pm	Keynote Address Katherine Sierra, Network Head and Vice President, Infrastructure, World Bank
3:05 pm	Welcome Remarks and Formal Opening Paul Wolfowitz, President, World Bank
3:05 pm	Questions and answers
3:30 pm	Coffee Break
SESSION II -- THE POVERTY CHALLENGE -- THE CHANGING FACE OF POVERTY
Video of Session II
3:50 pm	The Growing Phenomena of Urban Poverty Session chair: Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissar, Director, Transport and Urban Development Department Danny Leipziger, Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank Christine Wallich, Country Director, Bangladesh, World Bank Judy Baker , Senior Economist, Transport and Urban Development Table Discussions and Questions and answers
SESSION III -- THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE
Video of Session III
5:00 pm	The Infrastructure Challenge Session chair: Christian Delvoie, Sector Director, East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank Presenter: Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez , Harvard University and Senior Advisor to Infrastructure Vice Presidency, World Bank Table Discussions and Questions and answers
5:45 pm	Day 1 Wrap-up Eleoterio Codato, Sector Manager, Urban Unit, Transport and Urban Development Department, World Bank
6:00 pm	Reception (Preston Pre-function Area)
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
8:15 am	Light Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcome and Day 2 Opening Eleoterio Codato, Sector Manager, Urban Unit, Transport and Urban Development Department, World Bank
SESSION IV -- THE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE -- CITY MANAGEMENT IN REAL TIME
Video of Session IV
9:10 am	Session chair: Makhtar Diop, Sector Director, Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank Cities in a Globalizing World Frannie Léautier , Vice President, World Bank Institute Exploring London's Success -- Interview with the Deputy Mayor Interviewer: Roger Morier, Senior Communications Officer, Infrastructure Network Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London Table Discussions and Questions and Answers
10:30 am	Coffee Break
SESSION V -- THE GROWTH CHALLENGE -- STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Video of Session V
11:00 am	Moderated Panel Discussion on Urban and the Growth Agenda Moderator: Roger Morier, Senior Communications Officer, Infrastructure Network Jeffrey Finkle, President and CEO, International Economic Development Council Shahid Yusuf, Economic Adviser, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank Sawako Takeuchi , Professor, Kyoto University Don Cousens, Mayor, Town of Markham, Canada Table Discussions and Questions and answers
12:30 pm	Lunch (12th Floor Gallery)
SESSION VI -- THE SPATIAL CHALLENGE -- GROUND REALITY
Video of Session VI
2:00 pm	Global Urban Expansion -- Reflections from a 120-City Study Session chair: Robert Buckley, Housing Advisor, Urban Development Unit, World Bank Solly Angel, Professor, Princeton University Alexandra Ortiz , Senior Urban Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Table Discussions and Questions and answers
SESSION VII -- THE VULNERABILITY CHALLENGE -- MANAGING NATURAL HAZARD RISKS
Video of Session VII
3:00 pm	The High Stakes of Rapid Urban Development Session chair: Omar Razzaz, Country Director, Lebanon, World Bank Alden Rivera Montes , Project Coordinator, Natural Disaster Mitigation, Honduras Wael Zakout , Lead Operations Officer, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Margaret Arnold , Senior Program Officer, Hazard Risk Management, Urban Development Unit, World Bank Table Discussions and Questions and answers
3:45 pm	Coffee Break
SESSION VIII -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY CHALLENGE -- ADVANCING THE URBAN AGENDA
Video of Session VIII
4:00 pm	Moderated Panel Discussion with Senior Representatives of the Donor Community Moderator: Roger Morier, Senior Communications Officer, Infrastructure Network Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, Director, Transportation and Urban Development Department, World Bank Sion McGeever, Assistant Infrastructure Advisor, Infrastructure Group, Policy Division, DFID Thierry Paulais, Director of Urban Development, French Development Agency (AFD) Tim Mahoney, Director of the Poverty Reduction Office, USAID José Brakarz, Senior Urban Development Specialist, IDB Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza, Chief of Policy Analysis, Synthesis & Dialogue Branch, UN-HABITAT Helen Holm, Team Leader -- Environment Management, Division for Urban Development and Environment, SIDA Table Discussions and Questions and answers
5:15pm	Concluding Remarks, Overview of Upcoming Learning Events, and Vote of Thanks Eleoterio Codato, Sector Manager, Urban Unit, Transport and Urban Development Department, World Bank

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Urban Forum 2006