Achieving the MDGs: Slum Upgrading and Affordable Housing
Room: VCEC-HALL B

Key Participants:

• Jacques Bensimon, Secretary General, National Film Board of Canada, Montreal, Canada (Facilitator)
  
• Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu, Housing Minister, Republic of South Africa
  
• Noli de Castro,, Vice President of the Philippines, Chairman Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
  
• Jockin Arputham, President, National Slum Dwellers Association (NSDF) of India President, Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI)
• Luz Maria Sanchez Hurtado, NGO Estrategia (Research and Action Centre for Urban Development), Lima, Peru; Huairou Commission, Latin America
• Arif Hasan, Urban Resource Centre (URC), Karachi, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR)
• Elio Codato,The World Bank, Urban Unit, Transport and Urban Development Department
• Alfredo Stein , Housing Development and Management Department, Lund University, Sweden
• David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• Rose Molokoane, South African Homeless People's Federation, City, South Africa
  
• Arif Hasan, Chairman Urban Resource Centre (URC), Karachi, Pakistan
  
• Miloon Kothari, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing

Public Engagement: The inclusive approach
Room: VCEC Ballroom B

Key Participants:

• Zaine Verjee, Anchor, CNN, Atlanta, United States (Faciliator)
  
• Mr. Naokazu Takemoto, Senior Vice Minister for Finance, Government of Japan
  
• Baroness Andrews, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, United Kingdom 
  
• Mr. Jean-Pierre Mbassi, Secretary General, United Cities & Local Governments Africa
  
• Marcello Balbo, Professor, University of Venice, Italy
  
• Ms. Mary Balikungeri, Rwanda Women's Network, Kigali, Rwanda

Municipal Finance: Innovation and collaboration
Room: VCEC-Ballroom C

Key Participants:

• Mr. Anwar Versi, Editor, African Business, London, United Kingdom
  
• Jacqueline E. Schafer, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Economic Growth and Trade, Government of the United States of America
  
• Lamine Mbassa, Director of Economic and Financial Affairs, Communauté Urbaine de Douala (CUD), Cameroon
  
• Mateu Turró, Associate Director, Projects Directorate European Investment Bank, International, Luxembourg
  
• Jawaid Akhtar, Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation, City, India
  
• Fernando Damata Pimentel, Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  
• Katherine Sierra, Vice President and Network Head, Infrastructure, World Bank, Washington, DC

Sustainable Cities: Urban safety and security: Taking Responsibility 
Room: Exhibit Hall A

Key speaker:

• Anna-Maria Tremonti, Host, The Current, CBC, Toronto, Canada (Facilitator)
  
• Ghulam Sakhi Noorzad, Mayor, Kabul, Afghanistan
  
• Mr. Yoshinobu FUKASAWA, Director for Planning, National and Regional Planning Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
  
• Ian Davies, Visiting Professor, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
  
• Luis Eduardo Garzón, Mayor, Bogotá, Spain
  
• Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele, Transport Safety and Community Liaison Officer, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

The Shape of Cities: Urban planning and management
Room: VCEC-Ballroom C   

Key speaker:

• Steve Bradshaw, Producer, BBC-Panorama, London, UK (Facilitator)
• John Friedmann, Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  
• Dr. Ossama Salem, CEO and President, Capacity Building international, Egypt
  
• Tasneem Essop, Western Cape Government's Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, South Africa
  
• Herbert Girardet, Environmental Consultant and Senior Adviser to Eco-City Dongtan
  
• Charles L. Choguill, Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Dritan Shutina, Executive Director, Co-PLAN, Institute for Housing Development, Tirana, Albania
• Brian Field , Senior Economist at the European Investment Bank
• Cliff Hague,President, Commonwealth Association of Planners
• Mr. David M. Siegel, AICP, President, American Planning Association (APA)

Access to Energy Services and Sustainable Transport
Room: VCEC-Ballroom A

Key speaker:

• Kevin Newman, News Anchor, Global National, Vancouver, BC (Facilitator)
  
• Vijay Modi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, USA
  
• Enrique Penalosa, Visiting Scholar, New York University, New Your, USA
  
• Anumita Roychowdhury, Coordinator Policy Research and Advocacy on vehicular pollution in India for the "Centre for Science and Environment" (CSE), New Delhi, India
  
• Mary Jane C. Ortega, Mayor, City of San Fernando, La Union, The Philippians
  
• Harriette Amissah- Arthur, Director of KITE, Accra, Ghana