Opening Ceremony

• Kofi Annan, Message from Secretary General of the United Nations
• Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Kenya
• Charles Kelly, Commissioner General, World Urban Forum 3, Government of Canada
• Sam Sullivan, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada
• Gordon Campbell, Premier, Province of British Columbia, Canada
• Noli de Castro, Vice President, Government of the Philippines
  
• Diane Finley, Minister, Human Resources and Social Development, Government of Canada; Chair, WUF 3
• Naokazu Takemoto, Secretary-General of the Japan Parliamentarians on HABITAT (Senior Vice-Minister of Finance), Japan
• Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of the United States of America

Special Session - Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements

• Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Kenya

Special Session - The Wealth of Cities: Towards an Assets-based Development of Urbanizing Regions

• John Friedmann, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada

Plenary Sessions - Social Inclusion and Cohesion

• Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Housing, Government of South Africa

Plenary Sessions - Municipal Finance: Innovation and Collaboration

• Katherine Sierra, Vice President and Network Head, Infrastructure, World Bank , USA