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The Sixth Global Forum on Human Settlements
Theme: Building Low-Carbon Cities: A Response to Climate Change
April 7-8, 2011 New York
April 7 (Thursday)
Time：08:00- 17:00
Event：Registration
Venue：1/F Lobby of UN Plaza Millennium Hotel
Reception and Dinner:Time:18:30- 22:00
Location: Delegation Dinner Room in UN Headquarters
Co-Moderator: Wang Dehui, Consultant to Assessment Centre of China State Ministry of Environmenta Protection, former Director of Natural Ecosystem Protection Office of SEPA
Ms. Angel J Duke,International Business Consultant & Television Personality
6:30-7:30pm：Reception
Welcoming Remark
●Mr.Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch,UNEP
●Mr. Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements
7:30-8:30pm：Banquet
Speakers：
Janos Pasztor, director of the secretary- general's Climate Change Support Team（invited）
8:30-9:30pm：Award Ceremony
April 8 (Friday)
Plenary 1：Opening Ceremony
The Opportunities and Challenges in building Low-Carbon Cities and developing a Green Economy
Time: 09:00 - 10.00 am
Location: Diplomat Ballroom of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Mr.Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch, UNEP
●Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former UN Under-secretary-General and High Representative, Chairman of GFHS
●Senior official of the United Nations
●Adam Freed, Deputy Director, Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, City of New York
●Mr.Zheng Guichun, Deputy Mayor of Yuyao Municipal People’s Government,China
Plenary 2：Opening Plenary
The standards, policy and strategies in building Low-Carbon Citie
Time: 10:15 – 12:00 am
Location: Diplomat Ballroom of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former UN Under-secretary-General and High Representative, Chairman of Global Forum on Human settlements（GFHS）
●Dr. Awni Behnam, Assistant Secretary General, UN Commissioner General, Expo
Enlightenment of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
●Dan Hoornweg, Lead Urban Advisor, Cities & Climate Change, World Bank
International Standard for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities
●Mr.Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch,UNEP
UNEP’s Urban Initiatives: Buildings and Cities
●Mr. Lu Haifeng, Secretary General of Global Forum on Human Settlements
GFHS’s Low-Carbon City Project In cooperation with UNEP: Best Practice of International Green City
●Dr. Noel Brown, President & CEO of Friends of the United Nations
The Low Carbon City: An Imperative To Environmental Stability
●Ms.Katherine Michonski, Representative of the Global Compact Cities Programme
the Cities Programme and San Francisco's innovating project, the Business Council on Climate Change (BC3)
●Mr.Fu WenGe, CEO of West Hope Group,China
Best practices of Low-Carbon Tourism
Panelists：John C. Topping , President of Climate Institute, USA
Chen Keshi, Professor of Peking University
Bob Dixson, Mayor of Greensburg Kansas, USA
Pam Goldsmith-Jones ,Mayor of West Vancouver
LUNCH
Time: 12:00-13:40
Location:Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Plenary3：
Energy Efficient Buildings: Helping to Build the Green Economy
Time: 13:50-15:20
Location: Diplomat Ballroom of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Professor Constantine Kontokosta, Director of the Center for the Sustainable Built Environment at New York
●Curt Garrigan, Coordinator, UNEP- Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative
UNEP’s Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative: The Building Sector, the Common Carbon Metric and a Sustainable Building Index.
●Roger Platt, Vice President of U.S. Green Building Council
Best Practices: The Value of Green Rating Systems for Local Authorities
●Richard Bloom, Mayor of Santa Monica,USA
Creating Best Practices to Achieve More Sustainable Buildings and Develop
Low-Carbon Cities
●Howard Choy, Los Angeles County, General Manager of Sustainability and Energy
Regional Government Policy and Practice in Implementing Building Energy Efficiency Programs: A California Case Study
●Elizabeth Heider, Senior Vice President for Skanska USA Building Inc.
●Mr. Wally Jiang, President of WesTech Solar Technology Wuxi Co., Ltd
Promoting the Integration of Solar Energy and Buildings and Fulfilling Business Responsibility.
Panelists：Craig Perkins，Executive Director of Energy Coalition, USA
Gao Zhi, Chief Representative of Architects Crang & Boake Inc.
Tan Hongqi,Vice president of Himin Solar Co.,Ltd,China
Chen Guohua, President of Hua Chen(HK)International Invest Group Limited
Parallel 1：Building Low-Carbon Cities and Innovation
Time: 15:30-17:10
Location: Diplomat Ballroom of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Wang Dehui, Consultant to Assessment Centre of China State Ministry of Environmental Protection, former Director of Natural Ecosystem Protection Office of SEPA
●Professor Patricia L. McCarney, Director of Global City Indicators Facility
The Global City Indicators Facility
●Pam Goldsmith-Jones - Mayor, West Vancouver
Best Practice in Rresponse to Climate Change in West Vancouver
●Bob Dixson, Mayor of Greensburg Kansas, USA
Going Green from the Ground Up
●Chen Keshi, Professor of Peking University, Director of Chinese Urban Design Research Center of Peking University
TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE:Successful experience of post-disaster reconstruction of Shuimo Town, Wenchuan County, China
●Emad Dhia, President of Global Resources Consultancy
Post-Disaster Reconstruction of Iraq
●Ralph D. Wahnschafft, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA, Mr. Jose Monroy
"Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Transport: Modernizing and Greening Urban Taxi Fleets"
●Ngai Keong, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Baida Finance (Group) Co., Ltd.
Resource-oriented waste disposal plays an important role in improving Human
settlements in China
Panelists：Ms. Christine Alfsen，UNESCO，Senior Programme Specialist for Science
Tarah Stafford, Coordinator of Low Carbon neighborhoods
Xiang Jingcai, Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Tourism organization（APTO)
Gao Zhigang, Deputy Director of Kunming Environmental Protection Bureau
Parallel 2：Building Low-carbon Cities and Business Responsibility
Time: 15:30-17:10
Location: Governor’s Room of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Craig Perkins，Executive Director of Energy Coalition, USA
●Ms. Beth Stevens, The Senior Vice President of Disney for Environmental Affairs
Walt Disney World: A Model for Coastal City Low Carbon Programs
●Zhao Kun Secretary of CPC Harbin City A Cheng District Committee, China
Develop Low-Carbon Economy to realize sustainability
●George Akers, President of O Wear Company
No tree paper-----Best Practice Product for Responding to Climate Change
●Fan Zhigang, Chief Designer of Shenzhen ARCADLE Landscape Design Co., Ltd
Best Practice of Landscape Designing Combining Dreams with Low-Carbon Life
●Jingkang Gao, Founder of American green building Company
Yanling Botanic Healthy City：Sustainable Strategies for Development of Ecological Industry and Green City
●Li Ronggen, President of Jaixing Bangsai Wines and Spirits Co.,Ltd
Panelists： Mr.Fu Wenge, CEO of West Hope Group, China
Mr. Joseph D’Arrigo, President & CEO of Native American Energy Group
Zhang Jun, General manager of Hei Longjiang Shengyuan Rongchang Invest Develop Co.,Ltd
Nana Mhlongo, Manager-Researcher of Council for Built Environment
Plenary 3: Closing of Forum
Time: 17:30-18:10
Location: Diplomat Ballroom of Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Moderator: Taj Hamad, Secretary General of World Association of NGOs (WANGO)
Summary：
●Children Representative
●Mr. Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch, UNEP
●Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative, Chairman of GFHS
Declaration：
● John C. Topping , President of Climate Institute, USA
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