Roundtables are organized Habitat Agenda partners such as ministers, mayors, the private sector, youth, women, parliamentarians, and others. These are action-oriented events reserved for peers. The roundtable themes are decided by partners.
Monday, 19 June Wednesday, 21 June | Monday 19 June | | Ministers | Vancouver + 30 : The changing role of cities and global sustainable development
Organized in cooperation with the Government of Canada
Timing: 3 to 6 pm | | Chairs: | - Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Government of Canada
- John Pombe Magufuli, Minister of Land and Human Settlements, Government of Tanzania
| | Parliamentarian | Human Settlement Legislation Developments + 30
Organized in cooperation with the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat and the Government of Canada
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Gil Elorduy, Chairman, Global Parliamentarians on Habitat; Senator of Mexico
- Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament, Government of Canada, Calgary, Canada
| | Private Sector | Business Round-table on Corporate Leadership for Sustainable Urbanization
Organized in cooperation with UN-HABITAT and the GLOBE Foundation | | Chairs: | - John Wiebe, President and CEO, Globe Foundation, Canada
| | Women | EEmpowering the MDGs: Grassroots Women Meet the Challenge - Women's Life, Women's Decision
Organized in cooperation with the Huairou Commission
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador on MDG for Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | NGOs | Assets and Struggles: 30 years after Vancouver Habitat Forum - Realizing the Right to Adequate Housing, Sustainable Habitat and Inclusive Cities
Organized in cooperation with Habitat International Coalition
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Michael Schapcott, Wellesley Institute, Canada
- Evaniza Rodrigues, Uniao Nacional de Moradia, Brazil
| | Researchers | Planning and Managing Sustainable Cities: From Research to Practice
Organized in cooperation with the Global Research Network on Human Settlements(HS-Net), the University of Toronto Urban International (UTUI), the European Commission Directorate-General for Research (EC DG-Research); the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP): Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project; the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies (CEDUA), El Colegio de Mexico.
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Patrick Wakely, Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK
- Paula Jiron, Professor, University of Chile, Santiago
| | Wednesday 21 June, | | Mayors | Local Government at the Crossroads: Approaching the Millennium Development Goals Through Practical Innovation and Local Action
Organized in cooperation with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and their networks
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Gérald Tremblay, Mayor, City of Montreal; North American President of UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments), and Vice President of AIMF (Association Internationale des Maires Francophones), Montreal, Canada
- Maria Pia Caravaglia, Deputy Mayor, City of Rome, Italy and Chair of the UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments)Working Group on the Millennium Development Goals
| | Gender Land Tools | Round-table on Gendering Land Tools
Organized in cooperation with the UN-HABITAT
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Anna Tibaijuka, Under secretary General and Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya (Chair)
| | Youth | Youth, Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
Organized in cooperation with the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA)
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Avi Lewis, Presenter, CBC, Canada Facilitator
| | Universities | Universities and Urban Sustainability: The Millennium City University
Organized in cooperation with the Centre for Human Settlements and School of Community and Regional Planning; The University of British Columbia and the Faculty of Architecture, University of San Paulo; and Centro Studi Urbanistici per i Paesi in via di Sviluppo of DIPTU, Universita’ degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Anthony (Tony) Dorcey, Professor and Director, Centre for Human Settlements and School of Community and Regional Planning, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Erminia Maricato, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of San Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Pietro Garau, Professor and Director, Centro Studi Urbanistici per i Paesi in via di Sviluppo of DIPTU, Universita’ degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
| | Indigenous People and New Media | Picturing Ourselves: Video as Tool for Defining Community
Organized in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC); and Production des Beaux Jours (Vidéo Paradiso, Wapikoni mobile)
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Spirituality | Bridging the Gap: Spirituality and Sustainability in the Urban Context
Organized in cooperation with the InterSpiritual Centre of Vancouver Society
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Angela Hryniuk, Executive Director, InterSpiritual Centre of Vancouver Society, Vancouver, Canada
| | Environmental Sector | Environmental Sector Round-table
Organized in cooperation with the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN)
Timing: 2.30 to 5.30 pm | | Chairs: | - Arciris Garay, CCEN Health Caucus Steering Committee
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Contact point: Christine Auclair, Christine.Auclair@Unhabitat.org
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