MONDAY, OCTOBER 4

World Habitat Day Celebrations (Live Webcast)
10:00 - 14:00 and 16:00- 19:00, Forum Area

Live Webcast of off-site World Habitat Day Events

Messengers of Truth
Partners and Youth, UN-HABITAT
14:00 – 16:00, Forum Area
The Messengers of Truth program engages musicians to assist UN-Habitat in its mission to promote sustainable urbanization, especially for young people who are the majority in many developing country cities. Lacking access to adequate education or training many youth have few prospects for meaningful employment. Having little say in policies and decisions that affect their livelihoods, they may be caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and social exclusion. Cities of developed western countries also face comparable, though distinct, challenges with their marginalized urban youth populations.
The Messengers of Truth Main stage concert is a high visibility event during which Messengers of Truth, and local performers in the host city, perform during key UN-Habitat conferences such as the World Urban Forum. MOT Main stage concerts focus attention on the work of the artists in addressing the challenges of urbanization, as well as the work of UN-Habitat.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5

Water for Better City and Better Life
Water Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT
10:00 – 13:00, Forum Area

Join the event to participate in a discussion on water issues for "Better City and Better Life". This event will feature presentations by and the Chinese Water Industry and UN-Habitat. Awards will also be given to winning school teams following a competition on testing and treating water.

Participants
Chinese Water Sector
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
Shanghai Water Administrative Bureau
City Mayor from P.R. China
UN-HABITAT

Post-disaster reconstruction and preparedness for climate change
Regional and Technical Cooperation Division, UN-HABITAT
17:00 – 19:00, Forum Area
Join us for the launching event of a unique cartoon showing the impacts of climate change on urban settlements and possible ways to address them. The cartoon is meant for any kind of public around the world, trying to sensitise on the challenges arising from this threat in a simple and highly communicative manner. Then will follow the projection of a short documentary on post-disaster/post-conflict activities carried out by UN-Habitat in urban areas of different regions, and an open debate with the participants, UN- Habitat representatives and the cartoon makers.

Participants
Alioune Badiane, Director, Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States, UN-Habitat Kenya
Dan Lewis, Chief, Disaster and Post-Conflict Section, UN-Habitat, Kenya
Eduardo Feuerhake, Architect, UN-Habitat, Chile
Fabian Ribezzo, Movie Director, UN- Habitat, Mozambique
Mathias Spaliviero, Human Settlements Officer, ROAAS, UN- Habitat, Kenya


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6

Photographic Campaign Event
UN-HABITAT
10:00 -12:00, Forum Area

Participants
Alessandro Scotti and representatives of Hunchun, China
Uberlandia, Brazil
Onitsha, Nigeria
Tetouan, Morocco
Johor Bahru, Malaysia

World Urban Forum 5: From Rio to Bahrain
Ministry of Brazil and UN-HABITAT
14:00 - 16:00, Forum Area
The proposal of this event is to present the results and conclusions of the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF5) "Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide," held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in March 2010, and the perspectives for its session (WUF6), which will happen in Bahrain in 2012.

Participants
Inês Magalhães
Silvia Ragoss

Better Cities Better Economies
Urban Economy and Finance Branch, UN-HABITAT
14:30 – 17:30, Meeting Room

To examine the role of cities in promoting national economic development and poverty reduction and how cities can better serve as the driver of economic development.

Participants
John Montgomery, Partner, Urban Cultures, Australia
Charlotta Mellander, Research Director, Prosperity Institute of Scandinavia
Minwei Chu, President, Shanghai Finance University
Lingzhen Yao, Dean, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Junhao Wang, President, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

Launch of Urban Economic Dialogue
Urban Economy and Finance Branch, UN-HABITAT
17:45 – 19:15, Meeting Room

Launch of Global Urban Economic Dialogue series.

Participants
Yao Lingzhen, Dean, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Wang Junhao, President, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
Chu Minwei, President, Shanghai University of Finance
Olivier Hassler, Housing Finance Leader, World Bank and Grammatiki Papadopetrou-Tsingou, Director-General, European Investment Bank

Launch of Asian and Chinese Cities report
10:00 – 12:00, Forum Area

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7

World Urban Campaign
10:00 -12:00, Forum Area

Inter-regional exchange of experiences in post-disaster reconstruction
Regional and Technical Cooperation Division, UN-HABITAT
10:00 -14:00, Meeting room

This event will consist in an expert group meeting in which key-persons involved in UN-Habitat post-disaster/conflict reconstruction projects in urban areas of different regions will present the activities undertaken with aim to exchange experiences and mainstream approaches. A panel of experts will then respond to questions of invitees mainly representing local authorities. The meeting will allow gathering the necessary information for compiling a publication.

Participants
Alioune Badiane, Director, Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States, UN- Habitat
Dan Lewis, Chief, Disaster and Post-Conflict Section, UN- Habitat, Kenya
Mathias Spaliviero, Human Settlements Officer, ROAAS, UN-Habitat, Kenya

Urban mayors meet global friends (UNACLA Asia region meeting)
*Meeting for committee members and reps (vs. for the public)
UN-HABITAT
14.00-17:00, Forum Area

There are various initiatives available within the international development community which aim to strengthen and support the work of local authorities. The UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) is one such initiative targetting the UN system. This event will highlight the support services available for local authorities, mainly from the UN system, and also from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. This event will focus on the specific needs of Asian local authorities and how their global friends are trying to work with them. Discussions will focus on ways to improve the current local authorities-international development community interface.

Participants
UNDP
UNESCO
UNCDF
World Bank/Cities Alliance
ADB/Cities Development Initiative for Asia

Urban Fusion Cocktail Event
*by invitation

SUD-Net
17:30 - 19:30pm, Forum Area

This cocktail event will bring together members and guests of UN-Habitat's Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net) and UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities. It will be a social occasion to meet people who are engaged in urban development work – and an opportunity for discovering and forming exciting, new partnerships!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8

Symposium on Eco-City Development in China and Korea
UN-HABITAT
10:30 -12:00, Forum Area

China and Korea have been at the forefront in Eco-City development. Concepts may differ but the quest for the city of tomorrow is on in both countries. At this stage new developments are under way of low or zero carbon towns. How long will it take to develop the first big truely sustainable city in the two countries? Come to this event to learn about policies, achievements so far and challenges.

Participants
WU, Zhiqiang, Dean, School for Planning and Design, Tongji University
KIM, Kwi-Gon, Seoul National University and
KIM Byung-Soo, Director General for Urban Policy, Ministry of Land, Rep of Korea

SUD-Net Meeting of Asia Parters
*by invitation
10:00 -12:00, Meeting Room

The UN-Habitat Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net) was in a global network of partners that works with promoting inter-disciplinary approaches to sustainable urban development. SUD-Net's objective is to provide a common platform for linking existing urban knowledge networks with the different cadre of urban players and practitioners. The regional meeting will be a venue to inform partners about new initiatives, to decide on upcoming activities, and to demonstrate the new SUD-Net website to potential users.

Forum on Urban Density
UN-HABITAT
14:00 – 16:00, Forum Area

Cities' agglomeration does make them the earth's most efficient settlement pattern. Still, how do we harness density for the good and avoid its expoitation by developers for the highest profit? How do we ensure that density is properly serviced so as to minimise contagion and maximise quality of life? How has synekism, the stimulus of human agglomeration, evolved tin urban history? Density is neither inherently good nor bad, rather a tool that can be sued to a variety of ends. This event will explore the pros and cons of urban density, both conceptually and contextually, with an eye to opening up the potential for density to transform cities and the world around them in more positive ways.

Participants
Moderator: Tuomas Toivonen
Lou Youngqi
Susan Parnell
Sebastien Rauch

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

Valle San Pedro: First Sustainable Charter City in America
Valle San Pedro Working Group formed by Mexican Government and Private Sector
10:30 – 12:00, Forum Area
Join us for the presentation of "Valle San Pedro" the First Sustainable Charter City, located in the Mexican Border with California, United States. Planned to house over 1 Million inhabitants by 2030. Come and listen to Mexican Officials and see what they think will make this city an international model for Social, Economic and Environmental development. Want to partner with this new city to expand the reach of your industry or technology? Want to share your models for social or environmental change? Come by the UN Pavilion for the launch of "Valle San Pedro, the first Sustainable Charter City in America.

Participants
Ariel Cano, Director General National Housing Commission, Mexican Government
Sara Topelson
Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, Governor for the State of Baja California Mexico
Carlos Bustamante, Elected Mayor for the Municipality of Tijuana
Cuauhtemoc Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Urbi

Forum on Urban Diversity
UN-HABITAT
14:00 – 16:30, Forum Area

Nowhere else on earth do so many different groups make contact with one another with such frequency as in the city. At their best, cities accommodate difference in astonishingly inclusive ways, and teach the world the lesson of tolerance. Yet diversity always threatens to bring conflict. How can cities simultaneously promote heterogeneity and accord, and transform diversity info an inclusive and creative force? How can cities focus on minority groups' particular needs whilst embracing demographic flux? How can cities empower marginalised groups withouth dividing cities' interests? How to incorporate participatory processes into a citie's decision-making whilst avoiding a "tyranny of the majority?"

Participants
Moderator: Vyjayanthi Rao
Richard Fung
AbdouMaliq Simone
Lesley Lokko
Marcello Balbo

Forum on Urban Art
UN-HABITAT
17:00 – 19:00, Forum Area

Participants
Moderator: Francesca Gavin
Alessandro Scotti
Richard Fung
Rana Dasgupta
Moshekwa Langa
Tuomas Toivonen

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10

Forum on Opportunity
UN-HABITAT
14:00 – 16:00, Forum Area

Since their beginning cities have attracted people because of the resources they offer; for the generation of wealth as much as for the improvement of one's quality of life. As the world's premiere sites of accumulation, cities have the potential to demonstrate how wealth and creativity can be maximised for the benefit of their population. Still, how do we ensure that resources are shared equitably to minimise conflict and inequality? How can cities reconcile entrepreneurialism and welfarism? How can they attract (and keep) businesses without forfeiting revenue? Is the balancing of competing interests a zero sum game or can opportunities for all really be maximised?

Participants
Max Fraad-Wolff
Caroline Kihato
Sara Topelson
Don Chen
Ramesh Ramanathan

Messengers of Truth
Partners and Youth, UN-HABITAT
17:00 – 19:00, Forum Area

The Messengers of Truth program engages musicians to assist UN-Habitat in its mission to promote sustainable urbanization, especially for young people who are the majority in many developing country cities. Lacking access to adequate education or training many youth have few prospects for meaningful employment. Having little say in policies and decisions that affect their livelihoods, they may be caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and social exclusion. Cities of developed western countries also face comparable, though distinct, challenges with their marginalized urban youth populations.
The Messengers of Truth Mainstage concert is a high visibility event during which Messengers of Truth, and local performers in the host city, perform during key UN-Habitat conferences such as the World Urban Forum. MOT Main stage concerts focus attention on the work of the artists in addressing the challenges of urbanization, as well as the work of UN-Habitat.