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U.S. Delegation Booth Presentations
All of the following times are local to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BOOTH PRESENTATION SCHEDULE AT THE US CENTER, WUF 5, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
TIME/DATE Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26
9:00-10:00 AM
Mercy Corps

SPEAKERS: Dr. Erlyn Sulistyaningsih, Program Manager, Mercy Corps Indonesia, and Mr. Djoko Ramadhan, Mayor of West Jakarta

TOPIC: Pro-poor planning to improve access to water supply and sanitation in West Jakarta

TIME: 9:00-10:00 AM
U.S. Agency for International Development

Non-profit Partners' Forum
CHF Ghana

SPEAKER: Sandrine Capelle-Manuel, Country Director

TOPIC: Pro-poor urban development interventions in Ghana

TIME: 9:00-10:00 AM
U.S. Agency for International Development

Non-profit Partners' Forum
Interactive Community Planning and Building Model

Rojas Table

Interactive Community Planning and Building Model
10:00-11:00 AM
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Video Presentation
TIME: 10:00-11:00 AM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Video Presentation
TIME: 10:00-11:00 AM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
11:00-12:00 PM


TIME: 11:30 AM
Tradeshow Floor Opens
Habitat for Humanity

SPEAKER: Carl Queiros, Program Development Director, Africa and the Middle East

TOPIC: Orphans and Vulnerable Children – the USAID funded Habitat for Humanity Program in Sub-Saharan Africa

TIME: 11:00-12:00 PM
U.S. Agency for International Development

Non-profit Partners' Forum
White House Office of Urban Affairs
Director Adolfo Carrión

TOPIC: A Federal Urban Agenda that Supports Smart Regional Planning
TIME: 11:30-12:00 PM
White House Office of Urban Affairs

Booth Presentation
InterAction

SPEAKER: Judith A. Hermanson, Senior Fellow

TOPIC: Community Solutions: A Force for Urban Change

TIME: 11:00-12:00 PM
U.S. Agency for International Development

Non-profit Partners' Forum
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Carol Kramer-LeBlanc, Director of the Office of Sustainable Development

TOPIC: Food Security
TIME: 11:00-11:30 AM
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Booth Presentation
12:00-1:00 PM
U.S. Delegation

Meet Members of the U.S. Delegation
TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM
"Meet Mingle"
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary Community Planning and Development

TOPIC: Capacity Building
TIME: 12:00-12:30 PM
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Booth Presentation
1:00-2:00 PM
Viva Rio

SPEAKER: Natasha Leite, Researcher

TOPIC: Perspectives in Youth and Armed Violence
TIME: 1:00-2:00 PM
U.S. Agency for International Development

Non-profit Partners' Forum
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Deputy Secretary Ron Sims

TOPIC: Sustainability
TIME: 1:00-1:30 PM
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Booth Presentation
State Department
Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs

TOPIC: Urbanization, City Planning, Global Health, and Economic Development: How these Policies Affect Local Officials in the U.S. and Internationally
TIME: 1:00-1:30 PM
State Department

Booth Presentation
2:00-3:00 PM
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Laurel Blatchford, Chief of Staff

TOPIC: Overview of Obama Administration's Housing and Urban Agenda
TIME: 2:00-2:30 PM
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Booth Presentation
National Building Museum
President Chase Rynd

TOPIC: Meet the President of the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
TIME: 2:00-3:00 PM
National Building Museum

Booth Activity
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Presentation
TIME: 2:00-3:00 PM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
State Department
María Otero, Under Secretary of Democracy and Global Affairs

TOPIC: Civil Society in the City
TIME: 2:00-2:30 PM
State Department

Booth Presentation
3:00-4:00 PM
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research

TOPIC: New Frontiers in Urban Research
TIME: 3:00-3:30 PM
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Booth Presentation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Video Presentation
TIME: 2:00-3:00 PM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
John Trasviña, Assistant Secretary Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

TOPIC: Disability Access: What we can teach and learn from other countries
TIME: 3:00-3:30 AM
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Web Chat
4:00-5:00 PM
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Video Presentation
TIME: 2:00-3:00 PM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
Interactive Community Planning and Building Model

Rojas Table

Interactive Community Planning and Building Model
5:00-6:00 PM
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

TOPIC: YouMEDIA Video Presentation
TIME: 5:00-6:00 PM
MacArthur Foundation Presentation
Interactive Community Planning and Building Model

Rojas Table

Interactive Community Planning and Building Model
Interactive Community Planning and Building Model

Rojas Table

Interactive Community Planning and Building Model