U.S. Delegation Official Website for World Urban Forum 5 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 2010

U.S. Delegation Web Chats

All of the following times are local to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

WEB CHAT 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
10:00-11:00 AM
11:00-12:00 PM	TIME: 11:30 PM Tradeshow Floor Opens	Habitat for Humanity SPEAKER: Carl Queiros, Program Development Director TOPIC: Housing Orphans and Vulnerable Children 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: 11:30-12:00 PM U.S. Department of Agriculture Web Chat
12:00-1:00 PM	U.S. Delegation Meet Members of the U.S. Delegation TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM "Meet Mingle"		White House Office of Urban Affairs Director and Deputy Assistant to the President Adolfo Carrión TOPIC: A Federal Urban Agenda that Supports Smart Regional Planning TIME: 12:00-12:30 PM White House Office of Urban Affairs Bilingual Web Chat	U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary Community Planning and Development TOPIC: Capacity Building TIME: 12:30-1:00 PM U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Chat
1:00-2:00 PM				U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Ron Sims TOPIC: Sustainability TIME: 1:30-2:00 PM U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Chat	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: 1:30-2:00 PM State Department Web Chat
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: 2:30-3:00 PM U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Chat			State Department María Otero, Under Secretary of Democracy and Global Affairs TOPIC: Civil Society in the City TIME: 2:30-3:00 PM State Department Web Chat
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: 3:30-4:00 PM U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Chat			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: 3:30-4:00 PM U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Chat
4:00-5:00 PM	State Department Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of Intergovernmental Organization Affairs TOPIC: Haiti TIME: 4:00-4:30 PM State Department Web Chat

Participation for U.S. Web Chats

CO.NX, the U.S. Department of State’s online communications platform, will allow anyone not on the ground in Rio de Janeiro to participate in the World Urban Forum. CO.NX will provide live webcasts of events in the U.S. booth, as well as webcasts of some panel discussions and roundtables outside of the booth. Following many events, there will be an opportunity for the online audience to engage in a live Q discussion with U.S. principals and others on the ground.

To participate, go to: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/worldurbanforum.

Select "Enter as a Guest" and type in your name.
If you are participating from a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, please type the name of your Embassy and then your name. (For example: U.S. Embassy Moscow – Irina).
Select "Enter Room."
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