Day 1 – October 21
9:00 – 9:15 am
Welcome
9:15 – 10:30 am
Opening Plenary: Habitat 1976 and Housing as a Human Right
10:30 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 1: Housing Rights and Affordability
Key Topics
- Housing as a human right, informal settlements, housing precarity, and homelessness
- Strategies for increasing affordable housing: Vancouver, Canada, and the world
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Catered lunch provided.
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Panel 2: Participatory Planning and Governance
Key Topics
- Incorporating voices and interests of women, youth, the urban poor, and Indigenous peoples
- Soliciting and mobilizing local knowledge
3:15 – 4:15 pm
Student Research Showcase
Rapid-fire presentations of student research, emphasizing exciting developments and innovations that seek to contribute substantively to inclusive, equitable and sustainable urban environments
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Keynote discussion by Balakrishnan Rajagopal: The Right to Adequate Housing
Day 2 – October 22
9:00 – 9:15 am
Opening Remarks: UN Habitat’s ‘New Urban Agenda‘
9:15 – 10:45 am
Panel 3: Habitat Forum: The People’s Conference on Human Settlements
Key Topics
- The Forum and its legacy for the UN, Canada, and Vancouver
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 4: Urban Risk and Resilience
Key Topics
- Climate change, migration, and urban vulnerability to heat and other “natural disasters”
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Catered lunch provided.
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Keynote address by UN Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach
Join UN Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach in conversation with a moderator to discuss innovative housing policy solutions that address everyday needs.
7:00 pm*
Housing INC: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home
*Tickets are available for purchase for this event at Vancouver’s York Theatre.