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Raising the Standard of Real Estate Development
around the World
Friday October 19, 2012
9 – 9:20 am Film – A Quiet Revolution
– Stories from India & Kenya
Narrated by Academy
Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, and featuring interviews with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other
experts, the film's primary message is that even one person's action can
make a dramatic difference.
"...feeling
powerless to affect the crisis facing humanity, many do nothing. But a
growing number of ordinary people are carrying out a quiet revolution."
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9:20 – 10:50 am Session I – The
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
ECOSOC addresses the world’s
economic, social and environmental challenges. A founding UN Charter body
established in 1946, the Council is the place where these issues are
discussed and debated, and policy recommendations issued. ECOSOC has broad
responsibility for some 70% of the human and financial resources of the
entire UN system, including 14 specialized agencies, 9 commissions, and
five regional commissions.
Speakers: Flavio Nunes,
FIABCI World President-Elect
Andre
Abramov, Chief of the NGO Section
Office of ECOSOC Support and Coordination
Hiro Sakurai, Director UN Liaison
Office, Soka Gakkai International
11:05 – 12:30 pm Session II – UN-HABITAT
The United Nations Human Settlements
Program (UN-HABITAT) is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It
is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and
environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing
adequate shelter for all. The Global Housing Foundation works with
UN-HABITAT to develop slum improvement programs.
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Speakers: Sharon
K. Young, FIABCI-USA President
Yamina
Djacta, Deputy Director, UN Habitat New York Office
Kristen
Bacorn, Green Consulting
12:30 – 2 pm – Networking &
Marketing Lunch
2 – 2:10 pm Film – Generation
Waking Up – Generation
Waking Up is a
global campaign to ignite a generation of
young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world.
2:10 – 3 pm Session III – UN Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The UNECE
Real Estate Market Advisory Group developed the Policy Framework for
Sustainable Real Estate Markets with the assistance of FIABCI in 2010. The
Framework sets out the principles for fully functioning and well real
estate markets. The Framework offers institutional advice on issues such as
the establishment of financial markets backed by real estate as collateral,
harmonized valuation standards for real property and transparency in
investment risk assessment.
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Speakers: Sheldon Good, Past FIABCI
W World President
Enrico
Campagnoli, Past FIABCI World President
Michael P. Malloy, Ph.D, University of the Pacific
3:15 – 4:30 pm Session IV – United Nations Global Compact
The United Nations Global
Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed
to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and
anti-corruption.
Speakers: Elizabeth
Belenchia, Carroll Properties Corporation
H.
Elizabeth Thompson, Executive Coordinator
UN Conference on Sustainable
Development
Mary
Edwards, ASID – Sustainable Development in China
4:30 – 5 pm Feedback Loop
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