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AGENDA Washington, D.C. | September 10-12, 2014

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 8:00-9:15 Front Lobby

Registration & Breakfast

9:15-11:00 Preston Auditorium

OPENING PLENARY Political Economy of Recovery: Why Resilient Recovery is an Imperative for the Development Agenda Objective: Using the lens of political economy, the opening plenary will discuss how prevailing national political structures, policies and economic factors impact post-disaster recovery. Opening Remarks Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Moderator Ms. Kathleen Koch, author and former CNN journalist Panelists • Mr. David Meltzer, Chief International Officer and General Counsel, American Red Cross • Ms. Gina Casar, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme • Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, India • Mr. Kubatbek Boronov, Minister of Emergency Situations and State Secretary, Kyrgyz Republic • Ms. Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group

11:00-11:30 11:30-12:30 Preston Auditorium

Coffee

FEATURED EVENT The Launch of PDNA and DRF Guides: Knowledge Products for Disaster Assessment and Recovery Planning Moderator Ms. Kathleen Koch, author and former CNN journalist Panelists • Dr. Antonio De Lecea, Minister and Principal Advisor for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Union • Mr. Dody Ruswandi, Secretary General, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Republic of Indonesia • Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group • Ms. Gina Casar, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme • Mr. Graeme Newton, CEO, Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Australia • Mr. Marcus Oxley, Executive Director, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction • Ms. Patricia Ávila, Technical Secretariat of the Presidency, El Salvador

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30 Preston Auditorium

PLENARY 1 Learning From Country Experiences in Disaster Recovery: Sharing Lessons From Around the World Objective: Representatives from countries where case studies were conducted will speak on specific aspects of post-disaster recovery. Moderator Mr. Francis Ghesquiere, Head, GFDRR Secretariat; Manager, DRM Practice Group, World Bank Group Panelists • Dr. Abdulmalek Al-Jolahy, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Republic of Yemen • Mme Alta Jean Baptiste, Director of Civil Protection, Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Haiti • Mr. Dody Ruswandi, Secretary General, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Republic of Indonesia • Dr. Emmanuel Esguerra, Deputy Director General, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Republic of the Philippines • Mr. Jo Scheuer, Coordinator of Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Team, UNDP New York • Dr. Khamlien Pholsena, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao People’s Democratic Republic • Eng. Leovigildo da Cruz Marcos, Deputy Director, GACOR, National Disaster Management Institute, Republic of Mozambique • Mr. Mamadou Mbodj, Coordinator, Flood Management Unit, Ministry for Flood Management, Republic of Senegal • Lt. General (R.) Nadeem Ahmed, Former Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, former Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, Islamic Republic of Pakistan • Ms. Seeta Giri, Manager, Early Recovery Facility, UNDP Dhaka, People’s Republic of Bangladesh • Dr. Suprayoga Hadi, Deputy Minister for the Development of Resources, Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Region, Republic of Indonesia

15:30-16:00

Coffee

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16:00-17:30 MC C2-125

SESSION 1 Making Post-Disaster Recovery Efficient and Effective: Elements of Good Recovery for Articulation in Post 2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Moderator Ms. Jane Bullock, Founder and Principal of Bullock & Haddow LLC Panelists • Hon. Alex Bakunda Byarugaba, Member of Parliament, Uganda • Mr. Kaoru Saito, Director for Disaster Preparedness, Cabinet Office, Japan • Mr. Roy Barboza Sequeira, Executive Secretary, CEPREDENAC, Guatemala • Hon. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, People’s Republic of Bangladesh • Prof. Santosh Kumar, SAARC Disaster Management Center, India

16:00-17:30 MC C2-135

SESSION 2 Technical Innovations in Recovery Moderator Prof. Yuichi Ono, Assistant Director, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan Presenters • Mr. Jonathan Victor Rembeth, National Manager, Disaster Resource Partnership, Republic of Indonesia • Mr. Martin Bjerregaard, Director, Disaster Waste Recovery, United Kingdom • Prof. Robin Murphy, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Director, Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR), Texas A&M University, United States • Mr. Yusuke Amano, Director, International Affairs Office, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan

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16:00-17:30 Preston Auditorium

SESSION 3 Institutionalizing Recovery: Local, National, and Regional Perspectives Keynote Ms. Marisela Montoliu Munoz, Director, Urban Development/DRM, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group Moderator Mr. Jo Scheuer, Chief Disaster and Climate Resilience, Bureau for Policy and Program Support, UNDP Panelists  Mr. Dody Ruswandi, Secretary General, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Republic of Indonesia  Mr. Jonathon Hoyes, Director for the National Disaster Recovery Planning Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States  Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director, Department of Disaster Management Affairs, Republic of Malawi  Mr. Roy Barboza, Executive Secretariat, CEPREDENAC  Ms. Seeta Giri, Manager, Early Recovery Facility, UNDP Dhaka, People’s Republic of Bangladesh  Mr. Temiraliev Taalaibek Asanbekovich, State Secretary, Kyrgyz Republic Presenters  Ms. Emiko Okuyama, Mayor, City of Sendai, Japan (video statement)  Ms. Tessa Kelly, Senior Disaster Law Officer, Disaster Law Programme, IFRC

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16:00-17:30 MC C1-100

SESSION 4 Resilient Cities Recover Faster Keynote Mr. David Sanderson, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Moderator Mr. Stephen A. Hammer, Lead Urban Specialist, Resilient Cities Program, World Bank Group Panelists • Mr. Alfred S. Romualdez, Mayor, Tacloban, Republic of Philippines • Mr. Andrés Ibaceta, Director for Los Lagos Region, National Office of Emergencies (ONEMI), Chile • Ms. Christine Morris, Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Norfolk, Virginia • Mr. Leslie Voltaire, Urban Planner, Former Advisor to the President of Haiti Presenters • Mr. Filiep Decorte, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-Habitat, City Resilience Profiling Programme • Ms. Lauren Sorkin, Platform Director, 100 Resilient Cities, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

16:00-17:30 MC C1-200

Orientation on Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) & Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Guides

18:00-20:00 Front Lobby

RECEPTION Hosted by UNDP

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 8:00-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:30 Preston Auditorium

PLENARY 2 Bridging Humanitarian and Development Efforts Objective: The session will discuss challenges and best practices for bridging humanitarian and development efforts, and opportunities for resilient recovery that contribute to resilient development. Keynote Ms. Jessica Faieta, Assistant Administrator, UNDP Moderator Mr. Rolf Rosenkranz, Director, Devex Panelists • Dr. Antonio de Lecea, Minister and Principal Advisor for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Union • Ms. Gwi-Yeop Son, Director, UNOCHA • Mr. Jorge Melendez, Secretary for Vulnerability Issues, CEPREDENAC • Mr. Kare Stormark Dy. Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Norway • Ms. Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, USAID

10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30 MC C1-100

Coffee

SESSION 5 Sustainable Reconstruction: Turning a Crisis Into an Opportunity for Greener Recovery Opening Remarks Sanjaya Bhatia, Head, UNISDR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) Moderator Ms. Patricia J. Beneke, UNEP Regional Director for North America Panelists • Dr. Dennis Conor Skehan, Chairperson, Housing Agency, Dublin, Ireland • Mr. Fred Stroud, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Mr. Gopalan Nair Shankar, Habitat Technology Group, India • Prof. Mary Catherine Comerio, Professor, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley

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11:00-12:30 MC C2-125

SESSION 6 Recovery in Conflict and Fragile Situations Opening Remarks/Moderator Ms. Betty Bigombe, Senior Director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence, World Bank Group Presenter Mr. Ricardo Zapata, Team Leader, EU PCNA/PDNA Coordination Support Office Panelists • Dr. Abdulmalek Al-Jolahy, Deputy Minister of Public Works, Yemen • Lt. General (R.) Nadeem Ahmed, Former Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority, former Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, Islamic Republic of Pakistan • Mr. Neil Buhne, Director, UNDP Geneva Office • Ms. Rina Meutia, DRM Specialist, Aceh Climate Change Initiative, Aceh, Republic of Indonesia

11:00-12:30 MC C2-135

SESSION 7 Business Continuity in Post-Disaster Situations Moderator Ms. Becca O’Brien, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company Panelists • Mr. Alessandro Caillat, Financial Officer, Treasury, World Bank Group • Prof. Andre Le Duc, Executive Director, Enterprise Risk Services, University of Oregon, United States • Mr. David McKernan, Director, Office of Emergency Management, Fairfax County, VA, United States • Mr. Gavin Smith, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters, University of North Carolina, United States • Dr. Hitoshi Baba, Senior Adviser, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) • Mr. Lewis Curtis, Director of Service, Disaster Response, Microsoft Corporation • Mr. Nicholas Shufro, Director, Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

11:00-13:30 C 2-100

DRAFTING SESSION Joint Statement on Resilient Recovery in Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (By invitation only)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

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14:00-15:30 Preston Auditorium

PLENARY 3 Efficient and Effective Reconstruction: Maximizing the Impact on Resiliency Objective: Panelists will share their experiences and lessons learned to demonstrate how to overcome constraints when there is a lack of institutional capacity, coherent planning, access to financing and coordination between stakeholders. Keynote Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group Moderator Mr. Christoph Pusch, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group Panelists • Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group • Ms. Elizabeth A. Zimmerman, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Response & Recovery (ORR), Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States • Dr. Garry Conille, Regional Director for Africa, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) • Dr. Khamlien Pholsena, Vice Minister, Planning and Investment, Lao PDR • Mr. Kimio Takeya, Visiting Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan • Mr. Marcus Oxley, Executive Director, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction • Mr. Mohammad Hanief Arie Setianto, Deputy Head of UKP-PPP President’s Delivery Unit, Republic of Indonesia • Lt. General (R) Nadeem Ahmed, former Chairman National Disaster Management Authority, former Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, Islamic Republic of Pakistan • Mr. Thomas van Gilst, Advisor, European Investment Bank (EIB)

15:30-16:00

Coffee

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16:00-17:30 MC C2-125

SESSION 8 10 Years After the Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Retrospective Opening Remarks Mr. Krishna Vatsa, Regional Disaster Reduction Advisor, BCPR-UNDP Moderators • Ms. Jane Bullock, Founder and Principal, Bullock & Haddow LLC, United States • Dr. T. S. Sridhar, Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner Revenue Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu, India Panelists • Mr. Kaoru Saito, Director for Disaster Preparedness, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan • Dr. Suprayoga Hadi, Deputy Minister for the Development of Resources, Ministry for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Republic of Indonesia • Mr. V. Vivekanandan, Chief Executive, Indian Federation of Fisherman Societies, India • Prof. Yasuo Tanaka, Professor Emeritus, Kobe University, Japan

16:00-17:30 MC C2-135

SESSION 9 Planning for Reconstruction Before Disaster Strikes: Experience from Megacities in Japan

Opening Remarks Mr. Yasusuke Tsukagoshi, Special Representative to Japan, World Bank Group Moderator Dr. Yuka Makino, Senior Operations Officer, GFDRR Disaster Risk Management Hub, Tokyo, World Bank Group Panelists • Ms. Chikako Kobayashi, Chief, Information Management Section, General Disaster Prevention Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan • Mr. Shingo Kochi, Sr. Recovery Specialist, International Recovery Platform, Seconded from Hyogo Prefecture Government, Japan • Prof. Yoshiaki Kawata, Director & Professor, Research Center for Social Safety Science, Kansai University, Japan

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16:00-17:30 MC C1-100

SESSION 10 Empowering Women and Communities for Inclusive Recovery

Moderator Mr. Maninder S. Gill, Director, Social Development, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group Panelists • Dr. Emi Kiyota, Founder and President, Ibasho, Japan • Mr. Henriot Nader, Project Coordinator, PRODEPUR, Haiti • Ms. Myat Thet Thitsar, Research Director, Enlightened Myanmar Research (EMR), Myanmar • Ms. Naseem Sayyed Saheb Shaikh, Community Organizer, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), Maharashtra, India 16:00-17:30 MC C1-200

Orientation on Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) & Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Guides

FEATURED EVENT Reflections on Resilience (5x15) Reception Hosted By World Bank Group

18:00-20:00 MC Atrium

Objective: A WRC2 capstone event highlighting resilience from a more personal and profound perspective; featuring well-known speakers telling their stories in 15 minutes or less with accompanying visual presentation; marketing the concept of resilient recovery to a wider World Bank Group audience in addition to the conference participants Presenters: • • • •

Ms. Rebecca Manson, on "Retouching Memories" in Japan, a digital retoucher's quest to bring precious family images back to life for victims of the Japanese tsunami Mr. Akhil Sharma, Novelist and author of "Family Life," speaking about his personal journey into and out of the depths of depression Ms. Juliet Eilperin, an American journalist who learned to love sharks and lived to tell about it in "Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks" Mr. Scott Burnham, Urban Strategist and Creative Director, on "How to Operate on a City"

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 8:00-9:00

Breakfast

8:00-10:00 MC C1-100

International Recovery Platform (IRP) Steering Committee Meeting

9:00-10:30 Preston Auditorium

SESSION 11 Minding the Gaps: National Post-Disaster Reconstruction Financing, Transparency, and Delivery Accountability

(By invitation only)

Moderator Mr. Kai Kaiser, Senior Economist, World Bank Group Panelists • Mr. Graeme Newton, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Australia • Mr. Juan Miguel Adaya, Director of Risk Analysis, Insurance, Pensions and Social Security Unit, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico • Ms. Kathleen Tighe, Former Chair, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, United States • Mr. Luis Francisco Letelier Troncoso, Vice President, Surmuale (NGO), Chile • Mr. Marko Blagojević, Director of the Flood Relief and Reconstruction Office, Republic of Serbia 9:00-10:30 MC C2-125

SESSION 12 Accelerating Housing Recovery Keynote Ms. Marisela Montoliu Munoz, Director, Urban Development/DRM, Global Practice – Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience (GP-SURR), World Bank Group Moderator Dr. Vinod Sharma, Executive Vice Chairman, Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, India Panelists • Ms. Anna Konotchick, Sr. Settlements, Housing and Construction Advisor, American Red Cross, Haiti • Mr. Chuck Setchell, Senior Shelter & Settlements Advisor, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance/ USAID • Ms. Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Head, World Habitat Research Centre, Lugano, Switzerland • Mr. Kip Scheidler, Senior Director, Disaster Risk Reduction and Response, Habitat for Humanity International, United States • Mr. Rakesh Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand, India • Ms. Shahnaz Arshad, Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank Group, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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9:00-10:30 I 1-200

SESSION 13 Durable Solutions for Post-Crisis Displacement

Moderator Mr. Tom Corsellis, Executive Director, The Shelter Centre, Geneva, Switzerland Panelists • Dr. Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs • Mr. Clement Belizaire, Director of Relocation Programs, Housing and Public Building Construction Unit, Government of Haiti • Ms. Lesley Cordero, Undersecretary (Deputy Minister) of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation, Republic of Philippines • Mr. Neil Buhne, Director, UNDP Geneva Office

9:00-10:30 MC C2-135

SESSION 14 Breaking the Disaster Cycle: Engaging Civil Society and Local Government in Resilient Recovery in the Philippines Moderator Mr. Marcus Oxley, Executive Director, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction Panelists • Mrs. Athena Banza, DRR Coordinator NASSA, Caritas Philippines, Republic of Philippines • Mr. Glenn Caesar M. Ticzon, Administrative Assistant 3 Local Government Unit of the Municipality of Ajuy, Iloilo Province, Republic of Philippines • Mr. Jan Willem Wegdam, Recovery Specialist, Cordaid • Mrs. Josephine Sabina Ignacio, Head of Humanitarian Unit, CBCP-NASSA, Caritas Filipinas Foundation, Inc. • Mr. Raja Rehan Arshad, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR, World Bank Group • Mr. Ronald Langford, Cordaid Country Program Manager, Republic of Philippines

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10:30-11:00 11:00-12:30 Preston Auditorium

Coffee

SESSION 15 Not Business As Usual: Reconstruction for a Changing Climate Opening Remarks Ms. Marisol Estrella, Program Coordinator, Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Environment Programme Keynote Mr. James Close, Director, Climate Change, World Bank Group Moderator Ms. Imen Meliane, Head of Marine Policy Unit, The Nature Conservancy Panelists • Me. Dawn French, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, Saint Lucia • Dr. Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Researcher, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Forest Products Technology, Greece • Mr. Keith Alverson, Chief, Climate Change Adaptation Unit, UNEP • Dr. Keshav Mohan, Director, Institute of Land and Disaster Management, India • Mr. Olubankole Omokivie, Head, Projects & Programs, Enviroplus+, Nigeria

11:00-12:30 MC C1-100

SESSION 16 Role of Private Sector in Recovery: The Case for Private Sector Engagement in Recovery for Post-2015 Framework for DRR Moderator Ms. Jane Bullock, Founder and Principal of Bullock & Haddow LLC Panelists • Ms. Ana Lucia Hill-Mayoral, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Consultant • Ms. Becca O'Brien, Associate Principal, McKinsey • Mr. Graeme Newton, Chief Executive Officer at Queensland Reconstruction Authority • Dr. Hideki Kit Miyamoto, CEO and President, Miyamoto International, Inc. • Mr. Laurence Carter, Sr. Director, World Bank Group • Mr. Stefan Kohler, Head of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, UNOPS

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11:00-12:30 MC C2-125

SESSION 17 Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons Learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Book Launch) Opening Remarks • Mr. Masahiro Kan, Executive Director for Japan, World Bank Group • Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, Leadership, Learning & Innovation, World Bank Group Keynote “Disaster Reconstruction Process After 2011 East Japan Earthquake” Dr. Yoshiaki Kawata, Director and Professor, Research Center for Safety Science, Kansai University; and Director of Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution Moderator Ms. Abha Joshi-Ghani Director, Knowledge Exchange & Learning, World Bank Group Panelists • Mr. Alex Kaplan, Vice President, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation • Mr. Mladen Ivanovic, Executive Director, Croatian Association of Municipalities • Mr. Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency • Mr. Shingo Kochi, Senior Recovery Expert, International Recovery Platform • Dr. Yuichi Ono, Professor and Assistant Director, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University

11:00-12:30 MC C2-135

SESSION 18 Livelihood Recovery and Social Protection Moderator Ms. Xiaoqing Yu, Global Practice Director for Social Protection and Labor, World Bank Group Panelists • Mr. Ernesto Javier Nemer Álvarez, Vice-Minister of Social Development, Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL), Mexico OR Héctor Eduardo Zelonka Valdés, Director of the Programa de Empleo Temporal (PET), Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) • Mr. Matthew Pritchard, Leader, The Chars Livelihood Programme • Lt. General (R) Nadeem Ahmed, former Chairman National Disaster Management Authority, former Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, Islamic Republic of Pakistan • Mr. Neil Buhne, Director, UNDP Geneva Office • Mr. Weldu Berihu, Senior Expert, Food Security, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ethiopia

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12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00 Preston Auditorium

CLOSING PLENARY Recovery in Post-2015 Development Frameworks: Leveraging Political Consensus Objective: This session will feature a Joint Conference Statement of Support on Strengthening Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction in the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Keynote • Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR • Ms. Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group • H.E. Roxana Baldetti, Vice President, Guatemala Moderator Ms. Kathleen Koch, author and former CNN journalist Panelists • H.E. Hesham Youssef, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Organization of Islamic Cooperation • Mr. Jorge Melendez, Presidential Secretary of Vulnerability, El Salvador • Mr. Kaoru Saito, Director for Disaster Preparedness, Japan • Mr. Sam Worthington, President, InterAction • Hon. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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