Nexus Conference designated a Green Event by UNC

As we approach the Conference (March-8th) we are looking to walk the talk. The conference has now a green event certificate by the University of North Carolina Division of Finance and Administration. Details on what that means can be found at the UNC Web site.

Nexus Agenda:

Wednesday 5^th March

12:30pm REGISTRATION OPENS

1:00-5:30pm SIDE EVENTS

5:45-7:00pm PLENARY

LEARNING FROM THE PAST, BUILDING A NEW FUTURE: NEXUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

CHAIR: Jamie Bartram, Director of The Water Institute at UNC

PANELISTS

Professor Joachim von Braun, Bonn, ZED

Lidia Brito, Director of Science Policy and Capacity Building for

Natural Sciences, UNESCO and Co-director of the

Planet Under Pressure Conference and former Minister of Mozambique

Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute

Josh Tewksbury, Director, Luc Hoffmann Institute

7:00-8:00pm       OPENING RECEPTION

From Bonn Nexus to Chapel Hill via Rio+20

With remarks from Albert Butare, co-chair of the 2011 Bonn Nexus Conference and former Minister of Energy and Water in the Republic of Rwanda and Jamie Bartram, Co-director of the Conference and Director of The Water Institute at UNC

Thursday, March 6

7:30am REGISTRATION OPENS

8:00-8:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30-9:30am OPENING SESSION AND SPEAKER

Paula Cabellero Gomez, Director of the Directorate for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia — The SDG Dashboard

9:30-10:45am     PLENARY

NATURAL RESOURCE SECURITY FOR PEOPLE: WATER, FOOD AND ENERGY

CHAIR: Mohamed Khalil, Counsellor, Mission of Egypt to the United Nations

PANELISTS

Anders Berntell, Executive Director 2030 Water Resources Group / IFC

Ania Grobicki, Executive Secretary, Global Water Partnership

Sylvia Lee, Manager, Water, Skoll Global Threats

Greg Koch, Director, Global Water Stewardship in the Environment & Water Resources Department, The Coca-Cola Company

10:45-11:00am   BREAK

11:00am-12:30pm VERBAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

12:30-1:30pm LUNCH

12:45-1:30pm    

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMME

Empowering Social and Environmentalism Entrepreneurs for Nexus Solutions

CHAIR Jean Brittingham, CEO, Katerva and former US Director for the Prince of Wales

PANELISTS

Aneri Patel, Senior Associate, Energy Access at the United Nations Foundation

David Rothschild, Principal of the Portfolio Team, Skoll Foundation

1:30-3:00pm       PLENARY

NEXUS CORPORATE STEWARDSHIP: HOW BUSINESS IS IMPROVING RESOURCE USE

CHAIR: Katherine Teh-White, Managing Director, Futureye

PANELISTS

Gary Lawrence, Vice President, AECOM

Stuart Orr, Head of Water Stewardship, WWF International

Dan Bena, Senior Director of Sustainability, PepsiCo

Rebecca Marmot, Partnerships and Foundation Director, Unilever

Kim Marotta, Director of Sustainability, MillerCoors

Puvan Selvanathan, Head of Sustainable Agriculture, Global Compact

3:00-3:30pm BREAK

3:30-5:00pmVERBAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

5:00-6:30pm       POSTER RECEPTION

6:30-8:00pm       CONFERENCE DINNER

Friday, March 7

7:30am REGISTRATION OPENS

8:00-8:45am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00-10:30am     PLENARY

NEXUS PERSPECTIVES: WATER, FOOD AND CLIMATE

CHAIR Olav Kjorven, Special Advisor on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, UNDP

PANELISTS

Alexander Müller, Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam Germany

Julie van der Bliek, Adviser, Program and Business Development, International Water Management Institute

Iain MacGillivray, Special Advisor to the President, International Fund for Agricultural Development

Astrid Hillers, Senior Environmental Specialist, Global Environment Facility

Jesse Hirsch, Staff Writer, Modern Farmer

10:30-11:00 BREAK

11:00am-12:30pm

VERBAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

12:30-1:30pm LUNCH

1:30-3:00pm

PLENARY

WATER_ENERGY-CLIMATE

CHAIR Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute

PANELISTS

Adnan Amin, Director-General of International Renewable Energy Agency

Jonas Monast, Director of Climate and Energy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

Liz Thompson, UN Assistant Secretary General for Rio+20, Former Energy

Minister, Barbados

Jens Berggren, Director, Stockholm International Water Institute

Anna Delgado, Technical Specialist, Water Unit, The World Bank

3:00-3:30pm       BREAK

3:30-5:00pm       SIDE EVENTS

5:00-6:30pm       OPEN RECEPTION

5:30-6:30pm       DIRECTOR’S RECEPTION

Saturday, March 8

7:30am REGISTRATION OPENS

8:00-8:45am       CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00-10:30am    

PLENARY

URBAN CHALLENGES OF THE NEXUS: LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

CHAIR Jorge Laguna-Celis, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly

PANELISTS

Maruxa Cardama, Executive Project Coordinator, Communitas, Coalition for Sustainable Cities and Regions in the new UN Development Agenda

Michael Schmitz, Executive Director, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA

Nicholas You, Chairman, UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign Steering Committee

10:30-11:00am   BREAK

11:00am-12:30pm VERBAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

12:30-1:30pm     LUNCH

1:30-3:30pm      

PLENARY

FINANCING THE NEXUS: POLICY AND PRACTICE

CHAIR Farrukh Iqbal Khan Counsellor Pakistan Mission to the UN

PANELISTS

Adeline Diab, Head of Responsible Investment Integration, AVIVA Global Investors

Geoffrey Lipman, former Assistant Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization

Richard Alex Roehrl, Policy Analyst, UNDESA

Andre Laperriere, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment Facility,

2:30-2:45pm       BREAK

2:45-4:15pm SIDE EVENTS

4:30-6:00pm       PLENARY

Closing Session: Presentation of the Declaration

PRESENTERS

Albert Butare, Co-Chair of the Bonn2011 Nexus Conference, Former Energy Minister, Rwanda

Jamie Bartram, Director of The Water Institute at UNC