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08:30 - 09:00: ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
09:00 - 09:30: WELCOME ADDRESS
09:30 - 10:30: KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION AND Q&A
- Future of the City: Challenges of Scaling Up Good Practices in Urban Transport; Keynote Speaker: Jamie Lerner, former Mayor of Curitiba, former Governor of Parana State, Brazil, and WRI Board of Directors member; Introduction and Moderator: Manish Bapna
10:30 - 11:00: COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30: PLENARY SESSION 1: PRESENTATION, COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION
- Financing National Transit: How to Get More Countries to Develop Improved and Comprehensive Public Transport Systems? Presenters: O.P. Agarwal, Dario Hidalgo, Carlos Mier y Terán; Moderator: Marc Juhel; Commentators: Tyrrell Duncan, Aurelio Menendez
12:30 - 2:00: LAUNCH OF EMBARQ 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY + LUNCH
2:00 - 3:30: PARALLEL SESSION 1: PRESENTATIONS, COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS
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Session 1A: Overcoming Challenges of Integrating Urban Transport Systems; Presenters: Lake Sagaris, Federico von Buchwald, Guillermo Dietrich, Juan Pablo Bocarejo, Amit Bhatt; Moderator: Juan Carlos Munoz; Commentator: Shomik Mehndiratta
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Session 1B: Bicycling – How do we achieve greater cycling mode share? Presenters: Tom Godefrooij, Bram van Ooijen, Brett Herron; Moderator: Salvador Herrera
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Session 1C: New Private Finance – Private sector finance of transport infrastructure; Presenter: David Jhirad; Moderator: Adriana Lobo; Commentators: Kirsty Jenkinson, Nestor Roa, Jorge Kogan
3:30 - 4:00: COFFEE BREAK
4:00 - 5:30: PLENARY 2: PRESENTATION AND TWO-SIDED DEBATE
- Towards a Green Economy: How Should We Prioritize “Avoid, Shift, Improve” Solutions When Scaling Sustainable Transport? Presenter: Stephen Perkins
- Are “Avoid & Shift” or” Improve” Solutions the Key to Scaling Sustainable Transport? Moderator: Cornie Huizenga
- Debate Team: Avoid & Shift: Michael Replogle, Roger Gorham, Jamie Leather
- Debate Team: Improve: Lew Fulton, Michael Walsh, Sophie Punte
