The 2009 Roy Family Award will be presented to the Mexico City Metrobus project, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the quality of life and transportation options in one of the largest cities in the world. Metrobus is a result of a partnership launched by EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport - with assistance from CEIBA and the Mexico City government and with funding and support from the Shell Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank. Through this collaboration, EMBARQ, CEIBA and Mexico City established the Center for Sustainable Transport of Mexico, the not-for-profit organization that has provided ongoing technical assistance to the Metrobus system from its inception through its expansion.
Schedule
Thursday, November 12
12:15-1:45 PM
Lunch Panel with the Metrobus partners
Location: Bell Hall, Harvard Kennedy School
Audience: 40 students and fellows
Panelists:
Guillermo Calderon, Director, Metrobus
Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City
Nancy Kete, Director, EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport
Adriana Lobo, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico
Alexis Mariani, Sr. Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility
Walter Vergara, Lead Engineer, LCSES, World Bank
Alejandro Villegas, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation
Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation
4:00 -5:15 PM
Mayor Ebrard’s Address to the Harvard Community
Title: Sustainable Mega-Cities – Mexico City’s “Plan Verde”
Location: Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design
Audience: Harvard students, fellows, faculty and members of the Cambridge/Boston community
5:30-8:30 PM
Reception, Dinner and Award Ceremony
Location:Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School
During dinner, at 7:30, David Ellwood, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, will present the Roy Family Award to the Metrobus partners. Each partner will have a moment to say a few words.
Audience: 50 people: Metrobus partners, Harvard affiliates, and invited guests at tables of eight people.
Location Addresses:
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Bell Hall, Harvard Kennedy School: Belfer Building, 5th floor, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, 4th floor, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
IOP conference room, Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, L166, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, CGIS South, S-250, 2nd Floor, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Harvard Faculty Club, Room 10, 2nd Floor, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA
Contact
Faculty Host:
Henry Lee
Director, ENRP
Office: +1-617-495-1350
henry_lee@harvard.edu
Press/Media Contact:
Sharon Wilke
Associate Director of Communications
Office: +1-617-495-9858
sharon_wilke@harvard.edu
Organizer:
Amanda Swanson
Program Administrator, ENRP
Office: +1-617-495-1351
Mobile: +1-617-458-9878
amanda_swanson@harvard.edu
