Clean Transportation & Sustainable Urban Development
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Preliminary Session Descriptions:
> Wednesday, June 15th
- 2:00pm-3:30pm (Real
Ballroom)
Designing Sustainable Cities: Opportunities in Urban
Planning and Green Building
Latin America is the most urbanized region in the developing
world, with more than three-quarters of the population living in
densely-populated centers. Urbanization creates significant
economic opportunities for many but it also creates considerable
challenges surrounding access to food, clean air and water, the
disposal of waste, and the reliable supply of energy. Find out how
municipal governments, urban planners and green building experts
across Latin America are working together to address some of these
issues and leverage the opportunities in urban planning and green
building while designing more sustainable cities.
Speakers:
- Bruno Stagno, Principal, Bruno Stagno
Architects & Associates & Founding Director, Institute
for Tropical Architecture, Costa Rica (Moderator)
- Carlos Cubillos, Director of Design, Gensler,
USA
- Irene Campos, Minister of Housing & Human
Settlements, Government of Costa Rica
- Charles Brewer, Managing Partner, Las
Catalinas, USA
- Alfredo Landaeta, Vice President, the HOK
Planning Group, Canada
> Thursday, June
16th - 9:00am-10:30am (Cedro
Room)
Innovation as a Key Driver for the Green
Economy
Innovation is said to be one of the most important drivers
for the green economy. Many believe that the greatest innovations
of the 21st century will be those that address human
needs, such as improved health, environmental quality, and energy
security. With an established high-technology manufacturing base in
Latin America and emerging opportunities in renewable energy,
natural resource management, sustainable development, and green
building, innovation can give many developing nations the ability
to leapfrog directly into a more prosperous, low carbon future.
This session will explore how organizations are embracing a new
"innovation paradigm" in order to find solutions that meet local
needs, contribute to environmental health, and enhance economic
prosperity.
Speakers:
- William Tharp, CEO, Climate Change
Infrastructure (CCI) Corp. Canada (Moderator)
- Dr. Kyung-Won Chung, Director, Korea-Latin
America Green Convergence Center (GCC-KOLAC), South Korea
- Michael Forrest, General Manager, Intel, Costa
Rica
- Kevin Cahill,
Director of
Engineering, PositivEnergy Practice,
USA
- Eduardo Berrocal, Vice President, Bionest
Technologies Inc., Costa Rica
- Oliver Madison, Founder
& CEO, Me-to-We Style & Co-Founder, Envirologix
Solutions, Canada
> Thursday, June 16th -
2:00pm-3:30pm (Real
Ballroom)
Urban Mobility: Cleaner Transportation for the
21st Century
Increased private vehicle ownership in Latin America is
resulting in declining air quality, rising greenhouse gas
emissions, and overall infrastructure congestion. To address these
issues, creative transportation alternatives such as mass transit,
light rail, electric and hybrid vehicles, and self-powered
transportation are required. In addition to these alternatives,
integrated transportation strategies must also be supported at the
planning level by municipal, regional, and federal governments.
This session will explore clean transportation options for urban
mobility in the 21st century.
Speakers:
- Eric Bogantes Cabezas, Head of Communications
Department, National Power & Light Company (CNFL), Costa
Rica (Moderator)
- Marcos Camacho López, Transport Senior
Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, USA
- Ronald Flores Vega, Director of Planning,
Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), Costa Rica
- João Dias, National Coordinator of MOBI.E
Program, Support Office for Electric Mobility (GAMEP),
Portugal
- Mickael Pandion, Director, Städtische
Verkehrsbetrieb Esslingen (SVE), Germany
- Carlos Macaya Ortiz, Chairman, FIA Foundation,
United Kingdom
- Miguel Carabaguiaz, Executive
President, Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles
(INCOFER), Costa Rica
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