El pasado jueves 6 de junio tuvo lugar la conferencia abierta Urban Thinkers Campus on Land-Based Finance, una iniciativa de UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign con foco en la colaboración y co-creación de diferentes soluciones de frente a los problemas urbanos de sustentabilidad. Los distintos paneles a lo largo del día reunieron especialistas de reconocimiento internacional para tratar estos temas.

La agenda de la conferencia fue la siguiente:

Apertura | Opening Session: Introduction to Urban Thinkers Campus and Its Goals. 

Overview of the event’s alignment with the New Urban Agenda (NUA)

• Cynthia Goytia (Director of the Master's Degree in Urban Economics and Director of the Urban and Housing Policy Research Center (CIPUV), Di Tella University)
• Sri Husnaini Sofjan (Co-chair of the World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat Secretariat)
  
• Analia Pastran (Co-Chair of the World Urban Campaign-UN Habitat and Founder of Smartly Social Enterprise on the SDGs)
• Dario Judzik (Executive Dean of the School of Government, Di Tella University)
  

Panel 1 | Global Innovations in Land-Based Finance.

Presenting international examples and learning opportunities.

• Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter (Head of Unit, Environmental and Land Use Economics, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Regions and Cities, OECD)
• Enrique Silva (Chief Program Officer at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor at Harvard University)
• Jane Katz (Vice Chair and Washington Office Representative, Global Urban Development (USA) and CSO Co-chair UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign Steering Committee and General Assembly of Partners)
• Moderator: Cynthia Goytia  (Director of the Master's Degree in Urban Economics and Director of the Urban and Housing Policy Research Center (CIPUV), Di Tella University)

Panel 2 | Roundtable: Addressing Climate Change through Land-Based Finance. 

A focused discussion on the role of land-based finance in climate change adaptation and mitigation.

• Cynthia Goytia (Director of the Master's Degree in Urban Economics and Director of the Urban and Housing Policy Research Center (CIPUV), Di Tella University)
• Anthony Boanada-Fuchs (Professor of St Gallen University -Switzerland, Brazil, Colombia-)
• Daniel Kozak (Director of the Research Centre Habitat and Energy and Professor, University of Buenos Aires)
• Alex Lord (Lever Chair of Urban and Regional Planning,the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool, UK)
• Moderator: Eric Heikkila (Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California) 

Panel 3 | Land-Based Finance into Urban Policy for New Urban Agenda. 

Debating the integration of land-based finance strategies in urban planning, and the provision of affordable housing.

• Helen Rourke (Programme director, Development Action Group)
• Carlos Zeballos Velarde (Co-director of the Sustainability Commission of the UIA, National Director of Technological Affairs of the College of Architects of Peru)
  
• Geoffrey Payne (Housing and urban development consultant focusing on developing countries, UK)
• Moderator: Robin King (Director of Knowledge Capture & Collaboration, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities)

Panel 4 | Roundtable: Land-Based Financial Models: Opportunities and Challenges. 

A focused discussion on lessons and recommendations towards the implementation of land-based finance in cities worldwide.

• Bautista Pino (Chief of Cabinet, Municipality of Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  
• David Amborski (Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning, Canada)
• Martim Smolka (Former Director of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
• Andres Blanco (International Development Expert, Inter-American Development Bank)
• Moderator: Claudio Acioly (International Consultant)

Cierre | Action Plans and Future Directions. 

Summarizing key takeaways and developing actionable plans for future implementation.

Accede los videos del evento a continuación:

Parte 1

Parte 2