Events

Transforming Waste Management in Cities

VIDEO

Learn about global waste management trends from the World Bank’s recent publication What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 and engage with practitioners from the World Resource’s Institute, the World Bank Group, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Suez Environnement and the City of Baltimore on potential solutions for waste management’s challenges around urbanization, service delivery and financing.
Opening remarks: Sameh Wahba, Director, World Bank
Short Presentations
Silpa Kaza, Urban Development Specialist, World Bank
Haruka Imoto, Knowledge Management Analyst, World Bank
Panel moderated by Jessica Seddon, Director of Integrated Urban Strategy, World Resources Institute
Catalina Marulanda, Practice Manager, World Bank
Omar Sweeney, Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund
Samir Dendoune, Director of Municipal Solid Waste Management, Suez Environnement’s Treatment Instructure team
John Chalmers, Head of the Bureau of Solid Waste, City of Baltimore’s Department of Public Works
External attendees should contact Gunes Basat gbasat@worldbank.org for a visitor’s pass.