9th Global Affordable Housing Conference

8.00 – 9.00

Registration and coffee

9.00 - 9.10

Welcome and Introduction: Loic Chiquier, Senior Advisor, World Bank Group

9.10 – 9.30

Opening Remarks: Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC 

9.30 – 10.00

Keynote on housing markets key trends: Deniz Igan, Head of Macroeconomic Analysis, BIS

10.00 – 11.00

How policy makers can support and enable innovation in housing and housing finance

· Herry Trisaputra Zuna, Director General of Infrastructure Finance, Ministry of Public Works and Housing Indonesia

· May Abdel Hamid, CEO Egyptian Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund

· Hon. Zachariah Mwangi Njeru, Cabinet Secretary of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

· Hon. Mohamed Aslam, Minister of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives

Moderator: Bernice Van Bronkhorst, Global Director, World Bank

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00

Innovative housing building company and financing affordable green housing for low and very low-income households

· Wol Birch Reynardson, CEO Casa Bravo

· Eduardo Tabush CEO Urbana Housing Fund

· Vipul Roongta, Managing Director & CEO, HDFC Capital Advisors

· Glen Jordan, CEO Empowa

Moderator: Tomasz Telma, IFC FIG Global Director

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 – 15.15

Rent-to-own 2.0: innovations in rent to own to reach previously excluded households

· Charles Hinga Mwaura, Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Kenya

· Hon. Mohamed Aslam, Minister of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives

· Babacar Gning, Chief Investment Officer, Senegal Sovereign Wealth Fund (FONSIS)

· Olu Olanrewaju, Director (ALTAIR)

Moderator: Simon Walley, World Bank

A green affordable homes revolution

· Herry Trisaputra Zuna, Directorate General of Infrastructure Finance, Ministry of Public Works and Housing Indonesia

· Patrick McAllister, Habitat for Humanity

· Ian Shapiro, Reall CEO

Moderator: Dao H. Harisson, World Bank

15.15 -15.45

Coffee Break

15.45 – 17.00

Affordable housing and artificial intelligence

· Avi Schiffmann, President, InternetActivism.org

· Zander Geronimos, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Metaprop VC

· Luis Triveno, Senior Urban Development Specialist at World Bank

Moderator:  Olivia Nielsen, Principal Miyamoto

Investment can’t happen without information: efforts in building the data landscape for affordable housing

· Dao H. Harrison, Senior Housing Specialist World Bank

· Marja Hoek-Smit, Director and Founder University of Pennsylvania International Housing Finance Program

· Michael Kaniu, Director Natureville Homes

· Muhammad Gambo, Manager Shelter Afrique

Moderator: Kecia Rust, Executive Director and Founder Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa

8.30 – 9.00

Coffee

9.00 – 9.30

Keynote : Alanna McCargo, President Government National Mortgage Association

9.30 – 10.45

Innovation to support housing reconstruction in states affected by conflict or natural disaster: example of Ukraine and Turkiye

· David Smith, President AHI

· Olena Savchuk, Counsel Integrites Ukraine

· Kit Miyamoto, CEO Miyamoto International

Moderator: Zoe Trohanis, World Bank

10.45 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 -12.30

The future of site and services

· Framing presentation based on "Reconsidering Sites and Services Report" by Sheila Kamunyori, World Bank

· Hon. Santiago Maggiotti, Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat of Argentina

Moderator: Catherine Lynch, World Bank

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.30

Retrofitting current housing stock to increase climate resilience and housing access for low and very low-income households

· Anya Brickman, President Affordable Housing Institute

· Christian König, IUHF

· Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, CEO BuildChange

· Griya Rufianne, Urban Specialist, World Bank

Moderator: Luis Miguel Triveno Chan Jan, Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank

How PPPs can optimize the delivery of affordable housing in developing countries

· Framing presentation based on "Public-Private Partnerships for Investment and Delivery of Affordable Housing in Emerging Market Economies" by Yan Zhang, World Bank

· Sathanbabu Mathankumar, Principal Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation Limited

· Malathi Helen, Co-Principal Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation

· David Smith, CEO, Affordable Housing Institute

Moderator: Yan Zhang, World Bank

14.30 – 15.30

How to scale up housing finance solutions for women

· Presentation of Main Findings "Her Home II (Ghana, Senegal and Indonesia) Report" by Montserrat Ganuza, IFC

· Shruti Gonsalves, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, SEWA Grih Rin (SGR) Ltd.

· Addys Claribel Then Marte, Viceminister of Planning and Development of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Dominican Republic

· Daniella Gurrea, CEO Genworth Mexico

Moderator: Sharmila Hardi, Senior Manager, IFC

How does the changing proptech landscape affect the global affordable housing market and ESG goals

· Amit Kumar Agarwal, CEO Nobroker.com (confirmed)

· Sarah Liu - Partner, Real Estate Technology FifthWall

· Mostafa El-Beltagy, CEO Nawy, Egypt

· Rhonda Wong, CEO Ohmyhome - Singapore

Moderator: Roland Igbinoba, CEO Pison Housing Company

15.30 -16.00

Coffee Break

15.30 – 17.00

MASTERCLASS: May Abdelhamid, CEO of the Egyptian Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund (SHMFF) to present Egyptian subsidy program example

Pitch the investors / Shark tank (5 minutes pitch from start up/entrepreneurs/companies looking for capital/investment) (judging panel: Kecia Rust, Roland Pison, Ian Shapiro)

8.30 – 9.00

Coffee

9.00 – 9.30

Keynote: Hon. Jéssica Martínez, Minister for Housing, Costa Rica

9.30 – 10.30

Capital market solutions for housing. Leveraging international and domestic resources to support affordable housing

· Yedau Ogundele, CEO CRRH-UEMOA

· Thierno-Habib Hann, CEO Shelter Afrique

· Fred Cooper, Senior Vice President Toll Brother

· Barry Krinsky, Managing Director City Community Capital (Citigroup)

Moderator: Niraj Verma, Practice Manager World Bank

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 -12.30

Presentation of IFC Pillar Housing Advisory Tools

· Ivan Pretorius, CEO  Alleyroads South Africa

· Melisa Mclean, Investment Manager IHS South Africa

· Domingo Valdez, CFO of VINTE, Mexico

Moderator: Sherif Muhtaseb, IFC

12.30 – 13.00

Closing remarks: WBG Senior Staff + announcement of pitch winner