Opening plenary
09.00-10.30
Al-Areen Ballroom (1, 2 & 3)
Welcome address
Peter Holmgren, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Welcome on behalf of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
Keynote speakers
- Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Ephraim Kamuntu, Minister for Water and the Environment, Uganda
- Will Steffen, Executive Director, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
Guest-of-honour
To be determined