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WHAT IF EVERYONE HAD ACCESS TO
DECENT HOUSING?
The Housing Forum 2022: Resilient Solutions to reduce the Housing Deficit in Latin America and the Caribbean is a unique space to explore innovative, affordable and carbon neutral housing solutions for vulnerable populations.
Connect with experts from the public sector, private sector and academia, find new financing opportunities and discover the initiatives that are changing the future of housing in our region.
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Meet the speakers
BENIGNO LÓPEZ
Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, IDB
Juan Pablo Bonilla
Manager of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, IDB
Aitor Ezcurra
Head of Corporate Division, IDB Invest
César Buenadicha
Head of the Discovery Unit, IDB Lab
TATIANA GALLEGO
Chief of the Housing and Urban Development Division, IDB
Renu Sud Karnad
President of the International Union for Housing Finance (IUHF)
Chris Herbert
Managing Director of Joint center for housing studies of Harvard university
Alfredo Eduardo dos Santos
National Secretary of Housing of Brazil
María Teresa Morales
Director of Operations for Latin America and the Caribbean of Habitat for Humanity
Paloma Silva
Housing and Urban Development Lead Specialist, IDB
Anaclaudia Rossbach
Programs Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Ernesto Mejía
Vice-Ministry of Housing, Building Policy and Planning in the Ministry of Housing of the Dominican Republic
Gloria Visconti
Climate Change Lead Specialist, IDB
Sumeet Manchanda
Associate Director, Lead Climate Co-Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Fermín Vivanco
Lead Specialist, IDB Lab
Camila de Ferrari
Innovation researcher at PROPTEC (Mexico)
Adriana Levisky
Founder of Levisky Arquitectos (Brazil)
Fernando Assad
Co-founder of Nova Vivenda (Brazil)
Gonzalo Arteaga
Architect, Elemental, Architecture Office (Chile)
RODRIGO NAVAS
Head of the Manufacturing Unit, IDB Invest
Domingo A. Valdés
Chief Financial Officer of Vinte (Mexico)
Guillermo Velaochaga Raffo
Vice President of ADIPERU (Peru)
Aurora García de León
Chief Executive Officer, DEREX Residential Development (México)
Marisela Alvarenga
Chief of the Financial Intermediaries Division, IDB Invest
Giselle De Tejeira
Executive Vice President of Finance, Banco La Hipotecaria S.A. (Panama)
Camilo Alban Saldarriaga
Vice President, Builders and Mortgage Banking, Banco Davivienda (Colombia)
Randall Loker
Chief Investment Officer, Paladin Realty Partners (Latinoamérica y el Caribe)
David Muñoz Soto
Chief Executive Officer, Creditú (Chile)
Nora Libertun
Housing and Urban Development Lead Specialist, IDB
Reina Irene Mejia
President a.i, IDB
Lorie Rufo
Leader of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Rogelio Paredes
Minister of Housing and Land Management of Panama
Rafael Menin
Chief Executive Officer of MRV Engenharia (Brazil)
Diego Aulestia
Chief of the Human Settlements Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Carlos Montes
Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Chile
Anya Brickman Raredon
President of the Affordable Housing Institute (USA)
Tarcila Rivera Zea
Founder, CHIRAPAQ Center for Indigenous Cultures in Peru
Susan Rodrigues
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water (Guyana)
César Paniagua Chacón
Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru
Carlos Martínez Velázquez
Managing Director, National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (INFONAVIT) (México)
María Gabriela Aguilera Jaramillo
Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador
Abigail Demopulos
Senior Manager, Trust Funds in the Office of Climate and Environment, International Affairs Division, U.S. Department of the Treasury (USA)
Bella Tonkonogy
U.S. Director, Climate Policy Initiative
Nakia McMorris
Senior Manager, Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) (Jamaica)
Agenda
Day 1
Sep. 29, 2022
Opening Remarks
09:00 -
09:30 EDT
Benigno López
Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, IDB
Welcome
09:30 -
10:00 EDT
Juan Pablo Bonilla
Manager of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, IDB
Aitor Ezcurra
Head of Corporate Division, IDB Invest
César Buenadicha
Head of the Discovery Unit, IDB Lab
Keynote Speech
10:00 -
10:45 EDT
Chris Herbert
Managing Director of Joint center for housing studies of Harvard university
Break
10:45 -
11:00 EDT
Panel 1: Incentives to address the housing deficit
11:00 -
12:00 EDT
Moderator: Tatiana Gallego
Chief of the Housing and Urban Development Division, IDB
Speakers:
Renu Sud Karnad
President of the International Union for Housing Finance (IUHF)
Carlos Montes
Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Chile
Alfredo Eduardo dos Santos
National Secretary of Housing of Brazil
María Teresa Morales
Director of Operations for Latin America and the Caribbean of Habitat for Humanity
César Paniagua Chacón
Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru
Break
12:00 -
1:30 EDT
Panel 2: Regulatory frameworks, institutional arrangements and technological platforms to reduce the housing deficit.
1:30 -
2:30 EDT
Moderator: Paloma Silva
Housing and Urban Development Lead Specialist, IDB
Speakers:
Anya Brickman Raredon
President of the Affordable Housing Institute (USA)
Anaclaudia Rossbach
Programs Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Ernesto Mejía
Vice-Ministry of Housing, Building Policy and Planning in the Ministry of Housing of the Dominican Republic
Carlos Martínez Velázquez
Managing Director, National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (INFONAVIT) (México)
María Gabriela Aguilera Jaramillo
Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador
Panel 3: Access to finance and climate funds for housing solutions
2:30 -
3:30 EDT
Moderator: Gloria Visconti
Climate Change Lead Specialist, IDB
Speakers:
Sumeet Manchanda
Associate Director, Lead Climate Co-Finance, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Lorie Rufo
Leader of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
Abigail Demopulos
Senior Manager, Trust Funds in the Office of Climate and Environment, International Affairs Division, U.S. Department of the Treasury (USA)
Bella Tonkonogy
U.S. Director, Climate Policy Initiative
Break
3:30 -
4:00 EDT
Panel 4: Innovations in informal settlements and technology-based business models
4:00 -
5:00 EDT
Moderator: Fermín Vivanco
Lead Specialist, IDB Lab
Speakers:
Camila de Ferrari
Innovation researcher at PROPTEC (Mexico)
Adriana Levisky
Founder of Levisky Arquitectos (Brazil)
Fernando Assad
Co-founder of Nova Vivenda (Brazil)
Gonzalo Arteaga
Architect, Elemental, Architecture Office (Chile)
Day 2
Sep. 30, 2022
Panel 5: Solutions to the housing deficit through sustainable low-income housing
09:00 -
10:00 EDT
Moderator: Rodrigo Navas
Head of the Manufacturing Unit, IDB Invest
Speakers:
Domingo A. Valdés
Chief Financial Officer of Vinte (Mexico)
Guillermo Velaochaga Raffo
Vice President of ADIPERU (Peru)
Aurora García de León
Chief Executive Officer, DEREX Residential Development (México)
Rafael Menin
Chief Executive Officer of MRV Engenharia (Brazil)
Panel 6: Innovation in financial products to reduce the housing gap
10:00 -
11:00 EDT
Moderator: Marisela Alvarenga
Chief of the Financial Intermediaries Division, IDB Invest
Speakers:
Giselle De Tejeira
Executive Vice President of Finance, Banco La Hipotecaria S.A. (Panama)
Camilo Alban Saldarriaga
Vice President, Builders and Mortgage Banking, Banco Davivienda (Colombia)
Randall Loker
Chief Investment Officer, Paladin Realty Partners (Latinoamérica y el Caribe)
David Muñoz Soto
Chief Executive Officer, Creditú (Chile)
Panel 7: Addressing the housing deficit of the vulnerable population with emphasis on gender equity and Diversity
11:00 -
11:45 EDT
Moderator: Nora Libertun
Housing and Urban Development Lead Specialist, IDB
Speakers:
Rogelio Paredes
Minister of Housing and Land Management of Panama
Tarcila Rivera Zea
Founder, CHIRAPAQ Center for Indigenous Cultures in Peru
Susan Rodrigues
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water (Guyana)
Diego Aulestia Valencia
Chief of the Human Settlements Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Nakia McMorris
Senior Manager, Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) (Jamaica)
Closing remarks
11:45 -
12:00 EDT
Reina Irene Mejia
President a.i, IDB
The relationship between social housing design and welfare
Adequate access to housing has economic and social impacts on households. How best to incorporate design into social housing programs and maximize positive welfare impacts?
Housing What's Next?: From Thinking The Unit to Building The City
While we have been able to build and amply cover the quantitative housing deficits, today the great challenge is to qualitatively improve the existing stock. How to explore the potential of housing to transform the urban fabric?
Ecological Design: Strategies for the Vulnerable City: Adapting Precarious Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean to Climate Change
If we do not work on mitigating and adapting cities, they will be more crowded, warmer and less biodiverse in the future. Ecological Design assesses the impacts of the climate crisis on the most vulnerable areas of our cities - the informal city - while reflecting on how to protect those who are most strongly affected by the consequences of climate change.
