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FORUM SESSIONS ON DEMAND

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.
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
- Day 2 - Sep. 30, 2022
Day 1
Opening Remarks

Benigno López
Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, IDB
Welcome

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

Chris Herbert
Managing Director of Joint center for housing studies of Harvard university
Break
Panel 1: Incentives to address the housing deficit

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
Panel 2: Regulatory frameworks, institutional arrangements and technological platforms to reduce the housing deficit.

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

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
Panel 4: Innovations in informal settlements and technology-based business models

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
Panel 5: Solutions to the housing deficit through sustainable low-income housing

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

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

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

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.
