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Day 1: Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Inaugural Session and Opening Plenary
Housing Policies and Governance Frameworks in ADB’s Developing Member Countries and the Role of Development Partners in the Housing Sector
Session Recording
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Speeches

Welcome Remarks
Woochong Um
Managing Director General and OIC, Vice-President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development)
Asian Development Bank
Presentations

Opportunities and Current Challenges for the Affordable Housing Sector
Prof. Marja Hoek-Smit
Founder and recently retired Director, International Housing Finance Program, Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor in the Real Estate Department of the Wharton School
Creating an Enabling Environment to Accelerate Housing Production
Mardi Mapa-Suplid

CEO, Habitat for Humanity, Philippines
Lessons from Affordable Housing Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Anaclaudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach
Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Housing Construction Savings System in Kazakhstan
Lyazzat Ibragimova
CEO, Otbasy Housing Construction and Savings Bank of Kazakhstan

Technical Session 1
Overarching Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Housing Sector in Developing Member Countries
Session Recording
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Presentations

Context on Affordable Housing
Robert M. Buckley

Affiliated Scholar, Urban Institute, Washington
Innovations in Measuring Affordability and Boosting Private Supply of Affordable Housing 
Yan Zhang

Senior Urban Economist, World Bank
Learnings from Pradhan Mantri AwaasYojna(PMAY) for Providing Affordable Housing at Scale
Shubhagato Dasgupta

Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research

Technical Session 2
Enabling Access to Land for Housing in the Region
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Presentations

Enabling Access to land for housing in the Region 
Saswati Ghosh Belliappa

Senior Safeguards Specialist, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Town Planning Schemes and Other Planning Instruments to Create Affordable Housing in India
Shirley Ballaney

Architect-Urban Planner, India
Incremental Planning and Alternative Tenure Solutions for the City-wide Incremental Upgrading of Informal Settlements in eThekwini Municipality (City of Durban) 
Faizal Seedat

Senior Manager, Human Settlements Unit, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa
Mark Misselhorn
CEO, Project Preparation Trust

Day 2: Tuesday, 9 November 2022

Technical Session 3
Contribution of the Housing Sector to Increasing Resilience of Developing Member Countries: Opportunities from Technological Advancements Across the Elements of the Project Cycle—Planning, Design and Construction of Housing Projects
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Presentations

Net Zero Source Energy Project in Korea for Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation
Myoungju Lee

Professor, College of Architecture, Myongji University
Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Sector Project
Arnaud Heckmann

Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

Technical Session 4
Integrating Low-income Housing and Neighbourhoods into City Planning and Governance Frameworks
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Presentations

Making Odisha Slum Free 
G. Mathi Vathanan

Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD), Government of Odisha 
CODI’s Approach and Experiences: City-wide, Community-led Upgrading and Housing Development in Thailand
Somsook Boonyabancha

Secretary General, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights

Technical Session 5
Enabling Public Policies for Enhancing Private Sector and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Investment in the Housing Sector Including for Lower Income Housing and Rental Housing
Session Recording
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Presentations

Singapore's Innovations in Urban and Affordable Housing Finance 
Phang Sock Yong

Celia Moh Chair Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University
Value Capture as a Land-based Toolfor Urban Regeneration in China
Dr. Zhi Liu

Senior Fellow and China and Asia Program Director, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Technical Session 6
Developing the Housing finance and Mortgage Market to Enhance Accessibility of Institutional Finance to All, Especially the Poor
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Presentations

Developing the Housing Mortgage Market to Enhance Accessibility of Institutional Finance to All, Especially the Poor
Junkyu Lee

Chief of Finance Sector Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
Affordable Housing Finance for the Poor: Learnings from Mortgage Market in Japan
Masahiro Kobayashi

Executive Director, Japan Housing Finance Agency
The Role of NHUF in Increasing Affordable Housing Supply in Korea
Tae Oh Kim

Deputy Director, Research Planning & Coordination Team, Housing Urban Finance Institute, Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation
ADB’s Private Sector: Enabling Supply and Demand for Affordable Housing in Asia
Susan Olsen

Senior Investment Specialist, Private Sector Operations Division, Asian Development Bank
Scope and Necessity for Development of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securitization-RMBS in India
Kulasekhara Chakravarthy

Former General Manager, National Housing Bank, India
Malaysia's Secondary Mortgage Market and How the Various Products Have Been Able to Serve the Urban Poor to Access Affordable Housing
Datuk Chung Chee Leong

President/CEO, Cagamas Berhard, Malaysia
Establishing the First Mortgage Refinancing Company as a Vehicle to Promote Sustainable Housing Finance in Uzbekistan
Murod Farmanov

CEO, Uzbekistan Mortgage Refinancing Company

Closing Plenary
Moving Forward on Recommendations and Areas for Action 
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1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference 2022
Teaser Video

Welcome Remarks
Woochong Um, ADB Managing Director General and Office-in-Charge Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
8 November 2022