OPENING SESSION  (Conf. Room 1, North Lawn Bdg.)

9:45-10:00am

 Youth Assembly Welcome 

Patrick Sciarratta (Opening Session Moderator)

Executive Director, FAF

(Security Announcement - Possible)

 Conference Musical Opening 

NOW (Japanese soloist) Sam Cook's
Change Gonna Come

10:00-10:30am

 UN Welcome to the United Nations 

Ramu Damodaran

Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement,
Outreach Division, UN Department of Public Information

Janne Taalas

Deputy Permanent Representative
Mission of Finland to the United Nations

 Why the UN Should Matter to Youth Leaders 

Gillian Sorensen

Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation

Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations

11:00-11:30am

 On the Threshold: 

 Your Contribution to the MDGs Will Matter 

Joanna Sherman (VIDEO and Address)

Co-founder, Artistic Director

Bond Street Theater of New York

11:30-12:00am

 A Video Conversation 

Francisco Eguiguren, 2010 YA Program Coordinator

1) VIDEO - Introducing the MDGs

2) VIDEO - Introducing a video presentation featuring

Maria Mandova, Former YA Project Director

12:00-1:00pm

 LUNCH BREAK 

1:15-2:30pm

Free networking time OR

See the Workshop Schedule for other options.

There will be eight 30-minute workshops daily.

 WORKSHOPS  - EACH HAS REQUESTED COMPUTER ACCESS TO A PROJECTOR FOR VIDEOS AND POWERPOINT. CHOOSE AMONG:

1:15-1:45pm

15 Min. break

2:00-2:30PM

Conference Rooms A-D:

(A) MDGs 1 by 1: An Orientation to the MDGs

(B) MDGs in China EACT

(C) The Hip Hop Millennium Development Campaign

(D) Amnesty International: Creative Activism

1:00-2:30pm

 SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT - The End of Poverty? 

FILM - Conference Rm 1

Featuring Co-Producer Matthew Stillman

Also: UN TOUR (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only

– Meet AT 1:15 by UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:30-3:00pm

RE-GROUP! (Program change announcements at 2:50pm)

2:55-3:00PM

VIDEO - 2 Views

3:00-3:40pm

 Welcome Back!  (Conf. Room 1, North Lawn Bdg.)

Esperanza Garcia, Moderator

  2010 YA Program Planning Committee Member

  IYC Co-founder

3:00-3:15pm

 A Report on the Upcoming 

 World Youth Conference in Mexico City 

Christian González, Third Representative

Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations

3:15-3:45pm

 SPECIAL GUEST: Meer Gandhi 

VIDEO and comment

3:45-3:50pm

 BREAK  in room; stretch

3:50-4:20pm

 Climate Change: A Discussion 

Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri

Chair, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change

Director General, TERI

Nobel Laureate with Al Gore, 2007

Audience Q&A to follow the Discussion with Dr. Pachauri

4:20-4:30pm

 BREAK 

4:30-5:00pm

 Perseverance: 

 A Tale of Youth Leadership During Apartheid 

Ambassador Baso Sangqu

Permanent Mission of South Africa to the U.N.

Esperanza Garcia

Introducer and Closing Words/Announcements

9:00-9:25am

 BREAKFAST and NETWORKING 

Location: UN Cafeteria * Network with fellow delegates, on MDG issues and projects

9:30-10:00am

 MORNING SESSION  (Conf. Room 1, North Lawn Bdg.)

 HIV/AIDS Prevention Video & Campaign  (VIDEO)

Jason Rzepka

Vice President of Public Affairs, MTV

 U.N. Leaders and Civil Society’s Innovators: 

Moving the MDGs from Talk to Action

10:00-10:50am

Part A:  Panel Discussion 

Projects that Moved from Talk to Action

Patrick Sciarratta, Moderator

• Donald Lee, Senior Development Economist,
  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN

• Albe Zakes (for Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO)
  Terracycle

• Gala Narezo, Founder and Co-Director,

  Whatmovesyou.net

• Jing Zhou, Entrepreneur
  GirlsInTech/China and Girls 2.0

10:50-10:55am

 BREAK  in room; stretch

10:55-11:00am

VIDEO - Esperanza Garcia

11:00-11:55am

 Part B: The Practicum Panel 

How they Moved from Talk to Action

• Joan Dubinsky
  Director, Ethics Office, UN

  - Transparency: The Truth Shall Set You Free

• Michael McGuigan
  Managing Director, Bond Street Theater

  - Making the Project Happen: Nuts and Bolts

• James Ansorge
  Co-founder, International Youth Council

  - The Power of Networking

• Dr. Brian Mauro
  Dean of Students, Fairleigh Dickinson University

  - Development and Assessment of Programs

• Marcie Smith
  Fundraiser

  - The FAF Grassroots Fundraising Guide

11:55-12:00am

 Notices Prior to Lunch 

12:00-1:00pm

 LUNCH BREAK 

1:15 - 2:30pm

Free networking time OR

See the Workshop Schedule for other options.

There will be eight 30-minute workshops daily.

 WORKSHOPS  - EACH HAS REQUESTED COMPUTER ACCESS TO A PROJECTOR FOR VIDEOS AND POWERPOINT. CHOOSE AMONG:

1:15 -1:45pm

15 Min. break

2:00-2:30PM

Conference Rooms A-D:

(A) MDG Arts Campaign 2011 - India

Bond Street Theater of NYC

(B&C) Delegates Speak Out:

A Teach-In with IYC

(D) Media and the MDGs: 

Bridge the Gap TV & ByKids.org

Also: UN TOUR (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only

– Meet AT 1:15 by UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:30-4:00pm

 UN Mission Visits 

Check at Registration Desk

4:30-6:00pm

 IYC Networking Event 

Dag Hammarskjold Park

47th St. between 1st and 2nd Ave,

just northwest of the UN's 46th St. entrance

9:00 -9:25am

 BREAKFAST and NETWORKING 

Location: UN Cafeteria * Network with fellow delegates, on MDG issues and projects

 Introduction and Keynote Speech 

Conference Room 1, North Lawn Bdg.

9:30-9:35am

9:35-10:00am

 VIDEO - Alex Ticas

Francisco Eguiguren, Moderator

Keynote: Ishmael Beah

Author: A Long Way Gone

(A child soldier’s autobiography)

10:00-10:30am

 SPECIAL GUEST 

Katie Spotz

Youngest Person Ever to Row an Ocean, Solo

10:30-11:00am

 UNESCO on Education's Development Goals 

Dr. Elizabeth Fordham

Education Advisor, UNESCO NY Office

11:20-12:00am

 Education: Primary and Essential 

Angela Jhanji, Moderator, UK Youth, Trustee

Ashley Schulyer

Africaid;

Maggie Doyne

Do Something!

12:00-1:00pm

 LUNCH BREAK 

1:15 - 2:30pm

Free networking time OR

See the Workshop Schedule for other options.

There will be eight 30-minute workshops daily.

Conference Rooms A-D:

Youth Response: The International Youth Council

8 sessions led by the YA and IYC interns to

network and gauge their response to the Assembly

and to suggest where they might go from here

Also: UN TOUR (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only

– Meet AT 1:15 by UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:30-2:45pm

RE-GROUP early!

2:45-3:30pm

 AFTERNOON SESSION  (Conf. Rm 1, North Lawn Bdg.)

 VIDEO - Asha Castleberry 

 Partnerships for Development 

Sam Vaghar, Moderator, YA Alum

Executive Director, Millennium Campus Network

Sering Falu Njie

Deputy Director, Policy

UN Millennium Campaign, UNDP

Amir Dossal

Executive Director

UN Fund for International Partnerships

Liberato Bautista

President, CoNGO

Lucia Kaiser

CEO, Kaiser International, Inc. and Philanthropist

3:30-3:45pm

 BREAK 

3:45-4:00pm

An Overview of the WFP

Dena Gudatitis

Department of Public Information

World Food Programme

4:00-4:15pm

 The Spirit of the MDGSs 

Yin-Chu Jou, Afternoon Moderator

Artistic Director, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation

4:15-4:50pm

 Youth Achievement Address 

Ambassador Francis Lorenzo

Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic

to the United Nations

4:50-5:00pm

 Closing Address 

Patrick Sciarratta

YA Co-founder and 2010 Project Director

Followed by Closing Announcements, Notes

 Closing Musical Performance 

1) Ashako - Amazing Grace Live, Soloist, Microphone

2) MUSIC CD '8 MDG Goals'

    Music Presentation featuring

    Angelique Kidjo

    Grammy Award-winning singer, YA Supporter