Wednesday August 3, 2011 

9:00 – 9:30am

REGISTRATION
- YA Registration Desk in the UN Lobby

OPENING SESSION
- Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

9:45 – 10:00am

Conference Musical Opening

10:00 – 11:00am

UN Welcome to the United Nations
Ban Ki Moon (Invited)
United Nations Secretary General

Baso Sangqu,
H. E. Ambassador
Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations (confirmed)

Susan Rice, H. E. Ambassador [Invited]
Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations

11:00 – 11:30am

Keynote Address
Angelique Kidjo
Grammy-Award Winning Singer
8 Goals for Africa and How Artists Can Contribute to the MDGs

11:30 – 11:45am

8 Goals for Africa
YouTube Video

11:45 – 12:00pm

YA Music
(New Music created by YA Delegates for the YA!)

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 – CHOOSE AMONG:

1:15 – 1:45pm
15 min break 
2:00 – 2:30pm

• Conference Room A: MDGs 1 by 1: An Orientation to the MDGs 

• Conference Room B: TBA

• Conference Room C: TBA

• Conference Room D: TBA

1:00 – 2:30pm

SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT (TBA – Video or FILM)
– Conference Room 3 

Also: UN Tour (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only - 1:15- UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:30 – 3:00pm

RE-GROUP! 
(Program change announcements at 2:55pm)

2:55 – 3:00pm

Announcements

3:00 – 3:25pm

Welcome Back!
– Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building 
Roland Rich, Acting Director
UN Office of Partnerships

3:25 – 3:30pm

Break in room; stretch

3:30 – 4:30pm

The Arab Spring: A Discussion of Youth Leadership and the MDGs in a Changing World
Khaled Louhichi, Arab League Minister, Moderator

• Arab League Youth Delegates: Representatives from the Arab Spring 

• Audience Q&A to follow the Discussion 

4:30 – 5:00pm

Closing Plenary
Amr Moussa (Invited)
Secretary General, Arab League of States

6:30 – 9:00pm

Optional Event: MDG Campaign Night
(Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only)

Featuring NGOs with MDG-related projects in the field. Dinner and an opportunity to get involved! 

 Thursday August 4, 2011 

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
- Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building
Youth Moderator
HRH Crown Princess of Norway [Invited]
Goodwill Ambassador, UN AIDS

• VIDEO

10:00 – 10:50am

U.N. Leaders and Civil Society’s Innovators:
Moving the MDGs from Talk to Action
Patrick Sciarratta, Panel Moderator 
Panel TBA

10:50 – 10:55am

BREAK IN ROOM; stretch!

10:55 – 11:00am

VIDEO

11:00 – 12:00pm

• PepsiCo Eco-Challenge Winners: A Presentation of their Successes

• Maria Mandova (Invited): From the YA to the OAS in Colombia

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. 

1:15 – 1:45pm ONLY (No 2nd Workshop period)

Also: UN Tour (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only - 1:15-Meet by UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:00 – 4:00pm

UN MISSION VISITS. Check In: Registration Desk

4:30 – 6:00pm

IYC NETWORKING EVENT 
Dag Hammarskjöld Park, 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Ave., just northwest of the UN’s 46th St. entrance

6:30 – 9:00pm

Optional Event: YA Culture Night
(Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only)
Dinner and sharing of cultural performance and exchange among the delegates

 Friday, August 5, 2011 

9:00-9:25am

Breakfast Networking Session 
- Location: UN Cafeteria

Network with fellow delegates, on MDG issues and projects

9:30 – 10:00am

Opening Plenary Address
Youth Moderator
Maria Sharapova [Invited]
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador

10:00 – 11:00am

Partnerships for Development
Sam Vaghar, Moderator 
YA Alum, Executive Director, Millennium Campus Network
Panel List: TBA

11:00 – 11:10am

Break

11:10 – 12:00pm

• Anita Sharma
  Non-commutable diseases and MDGs
• Jordi Llopart
  UN Volunteers
• Uriasi Rudra
  UN Women

12:00 – 1:00pm

LUNCH BREAK

1:15 – 2:30pm

Conference Rooms A – D:
Youth Response: The International Youth Council
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 - 1:15-Meet by UN Tours Desk; Visitors Lobby)

2:30 – 2:45pm

2:45 – 3: 50pm

The Media and the MDGs
• Chris Bashinelli
Founder and Director, Bridge the Gap

• MTV - TBA

• Abigal Disney
Independent Film and Video Producer

3:50 – 4:00pm

BREAK

4:00 – 4:30pm

Youth Achievement Address
Ambassador Francis Lorenzo (Invited)
Founder and C.E.O. South South News

4:30 – 5:00pm

Closing Address
Patrick Sciarratta

6:30 – 9:00pm

Optional Event: Farewell Networking Dinner (Pre-scheduled, pre-paid, only)