Summit day two: Monday 20 June 2011

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08:15 – 09:00 Registration and coffee networking

09:00 – 09:15 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Stephen Oehme
Freelance Consultant and Regional Director: Value Management & Sustainability
Hyder Consulting Middle East

09:15 – 09:30 Keynote opening address

Eng. Salih bin Mohammed Al Farsi
Undersecretary
Ministry of Housing, Oman

Defining the concept of affordable housing in the Middle East

09:30 – 10:00 Delivering the vision: Ministry of Housing, Oman

Eng. Siham Ahmed Al Harthy
Director General Planning and Studies
Ministry of Housing, Oman

10:00 – 10:30 Understanding current practices and techniques for affordable housing

K.V. Praveen
GM & Business Unit Head - Affordable & Mass Housing
Larsen & Toubro Limited

10:30 – 11:15 Executive Exchange followed by morning break, networking and refreshments

Delivering self sustainable affordable housing communities

11:15 – 11:45 Solving the problems of building social housing

Peter Zwaans
Managing Director
Rapid Building Systems Pty Ltd

11:45 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Examining the challenges of establishing a successful housing delivery system

Eng. Siham Ahmed Al Harthy
Director General Planning and Studies
Ministry of Housing, Oman

Mohammed Humaid Al Marri
Assistant CEO, Finance & Support
Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment, UAE

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break and networking opportunity

13:30 – 14:00 Case study from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas: Affordable housing as an emerging force

Stephen Oehme
Freelance Consultant and Regional Director: Value Management & Sustainability
Hyder Consulting Middle East

New planning, investment and development perspectives

14:00 – 14:30 Promoting alternative approaches to attract the private sector

Mohammed Humaid Al Marri
Assistant CEO, Finance & Support
Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment, UAE

14:30 – 15:00 Identifying affordable housing trends and challenges in the MENA region

Jonathan Herps
Advisor, SBK Holding
Abu Dhabi Capital
Private office of H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon break, networking and refreshments

15:30 – 16:00 Exploring affordable housing investment opportunities

  • What is affordable housing – regional context
  • An overview of regional demand for affordable housing
  • Key challenges & opportunities
  • The role of PPP structures in affordable housing

Deepak Jain
Head of Strategic Consulting
Jones Lang LaSalle MENA

16:00 – 16:30 Planning for affordable housing: better is affordable – an urban designer’s perspective

Dr. Hichem Trache
Principal Urban Designer
Atkins

16:30 Final comments from the Chair and end of summit day two

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