NOTE: This symposium will be held in Spanish and English, with simultaneous translation provided for the plenary sessions and 2 of 3 technical session rooms. The other technical session room will be in Spanish only. Final room assignments, and thus translation availability for specific sessions, will be posted in November in the Final Program.
Nota: El simposio se llevará a cabo en español e inglés con traducciones simultáneas en las plenarias y en dos salones de los tres que se utilizarán para las sesiones técnicas. Las sesiones técnicas en el otro salón serán únicamente en español. La asignación de salones y por consiguiente la disponibilidad de traducción para sesiones específicas se publicará en noviembre en el Programa Final.
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SESSION DESCRIPTION |
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Opening Plenary |
The opening plenary will present the broad context and business case for sustainable infrastructure and frame the symposium's key question "What are the challenges facing project stakeholders in incorporating environmental and social sustainability principles" which will be discussed by a panel representing public and private sector and civil society. |
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Closing Plenary |
The closing plenary will summarize the themes and lessons learned from all of the symposium's sessions in an interactive and structured workshop that will lead to consensus on IAIA principles for sustainable infrastructure. |
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Session 1: Government roles in sustainable infrastructure |
This session will examine the responsibility of Governments and Government agencies in promoting sustainability in mega-infrastructure projects and discuss their role in integrating effective and efficient sector and regional planning with project level environmental and social assessment. |
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Session 2: Managing lender risks in financing infrastructure projects |
This session will look at the tools and approaches lenders use in managing risks in the financing of mega-infrastructure projects and what approaches can be applied to manage project risk and uncertainty. |
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Session 3: Managing complexity in designing, constructing, and operating infrastructure projects I |
Pipelines, roads, dams, canals, and transmission lines are increasingly commonplace in Latin America and the Caribbean influencing people and the environment across large spatial scales and over long time periods. The session will present a series of case studies as to how environmental and social sustainability and complexity has been managed. |
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Session 4: Managing complexity in designing, constructing, and operating infrastructure projects II |
Pipelines, roads, dams, canals, and transmission lines are increasingly commonplace in Latin America and the Caribbean influencing people and the environment across large spatial scales and over long time periods. The session will present a series of case studies as to how environmental and social sustainability and complexity has been managed. |
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Session 5: Social management for large infrastructure projects |
Social management plans are crucial tools for adequately managing the wide range of social impacts involved in complex projects. This session will focus on their implementation in metro transport projects. |
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Session 6: Public consultation and stakeholder engagement in large infrastructure projects |
Stakeholder engagement and the assessment and management of social impacts are critical to doing projects "right". This session will examine how public consultation and effective stakeholder engagement can ensure a social license to "operate". |
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Session 7: Resettlement and livelihoods restoration: Raising the standards in practice |
IAIA's 2014 symposium on resettlement and livelihoods concluded that while examples of good practice exist, many projects are still being implemented to a very poor standard. One of the key findings from the symposium is that while resettlement practice is improving overall, more guidelines are required. This session will present Latin American case studies and discuss lessons learned for improving standards in practice. |
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Session 8: Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services and landscape management planning into sustainable infrastructure projects I |
Infrastructure projects affect habitats and ecosystem services over broad spatial and temporal scales. This session will present case studies of ecosystem management at the project level within a broader landscape perspective. |
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Session 9: Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services and landscape management planning into sustainable infrastructure projects II |
Infrastructure projects affect habitats and ecosystem services over broad spatial and temporal scales. This session will present case studies of ecosystem management at the project level within a broader landscape perspective. |
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Session 10: Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services and landscape management planning into sustainable infrastructure projects III |
Infrastructure projects affect habitats and ecosystem services over broad spatial and temporal scales. This session will present case studies of ecosystem management at the project level within a broader landscape perspective. |
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Session 11: Climate Change and Risk Management Infrastructure Case Studies |
Climate change risks add new dimensions and complications to mega-infrastructure projects which need to be addressed from the onset. This session will examine means to identify, assess and address climate change impacts and associated risks. This first session will present a number of case studies using a mining, canal, and port project. |
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Session 12: Climate Change Adaptation: Guidance and Tools for Climate Risk Management |
This session will focus on the identification and management of climate change impacts and risks and identify adaptive management solutions. It will offer perspectives from the private sector and look at guidance, tools and options for climate change adaptation and managing associated risks. |
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Session 13: New tools and approaches for the assessment and management of sustainability in infrastructure projects I |
This session will present approaches to sustainability assessment including the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure and Harvard University ENVISION, the US Department of Transport INVEST and The International Hydropower Association's Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Tool. |
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Session 14: New tools and approaches for the assessment and management of sustainability in infrastructure projects II |
This session will include the presentation of several new tools including the World Bank approach to sustainability in transport projects; the LACC environmental sustainability for roads in Latin America and the MFI working group on environment good practices in biodiversity inclusive impact assessment. |
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Session 15: Cumulative impact assessment and management: challenges and realities of implementation |
The cumulative impacts of mines, dams, and linear projects are the most challenging, and often overlooked, part of the environmental and social assessment. This session will feature a panel discussion as to how these cumulative impacts can be effectively managed. |
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Session 16: Construction best practices and sustainable infrastructure |
Latin America poses unique environmental constraints for the construction of mega-infrastructure projects. This session will present innovative approaches construction companies are taking to manage environmental and social risks and impacts across multiple scales. |
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Session 17: Indigenous peoples and infrastructure projects |
Mega-infrastructure projects are increasingly being developed in areas within the territory of indigenous peoples. This session will look at challenges and opportunities for project developers and indigenous people alike. |
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Session 18: Managing cultural heritage in infrastructure projects |
Ensuring social sustainability is critical to ensuring the long term success of infrastructure projects. This session will examine at stakeholder engagement and managing cultural heritage in infrastructure projects throughout Latin America. |
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