The Inter-American Developmental Bank (IDB) holds its Youth for Development – Development for Youth event this week in collaboration with The University of Calgary and Microsoft. YOURS will be delivering a presentation here and you can watch the event LIVE from the comfort of your own computer.
Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank, CIDA,
The University of Calgary and Microsoft
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
9:00 am – 7:30 pm (Calgary, MDT)
from the University of Calgary
Participate! Be there!
Watch the event live from your computer.
Join the conversation and post your questions on the IDB Facebook Page.
Go to:
During the Program
click on “Webcast” to see the live webcast on livestream.com.
Join us online for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) conference Youth for Development- Development for Youth where the role that young people play in the development process as agents of change will be discussed.
Don’t miss the concert with emerging artists MTV Latin artists Marre and Gustavo Galindo at 5:15 p.m and the MTV Chiuku Award Ceremony.
Find out what youth initiatives the IDB is supporting and learn how you can get involved in topics like climate change, road safety and sports for development.
Program Highlights Include:
- 9:00 a.m. Event Inauguration
- 9:45 a.m. Recognition of 10 Youth Leaders selected from a pool of 1,800 applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean
- 9:55 a.m. IDB and Microsoft announcement
- 10:00 a.m. Good Jobs Wanted: Julie T. Katzman (IDB), Akhtar Badshah (Microsoft), Fiona Macaulay (Making Cents International)
- 11:30 a.m. Dialogue on Social Innovation for a Sustainable Planet: Mario Cader-Frech (MTV Latin America), Ignacio González (Un Techo para mi País) and others
(This is the Slot where YOURS will be presenting!) - 2:00 p.m. Innovation for Development through Sports: Boby Duval (Athletics of Haiti), Rebbecca Scott, (Gold Medalist-Cross Country Skiing) and others.
- 3:15 Youth leaders panel
- 4:30 p.m. Presentation by the Chamber Ensemble and the Petits Chanteurs of the Sainte Trinite Music School of Port au Prince, Haiti
- 5:15 p.m. Concert with Marre and Galindo and MTV Chiuku Award Ceremony
- 7:00 p.m. Closing reception with musical performance by Canadian artist Quetzala Maia Carson
To view the live session follow the link: www.iadb.org/expresate
When: March 24, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (MDT).