Our next scheduled meeting is September 14th, 2010. Details will be posted here as they become available.
Our committee meets monthly at the UN Church Center: 777 United Nations Plaza, NEW YORK NY 10017.
View selected photos from past Committee Meetings here.
Monthly NYC speaker series: Since 2005, the monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on Human Settlements in NYC has featured an expert guest speaker on an array of topics related to human settlements:
2010
Jan 19: Georgios Kostakos, PhD: - (Senior Policy Adviser CEB Secretariat United Nations) “The UN System Delivering as One on Climate Change”.
Feb 9: Arline L. Bronzaft, PhD, "Urban noise: A global challenge".
Mar 9: Werner Puschra, PhD: - (Executive Director Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, New York Office) “The need for global economic governance”.
April 27: Jan Peterson (Huairou Commission) World Urban Forum 5 (WUF5)
May 25: Dr. Sigrid Hahn, MD, MPH (Assoc Dir Global Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Assist Prof of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine.)
June 8: Committee business and future planning meeting.
June 22: Elizabeth J Heider AIA LEED AP (Senior Vice President
Skanska USA Building) “Evolution and Revolution: Skanska and Green Construction”
Skanska USA Building) “Evolution and Revolution: Skanska and Green Construction”
July 13: Elizabeth J Heider AIA LEED AP (Solar One) "Renewable energy in NYC."
2009
Jan 20: Aliye Pekin Celik, PhD - spoke on sustainable urban development.
Feb 10: Rick Bell, (FAIA) - spoke on “The connection between design and public health”.
Mar 10: Owen Gwyn, (FAIBCI) - spoke on “The Effect of Property Rights on Human Settlements”.
April 14: H.E. Dr. Juan R. Avila Ceballos, -Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, spoke on “Dominican Republic: In Search of Goals and Objectives of Sustainable Development”
May 12: Mr. Remy Sietchiping,Ph.D, - spoke on “ Global Land Tool Network”
June 24: Side-event during the CONFERENCE ON THE WORLD FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT - URBAN ECOLOGY AND LAND TENURE
September 15th 2009: Sharon Young , Director of Global Housing Foundation. Lecture/Panel: “Affordable Housing: Private Sector Response”
October 5th 2009: Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development, “International Celebrations of World Habitat Day”.
October 20th 2009: Massimo Tavoni, PhD. “A Focus on Individuals Can Help Guiding Nations Towards A Low Carbon World”
November 10th 2009: Leo Manuelian “Helping overseas housing: Armenia”
December 15th 2009: Massimo Tavoni, PhD. Panel Discussion follow-up on the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, “Impact of Climate Change on Human Settlements”
2008
Jan 8: a. Richard May - (FAICP), Sustainability of the master plan for NYC.
b. Andy Troy - (meetup.com) urban social networking on the internet.
Feb 12: Yamina Djacta - (UN Habitat-NY), The UN Habitat agenda for 2008.
March 11: Armen Kharazian, (Armenian Assembly), Housing challenges overseas.
April 8: Arline Bronzaft (NYC Council on Environment), Urban noise reduction.
May 13: Sheri Koones - (author), Prefabulous housing.
June 24: Lou Nowikas - (Director of Real Estate Operations), Hearst Corporation.
Sept 16: Hon. Henry J. Stern - www.nycivic.org
Oct 14: Lou Nowikas - Curtis Sliwa on Safe cities: Citizens’ role in public safety.
Nov 16: No Guest Speaker - Elections are held
Dec 9: Rosemary G. Wakeman - Training students for urban studies in the 21st Century.
2007
Jan 16: Anita Thomas - 2 (CONGO), CONGO: Current plans.
Feb 13: Anita Thomas - 3 (CONGO), CONGO: Upcoming plans.
March 13: Carter Craft, (urban planner, www.waterwire.com), Waterfront NYC, 2030.
April 10: (1) Tim Wilkens (Global Housing Foundation), Financing houses for the working poor. (2) Ron Dressler (The June 21 Great NYC Sing!). (3) Justin Nobel (Environmental journalism).
May 8: a. Megan Marrero - (U.S. Satellite), teaching children about climate change.
b. Parviz Morewedge - (Rutgers), housing crisis in North Africa.
June 12: Enrico Campagnoli -Realty.
July 10: Joel Soden, (Parsons Brinckerhoff), Rebuilding New York.
Oct 1: World Habitat Day 2007 9 Presenters at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium.
Nov 13: Joshua Lockwood, (NYC Habitat For Humanity) NYCHH VISION FOR 2008.
Dec 11: Jan Peterson -1 (Huairou Commission), Women in the habitat agenda for 2008.
2006
Jan: Diana Balmori (architect), Urban greenroofs
Feb: Liam Strain (Natl Parks Svc), Urban parks
March: Ozgem Ornektekin (engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff), Sustainable development in developing nations
April: Robert Levine (CSU-Fresno), Civil behavior: How do the world’s cities compare?
May: Peter R. Walker (psychologist, Connecticut), Defensible space.
Aug 29: Frederica Pietracci (UN-DESA Division of Sustainable Development), CSD: Upcoming plans.
Oct 2: UN World Habitat Day 2006. 10 presenters at the UN Dag Hammarskjold auditorium.
Nov 14: Symposium on green buildings, 6 participants + 14 student presenters.
Dec 12: Anita Thomas -1 (CONGO), CONGO + the Human Settlements Committee.
2005
Feb: Branca Balac (sociologist, Columbia), Health in favelas in Belgrade.
March: Harold Takooshian (psychologist, Fordham), Urban psychology and "nervous energy."
April: Stan Cohen (futurist, Earth Society), The Earth Society and world peace.
May: Janice E. Perlman (urban studies, World Bank), A 30-year study of a Brazilian favela.
June: Robert V. Levine (psychologist, CSU-Fresno), Village of Hope homeless self-help community.
July: N. David Milder (methodologist, Danth Consulting), Downtown revitalization: Why and how
Oct: Wendy Brawer (geographer), Greenmaps
Nov: Vahan Tanal, PE (Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff), socially responsible urban engineering