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Overview
The 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Forum, co-organized by Habitat for Humanity International and Singapore Institute of Planners, brings together social practitioners and key actors to discuss how the private sector can help the region meet the housing targets of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
The production and consumption of housing is at the core of the development agenda because it is fundamental to our prosperity and well-being as individuals and as a society. The three-day Forum, to be held in Singapore, will focus on sharing knowledge and the dissemination of housing solutions and best practices.
FORUM HIGHLIGHTS
・ The 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Forum will offer a wide range of discussion platforms: plenary sessions featuring international expert speakers
・ parallel paper sessions
・ roundtable panel discussions
・ peer exchange sessions featuring industry leaders & key actors
・ toolkit learning sessions featuring expert facilitators & trainers
・ case-study diagnostic clinics of best practices
・ site visits
・ showcase of award-winning works & initiatives
・ networking opportunities
THEMES & TRACKS
A. Housing as an Economic Development Priority
A1. Housing as a strategy for economic growth
A2. Impact of housing on the Millennium Development Goals
A3. Social entrepreneurship & community development
B. Housing Policy
B1. Effective housing policies to address poverty housing
B2. Community mobilization & upgrading slums
B3. Affordable housing & tenure security
C. Alternative Housing Solutions
C1. Appropriate technology & construction systems
C2. Housing & human settlements
C3. Special needs housing
C4. Land, water & sanitation
C5. Disaster mitigation & response
D. Housing Finance & the Poor
D1. Housing microfinance
D2. Housing as a microfinance product
D3. Alternative housing finance mechanisms
D4. Housing subsidies & financial engineering
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The Forum will be of interest to all who are concerned and engaged in housing delivery and policy matters.
Architects, developers, planners, policymakers, NGOs, donor agencies, private and public sector actors in the housing arena will find the 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Forum in Singapore a MUST ATTEND event
REGISTRATION
Regular
Registration & payment AFTER 13 August 2007 SG$850 (approx US$570)
Group discount
Registration & payment of Group of 3 or more person BEFORE 31 August 2007 SG$820(approx US$550)
Early Bird / SIP Members / HFHI Affiliates
Registration & payment BEFORE 13 August 2007 SG$800 (approx US$536)

You can email or fax your registration to the following:
Conference Secretariat
1st Asia-Pacific Housing Forum 2007
20 Kallang Avenue Level 2
Pico Creative Centre
Singapore 339 411
Tel: +65 6393 0214 / +65 6393 0220
Fax: +65 6292 7577
Email:aphf@mpinetwork.com
York Hotel Singapore
21 Mount Elizabeth
Singapore 228 516
Tel: +65 6830 1126
Fax: +65 6738 5810
Email: rsm8@yorkhotel.com.sg
Website: www.yorkhotel.com.sg
The hotel has offered special room rates for forum delegates starting from SG$190 per room night (plus 10% service charge, 7% Government Goods & Service Tax and 1% tourism).
Reservations should be made directly with the hotel. Please quote "Asia-Pacific Housing Forum" when making a booking. Rooms are subject to availability on a first-come-first served basis. The rates exclude breakfast. Hotel bills are to be settled by delegates directly with the hotel.
For more information check web site below.
http://www.aphousingforum.org/