09.00-09.10

Introduction

09.10-10.15

Welcome remarks

• His Excellency, Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister, Vietnam

• Jan Heino, ADG of FAO Forestry

Keynote Address:

• Ms. Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment

10.15-10.45

Coffee/tea/tea break

10.45-11.50

• Keynote Address: Prof. Norman Myers, Fellow at 21st Century School, Green College and Said Business School, University of Oxford

Introductory remarks from the international research community

• Dr. Frances Seymour, Director-General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

11.50-12.00

Presentation of gifts

12.00

Announcements