THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
Delivering Sustainable Energy for All
The UN Secretary General and other distinguished speakers will discuss the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro this June. 
8: 45am-9:00 am Welcoming Remarks:
Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development
Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers
9:00am-9:50am Session One: Sustainable Energy for All & Rio+20
Panelists:
Timothy Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund
Vijay Iyer, Director of Energy, World Bank
Moderator:
Nancy Birdsall, CGD
10:00am-10:50am Session Two: From Rio to Rio+20: A U.S. Perspective
Panelists:
Carlos Pascual, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs
William Reilly, former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator:
Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers
11:00am-11:30am Keynote Addresses
Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary General
Christian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark
11:30am-11:45am Closing Remarks:
Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development
Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers
8:45a-11:45a Capital Hilton, South American Room www.cgdev.org