Organizers

Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Topic

Comparative Global Research on Aging

Panelists

  Richard Suzman, NIA (Moderator); John Bongaarts, Population Council;

David Canning, Harvard University; John Haaga, NIA

At United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 8

On Monday, 9 April, from 13:15 p.m. to 14:30 p.m.

Organizers

Government of Switzerland

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Guttmacher Institute

Topic

Preparing the Next Generation:  Safeguarding Adolescents’

Health Transition to Adulthood

Panelists

  Werner Haug, Swiss Federal Statistical Office (Introduction); Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla, UNFPA (Moderator); Wendy Baldwin, Population Council; Leticia Marteleto, University of Michigan;

Claudine Sauvain, University of Geneva; Nyovani J. Madise, African Population

and Health Research Centre (APHRC)

At United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 5

On Tuesday, 10 April, from 13:15 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.

(BY INVITATION ONLY)

Organizers

Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations

Population Action International (PAI)

Topic

The Shape of Things to Come:  Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World

Panelists

Elizabeth Leahy, PAI; Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla, UNFPA;

United Nations Population Division [TBC]; A perspective from the country level [TBD]

At United Nations Headquarters, Delegates Dining Room 6

On Wednesday, 11 April, from 13:15 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.

Organizer

Peter Way, Chief, International Programs Center,

United States Census Bureau

Brown bag lunch seminar for demographers on World Population Trends: 

Exchange of experiences

All population specialists attending the Commission on Population

 and Development are welcome to attend this side event

Two United Nations Plaza, Conference Room DC2-1949

On Thursday, 12 April, from 13:15 p.m. to 14:45 p.m.

(INVITATION)

Organizers

Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Topic

Human Trafficking, Human Rights: Redefining Challenges

Panelists

  [TBC]

At United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 2

On Thursday, 12 April, from 13:15 p.m. to 14:30 p.m.