Day 1: Tuesday, April 9

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast and registration

8:30 – 09:15

Welcome and introduction Juergen Voegele, Director, Agricultural and Environmental Services, World Bank (WB)

Keynote address

Pavan Sukhdev, Study Leader, The Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Business Coalition

Moderator: Pushpam Kumar, UNEP

9:15-10:00

Update on WAVES, Glenn-Marie Lange, WAVES Program Manager, WB

How the workshop will be run, Facilitators

Introductions: “What would success for this conference look like for you?”

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-12:30

“Where are we making a difference?”

12:30-12:45

Group photo in Hotel Atrium

12:45-2:00

 (1:30-1:55)

Lunch break – explore independently the National Harbor area

(Walk and Talk: Optional quick walk along the river)

Moderator: Leon Rajaobelina (Madagascar)

2:00-3:00

Reflecting on “Where are we making a difference?” – discussion by table and report back to plenary from the table work

3:00-3:30

Coffee break

3:30–4:30

“Engaging legislators to support Natural Capital Accounting”

Hon. Barry Gardiner, Member of Parliament, UK

Senator Mauricio Ospina, Member of the Environment Committee, President of GLOBE Colombia

Daniel Abugattas, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee, GLOBE Focal Point in Peru

David McGuinty MP President of Globe Canada, Vice President of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee

Nick Barter, UK Natural Capital Committee Secretariat

4:30 – 5:00

Engaging the private sector

Dorothy Maxwell, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

Juan J. Dada, Sustainable Business, International Finance Corporation

5:00-8:00

Evening Reception and poster session open to all participants

Day 2: Wednesday, April 10

8:00 – 8:15

Coffee/tea and continental breakfast

Moderator: Carolina Urrutia (Colombia)

8:15-8:30

Summary of the previous day, in table groups

8:30-9:00

Overview of the System for Environmental-Economic Accounts

Alessandra Alfieri, United Nations Statistics Division

9:00-10:30

Water mini-workshop

Juan Pablo Castañeda, Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies

Sjoerd Schenau, Statistics Netherlands

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Engaging policy makers on water accounts

Juan Pablo Castañeda Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies

Michael Vardon, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Sjoerd Schenau, Statistics Netherlands

Robert Smith, Canada

12:45-2:00

 (1:30-1:55)

Lunch break – explore independently the National Harbor area

(Walk and Talk: Optional quick walk along the river)

Moderator: Alvaro Umana (Costa Rica)

2:00-3:30

Introduction to Ecosystem accounting

Michael Vardon, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Carl Obst, Editor, SEEA

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee break

4:00-5:30

Engaging policy makers on ecosystem accounts

Peru and Madagascar: Rosimeiry Portela, CI, Australia: Michael Vardon, Canada: Michael Bordt, Natural Capital Project: Heather Tallis

5:30-6:30

Optional presentation "How to facilitate profound change and innovation", Martin Kalungu-Banda, Presencing Institute

Day 3: Thursday, April 11

8:30-8:45

Coffee/tea and continental breakfast

Moderator: J.R. Nereus O. Acosta (Philippines)

8:45 – 9:00

Summary of the previous day

9:00-10:30

Communicating for success – a strategy for WAVES

What has worked and how to approach communications for success

Paul van Gardingen, Director, ESPA,

Elisabeth Mealey, Senior Communications Specialist, World Bank

Amy Fraenkel, Regional Director, UNEP and screening of UNEP video “The True Value of Our Oceans”

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:15

Introduction to 3 Parallel Sessions:

1. Diagnostics tool, joint presentation, Alessandra Alfieri and Michael Bordt
2. SEEA Applications and Extensions, Carl Obst
3. WAVES Policy and Technical Expert Committee, Paulo Nunes, Urvashi Narain, Robert Smith 

Break out into parallel sessions in 3 corners of the room

12:45-2:00

 (1:30-1:55)

Lunch break – explore independently the National Harbor area

(Walk and Talk: Optional quick walk along the river)

Moderator: Charity Kruger (Botswana)

2:00–2:30

The next wave of WAVES: rolling out Natural Capital Accounting to other countries

2:30-3:30

Table group discussion – “Bold steps: what would success look like?”

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee break

4:00-5:00

Keynote Closing Speech

Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President of the Sustainable Development Network, WB

Wrap-up

Table Group discussion

Presentations in plenary from the groups: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 , 6

Closing remarks, the World Bank team