International Parliamentary Conference on the MDGs Speaker Presentations

Opening Plenary: 'Reaching for 2015: An Agenda for Parliamentarians'

• Ms Eveline Herfkens, Founder of the UN Millennium Campaign

MDGs and the Law: Creating Enabling Legislative Environments

• Mr Anton Ofield-Kerr, Chair, Commonwealth HIV/AIDS Action Group
• Ms Ann Stewart, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick
• Mr Wale Samuel, Policy Advisor, Nigerian Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA)

Human Rights and the MDGs: From Goals to Rights

• Mr Ignacio Saiz, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Rights
• Dr Mac Darrow, Chief, MDG Section, UN/OHCHR

MDG 4 and 5: Keeping the Promise on Women's and Children's Health

• Rt Hon. Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State, DfID
• Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director-General, WHO
• Hon. Ms Sylvia Ssinabulya MP, Uganda

Following the Money: Strengthening Parliaments' Role in Financial Accountability and Development

• Mr Cyril Muller, Vice President External Affairs, World Bank
• Mr Max Everest-Phillips, Director, Government and Institutional Development Division, Commonwealth Secretariat

The MDGs in Parliament: Watchdogs for Development

• Mr Dyfan Jones, International Expert on Parliamentary Development

Partnership with the Private Sector

• Ms Meg Jones, Women and Trade Programme Manager, International Trade Centre

Sustainable Development

• Dr Bhaskar Vira, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge

Famine in the Horn of Africa: A Wakeup Call for MDG1

• Ms Ruchi Tripathi, Head of Right to Food, Action Aid
• Professor Andrew Dorward, Professor of Development Economics, SOAS

Working with Civil Society: Toward 2015 and Beyond

• Dr Amy Pollard, Lead Analyst on Aid, CAFOD
• Dr Claire Melamed, Head of Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme, ODI
• Dr Charles Abugre Akelyira, Regional Director, Africa, UN Millennium Campaign

Women and Girls

• Professor Naila Kabeer, Professor of Development Studies, SOAS
• Ms Chipo Chung, UK Representative, Envision Zimbabwe

Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous People

• Mr Lars-Anders Baer, Chairman, Barents Euro-Arctic Council, Working Group on Indigenous Peoples

Migration, Diaspora and the MDGs

• Ms Chiara Gnoli, Programme Specialist, IOM
• Ms Bala Thakrar, Director, Asian Foundation for Philanthropy

Closing Plenary: Reaching Out: Parliamentarians as Advocates for Global Development

• Ms Annie Lennox OBE, UN AIDS Ambassador
• Mr Davies Banda, Senior Lecturer, Sport and Development, York St John University