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AGENDA

Ending Street Homelessness in Your City is the second biennial conference of the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH). By invitation only, the event will convene leaders with a country-level, regional or global perspective on homelessness in Chicago from June 5 – 6, 2017. Attendees will return home with the tools necessary to drive toward an end to street homelessness:

 

A clear vision of what an end to street homelessness looks like;
 

Strategies for measuring progress; and
 

Approaches to the most difficult political and practical challenges cities face in achieving this goal.

agenda at a glance

Note: agenda is subject to change.

Monday, June 5

8:00 - 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:45 AM | OPENING PLENARY

English-Spanish translation available.

10:00 - 11:30 AM | SIMULTANEOUS PANELS

 

Defining an end to homelessness

Presenters will discuss how national efforts to end homelessness in Canada, the USA and Finland developed and operationalized definitions of success, with attention to lessons learned.

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Using measurement and data to end homelessness

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

Panelists will discuss the role of measurement as part of a successful effort to end homelessness. Hear perspectives from Chicago, USA; Montevideo, Uruguay; and from a cross-European measurement initiative.

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11:45 - 12:15 PM | LUNCHTIME PLENARY & KEYNOTE

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12:30 - 1:30 PM | LUNCH & OPTIONAL LUNCHTIME WORKSHOP

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1:45 - 3:15 PM | SIMULTANEOUS PANELS

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Counting homelessness across contexts

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

This session will examine methods to measure homelessness in a variety of cultural and economic contexts.

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Strategies to address encampments

This session will share lessons for addressing homelessness among people living in encampments. Presenters will share context and lessons learned from the USA, with a special focus on an encampment resolution approach in San Francisco, and from the United Kingdom.

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3:30 - 5:00 PM | SIMULTANEOUS PANELS

 

Migration and homelessness

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

Speakers will address homelessness among cross-country migrants in South America; internal migrants in Kazakhstan; and asylum-seekers in Europe. Discussion will surface common challenges across these contexts and any promising approaches.

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Legal and enforcement issues

This session will examine questions related to engaging law enforcement in efforts to end street homelessness and will consider homelessness and legal issues broadly.

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5:00 - 7:00 PM | RECEPTION & HAPPY HOUR

Tuesday, June 6

8:00 - 9:00 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 - 10:30 AM | SIMULTANEOUS PANELS

English-Spanish translation available.

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Begging and panhandling​

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

This session will examine the nature of begging in different contexts, including how begging interacts with public perception, outreach work and efforts to address homelessness.

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Solutions Showcase

This session will explore a series of projects, campaigns or innovations related to ending street homelessness through short 5 – 10 minute presentations. Our goal is to offer enough of an introduction for you to identify presenters you would like to connect with at lunch to learn more.

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10:45 - 11:45 AM | LUNCHTIME PLENARY & KEYNOTE

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

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12:00 - 12:45 PM | LUNCH

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1:00 - 1:45 PM | SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATIONS

 

Attendees will have the choice to join one of the following presentations with a smaller group of peers during a conference “speed round” that is half the length of our other workshops:

 

Using Housing First to End UK Street Homelessness: Opportunities and Challenges

Nicholas Pleace, FEANTSA

       

Tackling Homelessness in India with Grace, Dignity, Rights and Equity 

Indu Prakash Singh, Action Aid India and Mrinalini Ravi, The Banyan

 

Is your local community the answer to ending hidden homelessness? The Nightstop model of addressing hidden homelessness in the UK

Martin Houghton-Brown, Depaul UK

 

IGH Global Framework of Homelessness in Argentina, Brazil, and Puerto Rico

This session will have English-Spanish translation.

Griselda Palleres, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Silvia Schor, University of São Paulo; Alexia Suarez, Proyectos FELICIDAD-University of Puerto Rico

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2:00 - 3:30 PM | WORKING SESSIONS

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This time has been reserved for working sessions around specific topic areas as proposed and organized by attendees.

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3:45 - 4:30 PM | KEY LESSONS & NEXT STEPS

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Attendees will break into separate rooms for facilitated conversation about how they will use strategies from the conference when they return home, and what our next steps should be as a global movement.

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4:45 - 5:00 PM | WRAP UP & FAREWELL

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The conference will conclude with remarks by IGH Advisory Committee Chair Dame Louise Casey.

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This conference is supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

Chicago Community Trust

© 2018 by the Institute of Global Homelessness

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