At 9:30 AM, the official opening of the World Congress will take place in DCC2, Exhibition Hall 1+2.
The Town Hall process will continue at 11:00 AM, with a session focused on “Caring Systems” in DCC1, Agora. At the same time, sessions of the Networking Hub and Local4Action will begin, focusing on human rights, feminism, open governance and health. In parallel, the Research Forum will create space to develop partnerships between academia, civil society, and local and regional governments.
In the afternoon, the Congress will continue with the meeting of the Executive Bureau at 2:30 PM, followed by the plenary session of Local and Regional Governments Breaking through as one session at 4:30 PM.As the final activity of the day, at 5:30 PM the first session of the Pact for the Future of Humanity will begin in DCC1, the Grand Ballroom. Online participants will be able to follow this session, as it will be run following a hybrid format.