Parallel Session: Building Resilient Roads: Innovations on ADB Road Projects – Disaster Risk, Climate Change, and Digital Technology
20 May 2026, Wednesday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-2

Roads across Asia and the Pacific face mounting climate risks and growing infrastructure demands. This session will showcase innovations from ADB-financed projects—from climate-resilient engineering to digital asset management and innovative financing modalities—drawing cross-country lessons, leveraging the ADB Green Roads Toolkit, and charting pathways to scale for greener, more resilient road networks.         

Parallel Session: Pan-Asia Connectivity and Supply Chain Resilience — CAREC, GMS, SASEC, and Beyond
20 May 2026, Wednesday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Halls 3-4

Supply chain vulnerabilities span borders and subregions, exposed by recent crises and geopolitical tensions. This session will reveal how the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) , and South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) programs are advancing connectivity, building resilience and expanding the transport network across Asia and the Pacific through integrated infrastructure, policy, and institutional solutions.                                  

Parallel Session: From Strategy to Delivery: Operationalizing Sustainable and Resilient Maritime Systems
20 May 2026, Wednesday
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-2

How can sustainable maritime priorities become bankable projects? This session will present ADB's Sustainable and Resilient Maritime Initiative (SRMI), Maritime Fund, and Green Port Toolkit, showcasing practical experience in pipeline development, blended finance, and implementation from strategy to delivery across developing member countries.                             

Parallel Session: Advancing High-Quality and Inclusive Urban Transport in Asia and the Pacific
20 May 2026, Wednesday
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 3-4

Cities across Asia face growing congestion and unequal access to mobility. This session draws on practical experience from across the region to examine what it takes to deliver high-quality, inclusive urban transport—covering e-mobility, multimodal integration, transport and urban planning linkages, and social dimensions of public transport reform.

Parallel Session: Relieving Cities — Railways as Catalysts in Shaping Asia's Urban Future
20 May 2026, Wednesday
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-2

Rapid urbanization in Asia is creating gridlock, pollution, and widening inequity—but strategic rail investments offer a proven solution. This session will showcase how metro and regional rail systems are reshaping cities, from the Philippines to India to Türkiye, enabling balanced growth and livable urban futures.

Parallel Session: Emerging Technologies and Trends in Safe and Sustainable Mobility
20 May 2026, Wednesday
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 3-4

Road deaths and injuries remain a leading development challenge despite advances in technology. This session will examine how governments and partners are leveraging emerging innovations—from AI-powered analytics to automated enforcement—to save lives, strengthen data-driven planning, and advance sustainable, health-aligned mobility solutions. The session will also launch the "AI for Safer Roads" safer speeds innovation challenge, which is open to data scientists, AI specialists, transport engineers, and policy innovators from ADB member countries.

Closing Plenary: The Way Ahead for Transport in Asia and the Pacific
20 May 2026, Wednesday
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-4

Transport priorities remain unfulfilled across Asia without stronger financing, political will, and institutional capacity for delivery. This closing session will synthesize key lessons from previous Forum sessions into actionable pathways for scaling sustainable, inclusive, resilient transport and low-carbon transport—aligned with the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport.