header

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Showcase Session - ADB Innovation Showcase: Transport Solutions in Action
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.


Moderator


Bert Fablan Senior Transport SpecialistAsian Development Bank (ADB)

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Speakers


Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Pramod Pudasaini
Project Analyst
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Satomi Sakaguchi
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Gengwen Zhao
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)


Masahiro Nishimura
Principal Rural Development Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Ari Kalliokoski
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Enkh-Ulzli Bayarsaikhan
Transport Officer
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Rebecca Stapleton
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Michael Anyala
Senior Transport Specialist (Road Asset Management)
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Sudhir Gota
Co-Team Leader
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)


Alvin Mejia
Program Manager
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Amrita Kumar Das
Project Officer
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Cha-Sang Shim
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Eisuke Nakamura

Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Opening Plenary - Turning Transport Priorities into Action
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Moderator


Sharanjit Leyl
Broadcaster/Media Personnel



Speakers


Masato Kanda
President
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Katja Schechtner
Research Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)



Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Giovanni Lopez
Acting Secretary
Department of Transport, Philippines


Mzia Giorgobani
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Infrastructure (Georgia)

Sovichieano Pheng
Secretary of State
Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Cambodia)



Mathew Wowoni
Secretary Department of Transport, Papua New Guinea

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Plenary – Delivering on the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Moderators


Sharanjit Leyl
Broadcaster/Media Personnel



Holger Dalkmann
CEO Sustain2030
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)





Speakers


Astra Bonini
Chief
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)



Katrin Luger
Section Chief
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)



Arslan Durdyyev
Chief Specialist
Ministry of Railway Transport (Turkmenistan)



Carly Gilbert Patrick
Secretary General
Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLOCAT)


Mohamed Mezghani
Secretary General
International Association of Public Transport International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Alice Yiu
Head International Road Federation (IRF)



James Leather
Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Plenary – ADB Transport Investment - Past, Present, and Future
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Moderators


Sharanjit Leyl
Broadcaster/Media Personnel







Speakers

              

                      



Aman Trana
Director General
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Isabel Chatterton
Director GeneralAsian Development Bank, (ADB)



Albert Francis Park
Chief Economist and Director General
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Bruce Dunn
Head
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Vivencio Dizon
Secretary
Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)



Narek Zulalyan
Deputy Executive Director
Road Department Fund (Armenia)