Parallel Session - Building Resilient Roads: Innovations on ADB Road Projects
20 May 2026, Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Dong Kyu Lee
Transport Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Gibson Holemba
Executive Director (Deputy Secretary) Department of Works and Highways (Papua New Guinea)
Zenaida Mauhay
Project Manager, Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)
Kirsty Rowan Marcus
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Chaorin Shim
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
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.
Chen Chen
Transport Service Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Max Ee
Consultant
Lei Lei Song
Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Charymuhammet Shallyyev
Director
CAREC Institute
Salome Tsurtsumia
Deputy Chairperson
Ministry of Infrastructure (Georgia)
Minister of Public Works and Transport (Lao PDR)
Road Transport and Highways Division (Bangladesh)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Parallel Session - From Strategy to Delivery: Operationalizing Sustainable and Resilient Maritime Systems
20 May 2026, Wednesday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Linh Tu Tran
Post Consultant Haskoning
Justin Cross
Post Strategy Consultant
Haskoning
Paul Paree
Director
Rebel Group
Rutger de Witt Wijnen
Global General Counsel and Director
Legal Consultant
Ricardo Energy & Environment (WSP Group)
SESG Limited
International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
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.
Jihee Kim
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Kanzo Nakai
Transport Director Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Janis Louis Esparcia
Officer-in-charge
City Government of Davao (Philippines)
Ravi Gadepalli
Founder
Transit Intelligence
Diana Páez
Senior Director
William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan
Institute of Urbanism, TU Graz
Department of Transport (Fuji)
KfW
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.
Satomi Sakaguchi
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Timothy John Batan
Undersecretary Department of Transportation (Philippines)
Shalabh Goel
Managing Director National Capital Region Transport Corporation (India)
Zonibel Woods
Senior Social Development Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Markus Roesner
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
KfW
Department of Transport (Philippines), on behalf the International Union of Railways (UIC)
Parallel Session - Emerging Technologies and Trends in Safe and Sustainable Mobility
20 May 2026, Wednesday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Ganesh Kailasam
Senior Transport Specialist Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Priti Gautam
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Gibson Holemba
Head of Asia Pacific Greater Than
Eduardo Banzon
Director Health Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Sherielysse Bonifacio
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Grab Philippines
Greg Smith
International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)
Closing Plenary - The Way Ahead for Transport in Asia and the Pacific
20 May 2026, Wednesday | 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
James Leather
Director
Asian Development Bank
Katja Schechtner
Research Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Fatima Yasmin
Vice-President for Sectors and Themes Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Andres Pizarro
Manager Public Sector Clients South Asia Southeast Asia the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa Region
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Astra Bonini
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
World Bank Group
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)