Parallel Session
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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
Gibson Holemba
Secretary
Department of Works and Highways
(Papua New Guinea)
Zenaida Mauhay
Project Manager
Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)
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
Masahiro Nishimura
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Max Ee
Consultant
SCMi Group LLP
Lei Lei Song
Advisor, SPOD
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.
Auditorium Halls 1-2
Justin Cross
Post Strategy Consultant
Haskoning
Paul Paree
Director
Rebel Group
Rutger de Witt Wijnen
Legal Consultant
Honor Puciato
Associate Director and Air Quality Lead
Ricardo
Jackie Spiteri
Managing Director
SESG Limited
Masahiko Furuichi, Ph.D
Secretary General
International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
Dr. Bhushan Taskar
Director, Projects
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization
Malaeti’a Moe Toinett Lene
Finance Manager
Samoa Ports Authority
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
Kanzo Nakai
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Setia N. Milatia Moemin
President Director
DAMRI (Indonesia)
Janis Louis Esparcia
Officer-in-charge
City Government of Davao (Philippines)
Ravi Gadepalli
Founder
Transit Intelligence
Diana Páez
Senior Director, Energy and Mobility
University of Michigan
Aglaée Degros
Professor and Head, Institute of Urbanism
TU Graz
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
Eduardo Danilo F. Macabulos
Assistant Secretary for Railways
Department of Transportation (Philippines)
Shalabh Goel
Managing Director
National Capital Region Transport Corporation (India)
Department of Transport (Philippines)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
UITP
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
Ganesh Kailasam
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Johan Forseke
Head of Asia Pacific
Greater Than
Eduardo Banzon
Director, Human and Social Development
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Booey Bonifacio
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Grab Philippines
Greg Smith
CEO
International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)
Road Development Authority (Sri Lanka)
The World Bank
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
Katja Schechtner
Research Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Andres Pizarro
Manager, Public Sector Clients Department
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
The World Bank
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)
Setia N Milatia Moemin
President Director
DAMRI (Indonesia)