Focus Session - Data-to-Deal— Partnerships for Catalyzing Transport Decarbonization Finance
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Johanna Zilliacus
Consultant Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Bert Fabian
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Mark Howells
Director Climate Compatible Growth (CCG)
Holger Dalkmann
CEO Sustain2030 Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
James Leather
Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Sudhir Gota
Asian Transport Observatory (ATO)
Focus Session - Transport Project Management and Contract Execution in Crises
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Aruna Nanayakkara
Transport Specialist Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Yidan Luo
Transport Specialist Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Chen Chen
Transport Sector Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Jeff Taylor
Deputy Director General
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Darshika Jayasekara
Additional Director General
Road Development Authority, (Sri Lanka)
Natsuko Totsuka
Country Operations Head
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Atif Rasheed
Director (Aided Projects)
National Highway Authority (Pakistan)
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Focus Session - Donor Roundtable
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
James Leather
Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
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Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Focus Session - Smarter Transport and Urban Planning Using Mobile Phone Signal Data
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sin Wai Chong (Angel)
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Saugata Dasgupta
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Kanzo Nakai
Deputy Director General
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
M.S. Awanthi Senaratne
Additional Director General
Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development (Sri Lanka)
Sonam Choden
Country Operations Head
Department of Surface Transport (Bhutan)
Ravi Gadepalli
Director (Aided Projects)
National Highway Authority (Pakistan)
Kanzo Nakai
Transport Director Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
M.S. Awanthi Senaratne Additional Secretary (Development) Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development (Sri Lanka)
Sonam Choden
Executive Engineer
Department of Surface Transport (Bhutan)
Ravi Gadepalli
Transit Intelligence
Focus Session - Roundtable Discussion on Advancing Transport Leadership Program (ATLP)
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Chen Chen
Transport Sector Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
(TBC)
TBC
CAREC Institute
(TBC)
TBC
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
(TBC)
TBC
Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
Showcase Session - From Ideas to Impact – European Transport Solutions
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Andri Heriawan
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Josephine Ong
Vice President
Dassault System
Xavier Pascual
Director
Sener
David Moncholí i Badilloa
Director
IDOM
Joao Pimentel
Engineer
Sweroad
Finish Overseas Consultants
Egis
ESA
Showcase Session - From Ideas to Impact — Tailored Regional Solutions
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Yongkeun Oh
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Ma Yi
Deputy General Manager
Shenzhen Bus Group (TBC)
Adrian Sammons
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)
Robin Workman
Institutional Development Advisor
TRL
Hee Mun Park
Director of Department of International Cooperation and Public Relations
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technologies (KICT)
Ministry of Transport (Uzbekistan)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (TBC)
Nestra Consultants
Training Session - From Strategy to Action – The ADB Green Ports Toolkit
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
UN Environment Programme
Grutter Consulting
Rebel
Asian Transport Outloo
T. 9 Green Ports and Shipping
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Markus Roesner
Director
Transport Sector Group
Asian Development Bank
Adrian Sammons
ADB TA Consultant for the Development of Green Ports and
Green Shipping Project
Richard van Liere
Nestra
Mohammad
Nazrul Islam
Asian Development Bank
R. Duncan McIntosh
Senior Regional Maritime Specialist,SG-TRAAsian Development Bank
Sunil Kumar Singh
Inland Waterways Authority
Florence Nand
Fiji Ports Corporation Limited
Woo Hyun Kwon
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Andri Heriawan
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Nicolas dei Castelli
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Kaoru Kasahara
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank
George Rausi
Solomon Islands Port Authority
Md. Abu Salayh Qaiyum
Ministry of Shipping
T. 10 HDM 5 Software Development
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Henry Kerali
Consultant
Alexandra Spernol
Consultant
Maria Rowena M. Cham
Senior Economics Officer
Asian Development Bank
Theuns Henning
Professor
University of Auckland
Ian Greenwood
Consultant
Asian Development Bank
T. 11 Building Feminist Cities: Looking at the Intersections of Inclusivity
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Keisha Mayuga
Junior Advisor, GIZ TUMI WMW
Angie Mata
NCTU Workers’ Union
Inés Sánchez de Madariaga
UNESCO Chair on Gender in Science, Technology and Innovation
Thysz Estrada
Communications Manager and
Consultant, Pantay Inc
Vanesha Manuturi
Communications and
Advocacy Manager
Kota Kita
T. 12 Informal Public Transport: Livelihoods in a Just Transition
Friday, 17 May | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Jeff Turner
Social Development Consultant, SG-SHD, Asian Development Bank
Shalini Sinha
CEPT University Ahmedabad
India
Markus Vorpahl
Senior Social Development Specialist, OSFG
Asian Development Bank
Ma. Angie Mata
Coordinator of National Confederation of Transport Workers Union