header

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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


Moderator


Bert Fablan Senior Transport SpecialistAsian Development Bank (ADB)

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Speakers


Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Pramod Pudasaini
Associate Project Officer
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Ruchika Saluja
Senior Markets Development Advisory Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Satomi Sakaguchi
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Gengwen Zhao
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Masahiro Nishimura
Principal Transport 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 Transport Observatory (ATO)

Alvin Mejia
Co-Team Leader
Asian Transport Observatory (ATO)



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


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


Eisuke Nakamura
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Opening Plenary - Turning Transport Priorities into Action
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-4


Moderator


Sharanjit Leyl
International Broadcast Journalist

Speakers

Katja Schechtner
Research Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Panelists

Giovanni Lopez
Acting Secretary Department of Transportation (Philippines) (To be confirmed)

Mzia Giorgobani
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure (Georgia)

Pheng Sovicheano
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.
Auditorium Halls 1-4


Moderators


Sharanjit Leyl
International Broadcast Journalist




Holger Dalkmann
CEO and Founder; Transport Team Lead
Sustain 2030; Climate Compatible Growth

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) (To be confirmed)



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 of Advocacy and Outreach International Road Federation (IRF)



Jamie Leather
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Plenary – ADB Transport Investment - Past, Present, and Future
19 May 2026, Tuesday | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Auditorium Halls 1-4


Moderator


Sharanjit Leyl
International Broadcast Journalist





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 (Safeguards)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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



Narek Zulalyan
Deputy Executive Director
Road Department Fund (Armenia)