Parallel Session
-
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
Dong Kyu Lee
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Gibson Holemba
Secretary
Department of Works and Highways
(Papua New Guinea)
Zenaida Mauhay
Project Manager
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.
Auditorium Halls 3-4
Chen Chen
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Max Ee
Consultant
SCMi Group LLP
Lei Lei Song
Advisor
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Charymuhammet Shallyyev
Director
CAREC Institute
Salome Tsurtsumia
Deputy Chairperson
Ministry of Infrastructure (Georgia)
Amphayvanh Keopadith
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
R. Duncan McIntosh
Senior Regional Maritime Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Linh Tu Tran
Post Consultant Haskoning
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
Tavau Siamua
Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Tuvalu)
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
Jihee Kim
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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
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)
Department of Transport (Philippines)
Markus Roesner
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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)
Priti Gautam
Senior Transport Specialist (Road Safety)
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)
Sveta Milusheva
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
Jamie Leather
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank
Katja Schechtner
Research Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Andres Pizarro
Manager
Public Sector Clients Department (Region 1)
Astra Bonini
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)
Fatima Yasmin
Vice-President for Sectors and Themes
Asian Development Bank (ADB)