header

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Training Session - From Strategy to Action – The ADB Green Ports Toolkit
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Hall 1

Moderator


Adrian Sammons
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank


Speakers


Jackie Spiteri
Managing Director
SESG Limited



Gian Marcelino
Consultant
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Rika Idei
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Tsuneyuki Sakai
Unit Head
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Justin Cross
Port Strategy Consultant
Haskoning

G. L. Hemachandra Talpavila Kankanamg
Managing Director
Sri Lanka Ports Authority

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Training Session -  Green Roads Workshop
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Hall 2


Moderator

   
   Rebecca Stapleton
Senior Transport Specialist
    Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers


Henry Kerali
CEO
Tego Digital Solutions



Kirsty Rowan Marcus
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Frank van Steenbergen
Director
MetaMeta



Filippo Giustozzi
Professor
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)


Ritu Mishra
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Monyrath Kov
Senior Project Officer (Transport)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Michael Anyala
Senior Transport Specialist (Road Asset Management)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Focus Session -  Data-to-Deal— Partnerships for Catalyzing Transport Decarbonization Finance
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Hall 3

Moderators


Johanna Zilliacus
Consultant
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Bert Fabian
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers


Mark Howells
Director
Climate Compatible Growth (CCG)



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



Jamie Leather
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Sudhir Gota
Co-Team Leader
Asian Transport Observatory (ATO)

Katrin Luger
Section Chief
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Er. Binod Prakash Pandit
Executive Director
Town Development Fund (Nepal)
(To be confirmed)

Runze Yu
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Diana Hernandez-Louis
Senior Transport Officer
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Focus Session - Transport Project Management and Contract Execution in Crises
21 May 2026, Thursday | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium Hall 4


Moderators


Aruna Nanayakkara
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB) 




Yidan Luo
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Chen Chen
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Speakers


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)


Keshav Sharma
Secretary
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)

Dinesh R Shiwakoti
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Santosh Pokharel
Senior Private Sector Development Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Focus Session - Donor Roundtable  
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 1

Moderator


Jamie Leather
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Speakers


Andres Pizzaro
Manager
Public Sector Clients Department (Region 1)



Katrin Luger
Section Chief
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)



Carly Gilbert-Patrick
Secretary General
Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLOCAT)


René Freytag
Chief Advisor
GIZ Philippines

Jacob Sorensen
Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Showcase Session - From Ideas to Impact – European Transport Solutions
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 2


Moderator


Andri Heriawan
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Speakers


Bertrand Furno
Executive Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Josephine Ong
Cities & Public Services Industry Vice President
Dassault Systèmes



Xavier Pascual
Global Director Consulting and New Technologies
Sener



David Moncholí i Badilloa
Director of Mobility and Transport
IDOM





Joao Pimentel
Chief Executive Officer & Partner
Sweroad




Simone Schotte
Chief Operating Officer
Finish Overseas Consultants




Emmanuel Rousset
Deputy Director of EDCT - Structures Lead
Egis Design Center Thailand





Yves Barthelémy
Digital Technology Specialist (Earth Observation)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Martin Tabi
Executive Director
Asian Development bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Showcase Session - From Ideas to Impact — Tailored Regional Solutions
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 3


Moderator


Yongkeun Oh
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank  (ADB)


Speakers


Ma Yi
Deputy General Manager
Shenzhen Bus Group (To be confirmed)




Henry Kerali
Consultant
Tego Digital Solutions



Adrian Sammons
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Robin Workman
Principal International Consultant
TRL


Hee Mun Park
Director of Department of International Cooperation and Public Relations
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technologies (KICT)



Ravshan Alimukhamedov
Deputy Director
Ministry of Transport (Uzbekistan)


Filippo Giustozzi
Professor
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (To be confirmed)


Richard Van Liere
Transport Consultant
Nestra Consultants

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Focus Session - Smarter Transport and Urban Planning Using Mobile Phone Signal Data
21 May 2026, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 4

Moderators


Sin Wai Chong (Angel)
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)



Saugata Dasgupta
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank, (ADB)

Speakers


Kanzo Nakai
 Director Transport
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
Founder
Transit Intelligence

Matthew Webster
Founder/CEO
Equity AI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Training Session - Local Initiatives Driving Better Railway Asset Management and Maintenance
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 1

Moderator


Mohammad Nazrul Islam
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Speakers


Satomi Sakaguchi
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Al Fattah Md Masudur Rahman
Additional Director General (Infrastructure)
Bangladesh Railway




S. M. Salimullah Bahar
Rector
Bangladesh Railway


Peter Veit
Professor
TU Graz

Oleg Samukhin
Senior Transport Specialist
Equity AI
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Focus Session - Roundtable Discussion on Advancing Transport Leadership Program (ATLP)
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 2


Moderator


Chen Chen
Director, Transport
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Speakers


Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Senior Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Paul Curry
Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Arghya Sinha Roy
Director
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Samantha Cook
Director, Disaster Risk Management
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Mohammed Azim Hashimi
Director, Advisory Division 1
Asian Development Bank (ADB)





Siddhartha Shah
Director, Markets Development Advisory Division 2
Asian Development Bank (ADB)



Michael Anyala
Director, Markets Development Advisory Division 2
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Yidan Luo
Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Training Session - Building the Path to Scale Non-Motorized Transport Initiatives
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 3


Moderator


David Margonsztern
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)






Speakers


Agalée Degros
Professor and Head
TU Graz




Poornima Singh
Manager
International Association of Public Transport (UITP)




Christopher Kost
Consultant
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Bram van Ooijen
Independent Consultant
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Clement Musil
Programme Manager (Asia)
MobiliseYourCity

Carly Gilbert-Patrick
Secretary General
SLOCAT (To be confirmed)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Training Session - Regional Connectivity and Economic Cooperation — Lessons and Future Directions from CAREC, GMS, and SASEC
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Auditorium Hall 4

Moderator


Max Ee
Consultant
SCMi Group LLP






Speakers


Ari J. Kalliokoski
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Masato Nakane
Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)




Kirsty Rowan Marcus
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)


Masahiro Nishimura
Principal Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Lei Lei Song
Advisor
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

CAREC Smart Mobility Working Group Meeting
21 May 2026, Thursday | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Multi Functions Halls 1-2


Moderator


Details available soon


Speakers


Details available soon