Opening Session: Accelerating Transformative and Decarbonized Transport
5 April 2022  |   2:00 – 3:30 pm (GMT+8) 

Moderator:

Shanranjit Leyl
BBC World News
Speaker:

Woochong Um
Managing Director General
Asian Development Bank
Leaders Discussion Panel:

Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Ministry of Planning Islamabad, Pakistan



Ricardo Menendez March
Member of Parliament 
for the Green Party of Aotearoa,
New Zealand

Young Tae Kim Secretary-General
International Transport Forum



Xiaohong Yang
Chief Thematic Officer,
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank



Jaehak Oh
President
Korea Transport Institute


Ken O’Flaherty
Regional Ambassador for Asia/ Pacific and South Asia
COP26

Session 2: Transport Decarbonization Pathways
5 April 2022  |   4:00 – 5:30 pm (GMT+8) 

Moderator:

Noelle O’Brien
Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and
Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank



Speakers:

Yidan Luo
Transport and Communications Division, Southeast Asia Department
Asian Development Bank



Lynn Loo
Professor and Chief Executive Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization


Edward Clayton
Deals Partner, Capital Projects & Infrastructure
PwC Malaysia



Urda Eichhorst
Project Director,
NDC Transport Initiative for Asia,
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Jürg Grütter
Grütter Consulting
CEO


Event 1: Data and Digital Transformation in Transport
6 April 2022  |   10:00 – 11:30 am (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Thomas Abell
Chief of Digital Technology for
Development Unit,
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank



Speakers:

Cornie Huizenga
TA Consultant for Asian Transport Outlook
Asian Development Bank 


Clara Grilo
Researcher, Center for Marine and Environment Studies, University of Lisbon

Ben Dorsey Environmental Scientist & Spatial Data Specialist
Parks Canada


Alex Ramirez
Technical Lead
Skycatch USA

Kate Vyborny Associate Director, DevLab; Research Associate, Department of Economics,
Duke University

Louise Ribet Partnerships Lead WhereIsMyTransport


Session 3: Pathways to Accessible, Safe, and Inclusive Transport
6 April 2022  |   2:00 – 3:30 pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Wendy Walker
Chief of Social Development Thematic Group
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
 Asian Development Bank



Speakers:

Weimin Ren
Director, Transport Division
UNESCAP

Mark Stevenson, Professor
The University of Melbourne

Gabby O'Neill
National Office of Road Safety at Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Australia

David Shelton
Senior Transport Specialist
(Road Safety)
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank


Wei-Shiuen Ng
Advisor, Sustainable Transport & Global Outreach
International Transport Forum

Soléne Baffi
Project Manager
Codatu

Emma MacLennan
Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport


Session 4: Accelerating Innovations in Transport
6 April 2022  |   4:00 – 5:30 pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Maruxa Cardama
Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable
Low Carbon Transport (SLOCAT)



Speakers:

Katja Schechtner
Visiting Scholar
MIT Senseable City Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Fayaz Khan
CEO
TransPeshawar, Pakistan

Francois Davenne
Secretary General
International Union of Railways, UIC


Sylvain Haon
Senior Director (Strategy) International Association of Public Transport

Sasank Vemuri
Head of Global Secretariat at MobiliizeYourCity
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit


Event 2: Knowledge Solutions for Tomorrow
7 April 2022  |   10:00 – 11:30 am (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Sujata Gupta
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Division,
East Asia Department
Asian Development Bank



Speakers:

Alexandra Pamela Chiang
Senior Transport Specialist
Asian Development Bank

Arndt Husar
Senior Public Management Specialist (Digital Transformation)
Asian Development Bank

Rebecca Stapleton
Transport Specialist,
East Asia Department
Asian Development Bank

Urda Eichhorst
Project Director ‘NDC Transport Initiative for Asia‘, GIZ

Tyrrell Duncan
Transport Economist &
Policy Advisor

Glynda Bathan-Baterina
Deputy Executive Director of Clean Air Asia, Member of the Council for Decarbonising Transport in Asia

Alok Jain
CEO and Managing Director
Trans-Consult Ltd.

Rob McInerney
CEO
International Road
Assessment Programme


Session 5: Quality Transport Infrastructure Investments
07 April 2022  |   2:00 – 3:30 pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Hiroaki Yamaguchi
Director, Transport and Communications Division,
South East Asia Regional Department
Asian Development Bank



Speakers:

Cleo Kawawaki
Head, Office of Public-Private Partnership concurrently Senior Advisor, Central West Regional Department, Asian Development Bank


Valéry Peltier
Integration Manager
Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation

Patrick Malléjacq
Secretary General, World Road Association (formerly Permanent International Association of Road Congresses)


Azad Huseynov Head of Strategic and Corporate Development Department, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC

Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty
United Nations Center for Regional Development


Closing Session:
Sustainable Transport by 2030
7 April 2022  |   4:00 – 5:30 pm (GMT+8)

Moderator:

Sharanjit Leyl
BBC World News



Speakers:

Sungsup Ra
Chief Sector Officer
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Asian Development Bank

Jamie Leather
Chief of Transport Sector Group, 
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department,
Asian Development Bank

Benedict LJ Eijbergen
Global Practice Manager, Transport World Bank

Lise Breuil
Transport and Mobility Director
Agence Française de Développement

Mohamed Mezghani
Secretary General
International Association of Public Transport

Hideaki Iwasaki
Director, Transport and Communications Division, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Sujata Gupta
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, East Asia Department
Asian Development Bank