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8:30
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Registration & Coffee |
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9:30
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Preston Auditorium |
Opening of the Transport
Forum
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Ms. Katherine
Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, World
Bank |
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10:00
- 10:30
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Setting the Stage for the Transport
Forum
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Mr. Jamal Saghir,
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, Chair of the Transport Sector Board, World Bank |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Keynote
Address:
Explaining and Controlling “Optimism
Bias” in Public Investment Projects
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Mr. Martin Wachs, Director, Transportation, Space, and Technology, RAND Corporation |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Q&A and Discussion |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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14:00
- 15:30 |
Transport for Trade,
part 1
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Chair: |
Ms. Mona E. Haddad, Sector Manager,
Trade Department, Poverty and Economic Management Vice
Presidency, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
International Trade and Transport:
Responding to the Financial Crisis
Mr. Bernard M. Hoekman, Director, Trade, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM), World Bank |
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Private Sector
Perspective
Mr. Hans-Ole Madsen, Vice President Business Development, Africa/Middle East/Indian Subcontinent Region, APM Terminals |
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Transport for a
Global Economy - Challenges and Opportunities in the Downturn
Mr. Kurt Van Dender, Chief Economist, International Transport Forum |
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15:
30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00
- 17:30 |
Transport
for Trade, part 2
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Chair: |
Mr. Jorge M. Rebelo,
Lead Transport Specialist, Finance, Private Sector &
Infrastructure, Latin America and The Caribbean Region, World
Bank |
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Speakers: |
Brazil:
From the Ports We Have to the Logistics We Need
Mr. Frederico Bussinger,
President of Port
of São Sebastião and Director of Tietê Waterway, São Paulo, Brazil |
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Logistics and Multimodality: Pending Agenda
Mr. Luis Guasch, Senior Regional Advisor on Regulation & Competition Finance, Private Sector and Infrastructure, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, World Bank |
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Logistics for
Competitiveness
Mr. Ad Toet, Director, Royal Dutch Transport (KNV), Netherlands |
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Tuesday,
March 31 |
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9:00
- 10:30 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
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Chinese and Indian
Railway Industry; Today and Future
Possibilities
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Chair: |
Mr.
Henry Kerali, Program Team Leader, Transport; Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Dedicated Freight Corridors
&
High Speed Rail:
India’s
Ultra Low Carbon Mega Rail Projects
Ms. Anjali Goyal,
Executive Director, Finance (Budget) Ministry of Railways, India |
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Railways for
Development: An overview of China’s Railway Development
Program
Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez,
Sector Manager, Sustainable Development,
Beijing World Bank Office
Mr. Paul Amos, Consultant |
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Port Cities or City Ports? Who Calls the Shots?
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10:30
- 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00
- 12:30 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS:
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The Liveable
City: Managing the Chaos through Urban Transport
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Chair: |
Ms. Abha
Joshi-Ghani,
Sector Manager, Urban Development, Sustainable Development
Network, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Transport Sector
Issues - Mexico City
Mr. Bernardo Navarro Benitez,
Coordinator of the Transport Cabinet of the City of Mexico, Secretary of
the Administration Council for the METRO and Public Transport Systems in
Mexico City |
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Transformational
Impact of Transport Projects in Lagos
H.E. Babatunde Raji Fashola,
Executive Governor, Lagos State, Nigeria |
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Curitiba - Liveable City – Transit and Sustainable Development
Mr.
Eduardo Guimaraes,
Secretary of International Relations of the City of Curitiba, Brazil
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Air
Transport: Building Capacity and Infrastructure for Growth
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Chair: |
Ms. Folasade Odutola,
Director, Air Transport Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organisation |
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Speakers: |
Egypt Airports
Development Project
Mr. Michel Bellier, Lead Transport Specialist,
Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank |
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Kenya: Northern Corridor Transport Improvement Project - Aviation Component
Mr. Anil S. Bhandari, Senior Adviser, Africa Region, World Bank |
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Aviation Capacity and
Growth: Meeting the
Climate and Energy
Challenge
Mr. Carl E. Burleson,
Director,
Office of Environment and Energy
Federal Aviation Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation
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12:30
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Lunch Break |
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14:00
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Energy and Transport Joint Plenary 1:
Technology & Energy Innovations for Clean Transport
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Chair: |
Mr. Jamal Saghir,
Director, Energy, Transport and Water, Chair of the Transport Sector Board, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Mr. Csaba Csere,
Former Editor-in-Chief of Car and Driver |
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International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA
Ambassador Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Director General for Development Cooperation
Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria |
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Transport Energy Outlook 2008
Mr. Lew Fulton, Senior Transport Energy Analyst, International
Energy Agency |
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PROTRAM: Federal Mass Transit Program & UTT: Urban Transport Transformation Project, México
Mr. Carlos Mier y Terán, Coordinator to support the Federal Massive Transport Program of FONADIN,
Mexico |
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Renewable
Energies in the Transport Sector
Mr.
Hein Winnubst, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Government of Germany |
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15:
30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00
- 17:30 |
Energy and Transport Joint Plenary 2:
Food, Fuel & Financial Crises: Energy and Transport Sector Challenges and Responses
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Chair: |
Mr. Marc Juhel,
Sector Manager, Transport and Mr. Lucio Monari,
Sector Manager, Energy; Energy, Transport and Water Department,
Sustainable Development Network, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Implications of Global
Financial Turmoil
for Financing Energy Investment
Mr. Mansoor Dailami, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank |
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Customized Financial Solutions
Ms. Gloria Grandolini, Director, Banking and Debt Management Group, World Bank |
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MIGA: Mitigating Political Risks in
Infrastructure Projects
Ms. Edith Quintrell, Director, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
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Infrastructure: Crisis & Response
Mr. Bernard Sheahan,
Director, Infrastructure Division, International Finance Corporation (IFC) |
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The Financial Crisis and its Impact on
the Oil & Gas Industry
Mr. Lew Watts,
Special Advisor to Chairman, PFC Energy |
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Wednesday,
April 1 |
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9:00
- 10:30 |
Transport:
People and Institutions
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Chair: |
Ms. Caroline Kende-Robb, Sector Manager, Social
Development, Europe and Central Asia Region,
World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Social Dimensions of Transport
Ms.
Caroline Kende-Robb, Sector Manager, Social Development, Europe and
Central Asia Region, World Bank |
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Transforming Life in Rural Yemen
Through RAP
Mr. Hakim Aghbari, Program Director for the Rural Access Program, Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen |
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Toilets, Benches, and
Trees: Addressing the Needs of the Laobaixing -
The Liaoning experience
Dr. Shomik Mehndiratta, Senior Transport Specialist, East Asia and Pacific Region,
World Bank |
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10:
30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00
- 12:30 |
Empowerment through Institutional Development in Transport Projects
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Chair: |
Mr. Marc Juhel,
Sector Manager, Transport; Energy, Transport and Water Department,
Sustainable Development Network, World Bank |
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Speakers: |
Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation: A Case Study of ADB Assistance for
Institutional Development in the Transport Sector in India
Mr. Prodyut Dutt, Senior Transport Specialist, Asian Development Bank
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Poverty Alleviation
of Rural Poor : An Approach in Bangladesh
Engr. M. A. Quader,
Project Director, RTIP, LGED, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00
- 16:00 |
The Future of Infrastructure Financing
- Panel Discussion
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Moderator: |
Mr. Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow
and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
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Panelists: |
Mr. Ravi Bugga, Senior Manager for Transport, International
Finance Corporation |
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Transport:
Invisible Force - Visible Impacts
Mr. Mervin Chetty, GM Strategy, Security and SHEQ, Transnet Port
Terminals, South Africa |
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Carbon Finance:
Ideas for transportation infrastructure
Mr. Terry Gallagher, Vice
President, Emissions Trading, Kaufman Brothers |
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Public Private Partnerships and
Performance Based Infrastructure
Mr.
Allan T. Marks,
Partner, Global Project Finance Group
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP |
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16: 00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:30
- 17:30 |
Transport Policy
- Panel Discussion
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Moderator: |
Mr. Jamal Saghir,
Director, Energy,
Transport and Water, Chair of the Transport Sector Board, World
Bank |
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Panelists: |
Mr. Hakim Aghbari, Program Director for the Rural Access Program, Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen |
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Mr. Frederico Bussinger,
President of Port
of São Sebastião and Director of Tietê Waterway, São Paulo, Brazil |
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Mr.
Yeshey Zimba,
Honorable Minister,
Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan |
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17:30 |
Closing Remarks
Mr. Jamal Saghir,
Director, Chair of the Transport Sector Board, and Mr. Marc Juhel,
Sector Manager, Transport; Energy, Transport and Water, World Bank |
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