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TRANSPORT FORUM
    
Day 1Monday, March 26 PRESTON AUDITORIUM
     
8:15 amREGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 
     
9:15 amOPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME

 
 Panel Day 1 videoMrs. Katherine Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank
Mr. Juan Jose Daboub, Managing Director, World Bank
Length: 15min
   
9:45 amKEYNOTE ADDRESS: A LOOK FORWARD AT THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
  Jamal Saghir videoMr. Jamal Saghir, Director Energy, Transport and Water, Chair of the Transport Sector Board, World Bank
Length: 44min
  
10:30 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: ARE BIO FUELS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE TRANSPORT SECTOR?
 Chair:
Panelists:

Bob Watson, BioFuels Panel videoMr. Robert Watson, Chief Scientist, World Bank
Mr. Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director of Brazil to the World Bank
Mr. Doug Koplow, Earth Track Inc.
Mr. Walter Kulyk, Director, Office of Mobility Innovation, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Mr. Lee Schipper, Director of Research, EMBARQ, WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
Length: 1h:29min

   
12:00 pm
  NETWORKING LUNCH & PARTNER FAIR (MC ATRIUM)
   
2:00 pmCritical success factors in large scale transport infrastructure projects
 Chair:
Speaker:
Chile Presentation videoJose Luis Irigoyen, Sector Manager, Latin America and Caribbean Transport Unit, World Bank
Transport Infrastructure Concessioning in Chile: Successes and Future Challenges
Ms. Francisca Castro, Head of the Concession Agency, Chile
Length: 1h:27min
   
3:45 pmNETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
   
4:00 pmTransport Services – Stakeholder Perspectives
 Chair:
Panelists:
Panel Day 1 videoMr. Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy, Water, Transport World Bank
Mr. Henry Posner III, Chairman, Railroad Development Corp.

Mr. Barney Curtis, The Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations (FESARTA)
Mr. Fred Jacobs, Area Corporate Affairs Director – Sub Saharan Africa, A.P. Møller-Maersk Group
Length: 1h:15min
   
5:15 pmCLOSING REMARKS
5:30 pm
RECEPTION
   
    
Day 2Tuesday, March 27 PRESTON AUDITORIUM
SAFE TRANSPORT
 
8:15 amCONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & COFFEE
  
9:00 amINTRODUCTION TO WORLD BANK SAFETY AGENDA  
 Chair: Mr. Anthony Bliss, Lead Road Safety Specialist, World Bank
   
9:30 am
AN ETHICAL APPROACH TO SAFETY & MOBILITY
  Dr. Claes Tingvall, Director of Traffic Safety Swedish National Road Administration
(Sponsored by SIDA)
 
10:15 amNETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
   
10:30 amPANEL DISCUSSION: SAFE RAIL, AVIATION AND MARITIME TRANSPORT
 Chair: Dr. Claes Tingvall
 Panelists: Mrs. Jo Strang, Rail Safety Expert, US Department of Transportation
Mr. Robert T. Francis II, Executive Vice President, Farragut International, L.L.L.
Mr. Joar Bengaard, Technical Manager, Maritime Industries, North and South America, Det Norske Veritas
   
12:00 pm
  LUNCH
 
 
CLEAN TRANSPORT
   
1:30 pmintroduction to cLEAN TRANSPORT IN THE bANK AND PARTNER
 Chair: Mr. Paul Amos, Transport Advisor, World Bank
   
 DEVELOPED ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE
  Planning and Acting for Sustainable Mobility in the Cities
Ms. Chantal Duchene, Director General of GART, French Association of Public Transport Local Authorities
(Sponsored by French Min. of Transport)
   
  

Addressing Energy Efficiency in Transport with Special Consideration of Fuel Taxation
Dr. Axel Friedrich, Head of the Environment and Transport Division at the Umweltbundesamt (German Federal Environmental Regulatory Agency) 
(Sponsored by GTZ)

   
3:00 pmNETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
   
3:30 pmDEVELOPING ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE
Chair:Mr. Guang Zhe Chen, Sector Manager, Transport, South Asia Region, World Bank
   
Cleaning up the Fleet: Case Study from Mexico City
Ms. Nancy Kete, Director, EMBARQ, WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
  
  The China Urban Transport GEF Program
Mr. Shomik Mehndiratta, Senior Transport Specialist, East Asia & the Pacific Region, World Bank
India: Sustainable Urban Transport Program - Proposed GEF Project
Mr. Fang Ke, Urban Transport Specialist, South Asia Region, World Bank
   
5:15 pmCLOSING REMARKS
   
    
Day 3Wednesday, March 28PRESTON AUDITORIUM
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT
 
8:15 amCONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & COFFEE
  
9:00 amINTRODUCTION TO AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT PROGRAMS IN THE BANK AND PARTNER'S CONTEXT
 Chair: Mr. John Hine, Senior Rural Road Specialist, World Bank
   
 
Rural Connectivity - A New Deal for Rural India
 Mr. H.K. Srivastava, Director Projects, Ministry of Rural Development, India
  
 
 Dr. Asad Shah, Project Director, National Trade Corridor Improvement Program, Pakistan
 
10:15 amNETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
   
10:30 amPANEL DISCUSSION: AFFORDABLE LOW COST TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POOR
 Chair: Mr. Henry Kerali, Lead Transport Specialist, Europe & Central Asia Region, World Bank
 Panelists: Mr. Martin hMensa, Deputy Chief Executive (Administration), Ghana Roads Administration
Dr. Jane Lake, Policy Advisor, AusAid
Mr. John Hine, Senior Rural Road Specialist, World Bank
Mr. Robin Carruthers, Transport Economist, World Bank
   
12:00 pm
  LUNCH
 
 
POVERTY IMPACT
   
1:30 pmiNTRODUCTION
 Chair: Mr. Peter Roberts, Lead Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank
   
 CAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES HELP THE URBAN POOR?
Chair:Mr. Samuel Zimmerman, Urban Transport Adviser, World Bank
  Speakers:Mr. Tomas Serebrisky, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank
Prof. Andres Gomez-Lobo, Consultant
Ms. Maureeen Cropper, South Asia Region, World Bank
Prof. Jose Manuel Vassallo, Department for Civil Engineering: Transport, Politechnic University of Madrid, Spain
   
3:00 pmNETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
   
3:30 pmPANEL DISCUSSION: TRANSPORT AND POVERTY - KEY OUTCOMES
 Panelists:

Ms. Judy Baker, Senior Economist, World Bank
Dr. Walter Hook, Director, Institute for Transport and Development Policy
Ms. Eunkyung Kwon, Principal Transport Specialist Energy Transport and Water Division, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

   
5:00 pmCLOSING REMARKS
   
   

 




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