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KEY TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What have been the key trends in intra-city transportation
in India over the past few years?
• What is the future outlook of this sector? What opportunities
and challenges can the industry expect?
Presentation by Pranavant, Associate Director, GRID Practice,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: ULB/ INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the plans and perspective of leading cities/urban
transport companies with regards to intra-city transportation?
• What are the key opportunities and challenges for
industry in this sector?
Address/presentations by:
• Syed Zameer Pasha, Managing Director, Bangalore Metropolitan
Transport Corporation
• Ashwini Vaishnaw, Chief Operating Officer, Delhi
Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System
• Plus Q&A
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Presentation by Christian Moiroud, Chief Depot Facility
Expert, General Consultant to Chennai Metro, Egis Rail on
“Urban development and public transport and possible
relevance of European experience for India”
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the recent technology trends that are being
adopted by various operators?
• What has been the experience in India with various
technologies?
Presentations by:
• C.B. Mohan, Head, OEM Sales, Allison Transmission
India
• Samantha Jackson, Manager, Marketing, Metro One Operation
KEYNOTE SESSION: GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the government’s plans and perspectives
with respect to urban transportation?
• What is the update on a few of the government programmes
including service level benchmarks?
• What has been the experience with the National Urban
Transport Policy in various cities/ states so far?
• What has been the impact of NUTP on investments in
public transportation infrastructure in various cities?
Presentation by Sanjeev Kumar Lohia, Officer on Special
Duty, Urban Transport, Ministry of Urban Development
• plus Q&A
FOCUS ON BUS TRANSIT PROJECTS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the update on bus-based mass transit projects?
• Which are some of the major projects and what are
their characteristics?
• What lessons can be learned from their experience?
Presentations by:
• Prof. H.M. Shivanand Swamy, Executive Director and
Head, Dept. of Infrastructure Planning, CEPT University
(overview)
• Dinesh Arora, Assistant Vice-President, Urban Mass
Transit Company
• Amit Bhatt, Senior Transport Specialist, EMBARQ,
the WRI Centre for Sustainable Transport on ‘Indore
bus projects’
• J.V. Herma, Deputy Town Development Officer, Rajkot
Municipal Corporation
• Plus Q&A
INVESTMENT AND FINANCING CHALLENGES
Questions/Topics:
• What is the investment experience in this sector?
• What more needs to be done to bridge the gap between
the required and available investments?
• What are the various project financing options available
to local bodies and private players?
Presentations by:
• Sanjiv Rai, Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer, ITNL ENSO Rail Systems
• Prof Prem Pangotra, Chairperson, Centre for Infrastructure
Policy & Regulation, Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad
• Dr Pawan Maini, Senior Industry Specialist, International
Finance Corporation
• Plus Q&A
METRO AND RAIL PROJECTS UPDATE
Questions/Topics:
• What are some of the key metro and rail projects
underway? What are their key characteristics?
• What lessons can be learnt from them?
Presentations by:
• V. Somasundaram, Chief General Manager, Technical,
Chennai Metro Rail
• Neeraj Jain, Chief Engineer, Kolkata Metro Rail
• Malcolm Owens, Team Leader, Hyderabad Metro Rail
Project, Balaji Railroad Systems
• Plus Q&A
SPOTLIGHT ON SUSTAINABILITY
Questions/Topics:
• What enabling policies are in place to ensure creation
of sustainable intra-city transportation solutions?
• What are some of the exemplary projects in non-motorised
and sustainable transportation?
• What supporting urban transport infrastructures are
being put in place to ensure long term sustainability?
Presentations by:
• Dr Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP Chair Associate Professor,
Transport Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
(overview)
• Bruno Vantu, International Business Director, Egis
Rail
• Pradeep Sachdeva, Architect and Consultant, Pradeep
Sachdeva Design Associates
• Amit Bhatt, Senior Transport Specialist, EMBARQ,
the WRI Centre for Sustainable Transport
• Plus Q&A
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