2014/11/18
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date and Time: 18 November 2014 (1:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Venue: "Golden Pond” Meeting Room, Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Programme:
| Time | Provisional Programme | Speaker/Panel | Affiliation/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00-1:30 | Registration | ||
| Session I: Global and Regional Developments in Green Freight: Roles and Opportunities for Asia | |||
| 1:30-1:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Mr. Robert Earley | Transport Program Manager, Clean Air Asia |
| Mr. CRC Mohanty | Environment Programme Coordinator, United Nations Centre for Regional Development | ||
| 1:45-2:00 | Keynote Speech | Mr. Jim Blubaugh | Director of International Programs, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| 2:00-2:50 | Panel Discussion:Policy, Capacity Building and Implementation for Green Freight in Asia Facilitator: Robert Earley, Clean Air Asia |
Ms. Naeeda Crishna | Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Operations Centre, ADB |
| Mr. Parthaa Bosu | Clean Air Asia | ||
| Policy Representative from Sri Lanka (tbc) | |||
| Mr. Buddy Polovick | US Environmental Protection Agency | ||
| Mr. Roland Haas | GIZ (tbc) | ||
| 2:50-3:20 | Facilitated Group Activity: Recognizing Green Freight Efforts on Green Freight in Asia – An Asian Development Bank Initiative | Mr. Robert Earley | Clean Air Asia and Consultant, ADB |
| Mr. Sudhir Gota | Consultant, ADB | ||
| Session II: Partnership Building for Greener Freight | |||
| 3:45-3:50 | Introduction to Session II | Mr. Parthaa Bosu | India Director, Clean Air Asia |
| 3:55-4:15 | Keynote Speech Introducing the Global Logistics Emissions Council and harmonized methodologies for calculating intermodal freight emissions |
Ms. Sophie Punte | Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre |
| 4:15-4:30 | Green Freight labels for business in Asia | Mr. Stephan Schablinski | Executive Director, Green Freight Asia (tbc) |
| 4:30-5:15 | Panel Discussion: Greener shippers, Greener Carriers: How can communication between shippers and carriers help to incentivize greener freight in Asia? | Ms. Sophie Punte | Smart Freight Centre |
| Mr. Stephan Schablinski | Green Freight Asia | ||
| Selected Global and Regional Shippers and Carriers | |||
| 5:15-5:30 | Open Discussion and Conclusions | ||