IHRA Forum 2016
IHRA Fourm 2016
A New Society and the Future Created by High-Speed Rail
－Challenge to truly leverage the transformational impacts of high-speed rail－
Opening Remarks
- Masafumi Shukuri
- Chairman, International High-speed Rail Association
Guest Speech
- Shinzo Abe
- Prime Minister of Japan (Video Message)
- Keiichi Ishii
- Minister, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
Opening Session
“Transportation and Economic Development of the Asia-Pacific”
Moderator
- Indrani Bagchi
- Senior Editor, Times of India
Panelists
- Syed Hamid Albar
- Chairman, Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), Malaysia
- Mike Mrdak
- Secretary, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Australia
- Surin Pitsuwan
- Former Secretary General, ASEAN
- NK Singh
- Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Review Committee, India
- Akihiko Tanaka
- Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, Tokyo Univ.
Former President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Session1
“Challenges to Connectivity, Integration and Sustainability in HSR Projects”
－Maximizing the Benefit of HSR Development－
Moderator
- Roderick Smith
- Professor, Imperial College, UK
Panelists
- Azmi Abdul Aziz
- CEO, Prasarana, Malaysia
- Nakorn Chantasorn
- Adviser to President, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand
- Chua Chong-Kheng
- Deputy Chief Executive, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
- Mohamed Nur Kamal
- CEO, MyHSR Corp., Malaysia
- Arunendra Kumar
- Former Chairman, Railway Board, India
- Takao Nishiyama
- Executive Director, East Japan Railway Company
Special Session
“Future of India with HSR”
Moderator
- Shishir Gupta
- Executive Director, Hindustan Times, India
Panelists
- Shaurya Doval
- Director, India Foundation
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Chief Whip-Congress Party, India
Session 2
“International Affairs, Strategy and HSR”
Moderator
- Aiko Doden
- Senior Commentator / Senior Producer, NHK, Japan
Panelists
- Tom Daschle
- Former Senator and Senate Majority Leader, USA
- David Howell
- Former UK Transport Secretary
- Yoshiyuki Kasai
- Chairman Emeritus & Representative Director, Central Japan Railway Company
- Andrew Robb
- Former Minister for Trade and Investment, Australia
Session 3
“HSR and Regional Development”
－Examples of Implementation in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Europe－
Moderator
- Shigeru Morichi
- Director, Policy Research Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Panelists
- Toshihiko Aoyagi
- President & Representative Director,
Kyushu Railway Company - Jaehak Oh
- Vice President, Korea Transport Institute, South Korea
- Werner Rothengatter
- Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Yasunori Yamazaki
- Director-General, Management and Administration Department, Toyama Pref., Japan
- Yao-Chung Chiang
- Chairman, Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corporation
Closing Remarks
- Seiji Manabe
- Chairman & Director, West Japan Railway Company
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