Reimagining Safe and Resilient Mobility For Recovery
February 3—5, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global transport sector and the people and businesses that rely on it in unprecedented ways. Across the globe, rethinking mobility is now a priority to build back better, with safer, more resilient and efficient transport systems for all.
Transforming Transportation 2021 brings together sustainable mobility world leaders from the public, private, academic and civil society spheres in a global virtual event to discuss the path forward.
-The World Bank Transport Global Practice and World Resources Institute
Moderator
Femi Oke is an award-winning international journalist, broadcaster, professional moderator and co-founder of the diverse moderators bureau “Moderate The Panel.” Femi has traveled the world hosting high-profile events and leading global conversations. She can be found facilitating regularly for the likes of the United Nations, the World Bank and European Commission. Some of her most warmly received appearances include hosting the NBA Africa All Stars event in New Orleans, being Mistress of Ceremonies for Peter Gabriel at the Witness 25th Anniversary Benefit Gala, and launching the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations headquarters in New York. You can be in touch with Femi anytime on Twitter or Instagram @FemiOke.
Featured Speakers
David Malpass
President, World Bank Group
Andrew Steer
President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute
Makhtar Diop
Vice President for Infrastructure, World Bank
Stephanie von Friedeburg
Chief Operating Officer/Interim Managing Director, International Finance Corporation
Mamta Murthi
Vice President for Human Development, World Bank
Bruno Covas
Mayor of São Paulo, Brazil
Claudia Dobles Camargo
First Lady, Costa Rica
Claudia López
Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
Dagmawit Moges
Minister of Transport, Ethiopia
Ekrem İmamoğlu
Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey
Eneas Comiche
Mayor of Maputo, Mozambique
Erion Veliaj
Mayor of Tirana, Albania
Florent Menegaux
Chief Executive Officer, Michelin
Francisco Iglesias
Chief Executive Officer, ALSA Group
Francois Bausch
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Luxembourg
Kailash Gahlot
Transport and Environment Minister, Delhi, India
Stientje van Veldhoven
Minister for the Environment/Chair of the Transport Decarbonization Alliance, Netherlands
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Qingsheng Liu
Executive Vice Mayor of Shenzhen
Speakers
Alan McKinnon, Professor of Logistics, Kuehne Logistics University
Carlos Mier y Terán, Director of Transport and Acting Chief Executive Officer, National Infrastructure Fund, Mexico
Carlton Reid, Journalist
Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania
Etienne Krug, Director, Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, World Health Organization
Fang Liu, Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organization
George Njao, Director General, National Transport and Safety Authority, Kenya
G. Prakash, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, India
James Woodcock, Principal Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Julian Ware, Head of Major Projects Funding, Transport for London/Chair of Transport Economics Committee, International Association of Public Transport
Jürgen Zattler, Deputy Director General for Multilateral and European Policy, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Lance Kaneshiro, Chief Information Officer, Port of Los Angeles
Lilyana Pavlova, Vice President, European Investment Bank
Luc Arnouts, Vice President, International Relations and Networks, Port of Antwerp
Margi Van Gogh, Head of Supply Chain & Transport, World Economic Forum
Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General of DG MOVE and European Coordinator for Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility, European Commission