TRACES - 2023 Agenda (as planned, can be updated, Bangkok time) 

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14 March 2023 (Tuesday) in Bangkok, Thailand 

     14.00 - Registration opens in venue (lobby of Sheraton Grand Orchid hotel, Bangkok, right side from the main entrance) 

               -  Arriving guests (who booked venue hotel for accommodation) check-in 

               -  Welcome drink in venue lobby 

      20.00 - Dinner cruise along Chaopraya river (extra - 25 USD / person) 

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15 March 2023 (Wednesday) in Bangkok, Thailand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan (-2 hours with Bangkok time)

      09.00 - Registration opens in main venue (second floor of Sheraton Grand Orchid hotel, Bangkok, opposite ballroom)

                   Registration opens in Tashkent (Tashkent State Transport University, main hall) (local time 7.00)  

      10.00 - Plenary session (ball room in main venue, main hall in TSTU)

      10.10 - Welcome speeches (members of TRACES Presidium) 

      10.30 - Key-note speech by

                   Mr. Habib-ur-Rehman Gilani (former member of Federal Secretaries Tenure Board, MInistry of Railways, Pakistan)

                   "Pakistani transportation strategy: sun and sea inbetween" 

      11.15 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor) 

      11.30 -  Key-note speech by 

                    Mr. Sri Anindo Sengupta (Special Secretary, Ministry of Transport of West Bengal, India) 

                    "Public transportation in emerging megapolis: economy or environmental friendliness (overview os sustainable

                     transportation strategy in Kolkata) 

       12.15 -  Key-note speech by 

                     HE Mr. Surin Pitsuwan (former Secretary General ASEAN)

                     "Transport network as a factor of  macroregional integration abd sustainability"

       13.00 -  Lunch (restaurant Giorgio, ground floor, terrace)    

       14.00 -  Key-note speech by Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani (dean of Business HIgh School, ILMA University,  Karachi,                                 Pakistan)

       14.45 -  Key-note speech by Dr. Kannapat Kankeaw (vice-dean of College of Hospitality Industry, head of "Airline business"                           program, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand) 

       15.30 -  Key-note speech by Dr. Marufzhan H. Rasulov (dean of Faculty of Transportation Systems Management, Tashkent 

                     State Transport University, Uzbekistan) (online from Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

       16.00 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       16.30 -  Panel discussion "Transportation in 2023: post-covid and other actual challenges of development"

                    (moderator Dr. Denis Ushakov) 

       18.00 -  Plenary session finish. Free time. 

       19.00 -  Dinner in "Blue Elephant" (Thai food masterpieces, extra 30 USD / person)

                     Dinner in "Zarafshan" (for participants in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, extra 15 USD/person)  

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16 March 2023 (Thursday)  - in Bangkok, Thailand (Bangkok time)

       09.00 -  Parallel sessions start (rooms Praya, Lilawadee, Amatara, 2-3 floors in venue hotel) // Online sessions 

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions  (rooms Praya, Lilawadee, Amatara, 2-3 floors in venue hotel) // Online sessions

       12.00 -  Lunch (restaurant Giorgio, ground floor, terrace)

       13.00 -  Parallel sessions  (rooms Praya, Lilawadee, Amatara, 2-3 floors in venue hotel) // Online sessions

       14.30 -  Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)

       14.45 -  Parallel sessions  (rooms Praya, Lilawadee, Amatara, 2-3 floors in venue hotel) // Online sessions

       16.00 -  Parallel sessions  finish (rooms Praya, Lilawadee, Amatara, 2-3 floors in venue hotel) // Online sessions

       16.30 -  Bangkok city express (city tour by boat from River city pier, sunset over Wat Arun, Grand Palace) 

       20.00 -  Gala - dinner (restaurant Giorgio, ground floor, terrace), awarding ceremony + online wih Tashkent 

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16 March 2023 (Thursday)  - in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Tashkent time) 

        09.00 -  Parallel sessions start (auditoriums in TSTU ) // Online sessions 

       10.30 -  Coffee-break (main hall)

       10.45 -  Parallel sessions  (auditoriums in TSTU) // Online sessions

       12.00 -  Lunch (canteen in TSTU)

       13.00 -  Parallel sessions  (auditoriums in TSTU) // Online sessions

       14.30 -  Coffee-break (main hall)

       14.45 -  Parallel sessions  (auditoriums in TSTU) // Online sessions

       16.00 -  Tashkent highlights (city tour by bus from main campus of TSTU) 

       18.00 -  Gala - dinner (restaurant "Zarafshan"), awarding ceremony + online with Bangkok 

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17 March 2023 (Friday) - in Bangkok (Bangkok time)

       09.00 - Field trip to Nakhon Pathom Campus (education center) Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, by bus or minivans

       12.00 - Lunch in University Campus, conference closing  

       15.00 - Returning to Bangkok, free time in the city 

 

17 March 2023 (Friday) - in Tashkent (Tashkent time)

       09.00 - Visitation of main campus and faculties of Tashkent State Transport University 

       10.00 - TRACES 2023 - Juniors: presentations and discussions on outstanding students projects, master classes for students

                    of TSTU  

       13.00 - Lunch in University Campus, conference closing  

       15.00 - Tour to Amirsoy (ski resort) with traditional Uzbek dinner (extra 45 USD / person) 

       20.00 - Returning back to Tashkent  

 

18 - 19 March 2023

        extra excursions can be booked (Pattaya, Ayuthaya, Ancient city, Huahin, Ampawa floating market from Bangkok;

                                                                   Samarkand for full day from Tashkent)   

          

        

        

                   

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