TRACES - 2023 Agenda (as planned, can be updated)
14 March 2023 (Tuesday)
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)
15 March 2023 (Wednesday)
08.00 - Registration opens in venue (second floor of Sheraton Grand Orchid hotel, Bangkok, opposite ballroom)
09.00 - Plenary session (ball room)
09.10 - Welcome speeches (members of TRACES Presidium)
09.30 - 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"
10.15 - Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)
10.30 - 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)
11.15 - Key-note speech by
HE Mr. Surin Pitsuwan (former Secretary General ASEAN)
"Transport network as a factor of macroregional integration abd sustainability"
12.00 - Lunch (restaurant Giorgio, ground floor, terrace)
13.00 - Key-note speech by Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Subhani (dean of Business HIgh School, ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan)
13.45 - 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)
14.30 - Coffee-break (foyer, second floor)
14.45 - Panel discussion "Transportation in 2023: post-covid and other actual challenges of development"
(moderator Dr. Denis Ushakov)
17.00 - Plenary session finish. Free time.
18.30 - Dinner in "Blue Elephant" (Thai food masterpieces, extra 30 USD / person).
16 March 2023 (Thursday)
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
17 March 2023 (Friday)
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
18 - 19 March 2023
extra excursions can be booked (Pattaya, Ayuthaya, Ancient city, Huahin, Ampawa floating market)
