UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION

FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Workshop on
Cross-border co-deployment of fibre-optic infrastructure along road and rail networks
Bangkok, 22 November 2018

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

08:30-09:00 Registration of the participants

Moderator- Mr. Weimin Ren
09:00-09:30 Opening remarks
Mr. Hongjoo Hahm, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programmes, Economics and
Financing, ESCAP (5-10 minutes)

Presentations
Mr. Weimin Ren, Director, Transport Division, ESCAP (10 minutes)
Ms. Tiziana Bonapace, Director, Information and Communications Technology and
Disaster Risk Reduction Division, ESCAP (10 minutes)

09:30-10:00
Introduction to the study on co-deployment
Mr. Arun Kumar Saksena, Senior Fellow, Asian Institute of Transport Development
(AITD), India (10 minutes)

Presentation on national experiences on co-deployment of fibre-optic infrastructure

along road and rail networks

Mr. Vladimir Kryuchkov, Chief Executive Officer, ITS-Russia

(20 minutes)

10:00-10:20 Questions and Answers

10:20-10:40 Coffee break

Moderator- Ms. Tiziana Bonapace

10:40-11:20 Presentation on national experiences on co-deployment of fibre-optic infrastructure

along road and rail networks (continued)

Prof. Xiaojing Wang, Chief Engineer, Research Institute of Highways (RIOH), China
(20 minutes)

Ms. Yanting Li “Existing cross-border fibre optic infrastructure, future opportunities”

(20 minutes)

11:20-11:40 Questions and Answers

11:40-12:40 Lunch break
Moderator- Ms. Tiziana Bonapace
12:40-14:00 Presentation on national experiences on co-deployment of fibre-optic infrastructure
along road and rail networks
(continued)

Mr. Murat Barut, Director of ITS Division, General Directorate of Highways, Turkey
(20 minutes)

Dr. Sang Yeon Hong, Associate Research Fellow, Seoul Institute, Republic of Korea
(20 minutes)

Major Dr. Tongkarn Kaewchalermtong, Vice President, ITS Thailand

(20 minutess)

Questions and Answers

14:00-14:20 Coffee break

Moderator- Mr. Weimin Ren

14:20-15:40 Presentation on regional and subregional experiences on co-deployment of fibre-optic
infrastructure along road and rail networks

Dr K M Baharul Islam “Case study: cross border co-deployed fibre on the Indian
Subcontinent” as well as examples with regional relevance (30 minutes)
Mr. Arun Kumar Saksena, Senior Fellow, Asian Institute of Transport Development
(AITD), India (30 minutes)

Discussion session on co-deployment of fibre-optic infrastructure along road and rail

networks

Mr. Arun Kumar Saksena, Senior Fellow, Asian Institute of Transport Development
(AITD), India
and other presenters

15:40-16:10 Concluding Remarks