Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2026

📅 18 – 22 May 2026
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines

The Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum (APTF) 2026 is the Asian Development Bank’s flagship transport sector event, convened biennially since 2008. The forum brings together senior policymakers, transport practitioners, and development partners from across Asia and the Pacific to engage in high-level dialogue, technical exchange, and capacity development grounded in real-world delivery experience.

Held under the theme From Priorities to Actions, APTF 2026 will focus on how developing member countries can strengthen transport planning, investment, and delivery in line with national development objectives. Discussions will examine how policy direction, financing approaches, technologies, and institutional capacity can be aligned to support implementable transport projects and sustained results.

The 2026 forum takes place at a defining moment, as ADB developing member countries enter the early implementation phase of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026–2035). The forum will provide a platform for peer exchange and learning on practical approaches to transport delivery, highlighting ADB’s role as a financing and knowledge partner supporting country-led transport priorities.

Find more details on the event website.

Objectives

The forum aims to:

• Provide a platform for high-level policy dialogue and peer exchange among transport leaders in Asia and the Pacific;
• Share practical experience and lessons from planning, financing, and delivering transport investments;
• Strengthen understanding of implementation challenges and approaches to addressing them in practice;
• Build the technical and institutional capacity of transport officials and practitioners;
• Foster collaboration among governments, development partners, academia, civil society, and the private sector; and
• Highlight ADB transport sector initiatives, tools, and partnerships that support evidence-based decision-making and country-led implementation.

Target participants

• Key decision makers of governmental transport agencies and organizations;
• ADB developing member countries’ government representatives;
• ADB executing and implementing agencies involved in transportation, road infrastructure, and related fields such as finance, energy, social and urban development, environment, and climate change;
• Infrastructure and asset managers of transport networks and systems;
• Transport system operators;
• Transport sector specialists, focused on technical or policy issues;
• Policy makers, regulators, and managers from the public and private sectors;
• Representatives and lead experts in transport-related technologies;
• Development and knowledge partners working on transport issues and solutions.

Costs

Participation in the forum is free. However, participants interested in joining as on-site participants are expected to cover all travel-related costs and arrangements, including return airfare, hotel accommodation, daily subsistence, ground transport, visa fees, and other expenses for attending the event in Manila.

Registration