Rommel Gavieta, Chief Operating Officer, All Asia Resources and Reclamation Corp, Philippines

Speaker Biograghy: Rommel has 23 years' senior management experience in a multi-lateral bank, an international bank, several national government agencies and several private-sector companies in project finance and project development. He has covered the areas of conversion of the largest overseas former US Air Force Base, utility privatisation, metro rail development and operation, international multi-modal and logistics hub project development and reclamation project development. As an academic, he has taught at the University of the Philippines (undergraduate programme) on subject of Architectural History and Design Theory, at the De La Salle University (MBA programme) on the subject of International Project Finance and International Finance, and Far Eastern University (MBA programme) on the subject of Strategic Management. As a researcher for the University of the Philippines and York University, his area of interest includes typhoon/earthquake disaster mitigation, construction technologies, GIS system, project risk mitigation and geo-political risk assessment.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Airport Cities & Transport Connections

16:30 - 16:55 - Proposed international multi-modal and logistic hub: Philippine global gateway vision
Synopsis: The Philippines is now a vibrant emerging economy, but the growing economy has exposed the need to decongest the existing seaport and airport that is retarding further growth. The development of an international multi-modal and logistics hub will address the need for a new international airport as sustained by JICA and a new container, dry bulk and liquid bulk seaport as manifested by the congested road network to the existing seaport. The proposed international airport and seaport will not be developed separately but will be developed together with a special economic zone as a seamless multi-modal and logistics hub.

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