Webinar “Property Value Capture as a Mechanism for Public Transport Financing in the Philippines”
Date: 3 August 2023, Wednesday (1:00 – 3:00pm, Philippine Standard Time).
Program:
12:45 – 1:00 pm

Welcome Remarks – Dr. Jun Castro, Director, National Center for Transportation Studies
1:10 – 1:40
Keynote Talk by Prof. Shishir Mathur, Professor, San Jose State University, California, United States; Author of Innovation in Public Transport Finance: Property Value Capture (Routledge, 2016)
With Q&A
1:40 – 1:55
Transit Oriented Development and Property Value Capture in Japan
Prof. Hironori Kato, University of Tokyo
1:55 – 2:25
Presentations by panelists: Possible pathways for the implementation of Property Value Capture (PVC) as a Mechanism for Public Transport Financing in the Philippines
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a railway company”
Juan Alfonso, President/CEO, Light Rail Manila Corporation
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a real estate developer”
Francis Adrian Viernes, Assistant Vice President and Chief Data Scientist, Megaworld
“Making PVC work in the Philippines: Perspective of a government agency”
Leonel de Velez, Assistant Secretary, Department of Transportation
2:25 – 2:45
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Panel members:
Shishir Mathur, Professor, San Jose State University (optional)
Hironori Kato, Professor, University of Tokyo
Juan Alfonso, CEO and President, Light Rail Manila Corporation
Francis Adrian Viernes, Assistant Vice President – Chief Data Scientist, Head of Data Analytics / Data Science, Megaworld
Leonel Cray De Velez, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Project Development – Department of Transportation
Moderator: Dr. Varsolo Sunio
2:45 – 2:50
Synthesis / Closing Remarks
Raphael IV Abraham Hizon, Earthauz, Inc.

This webinar should be of interest to local government units, national government agencies, transit agencies, real estate developers, transport corporations, financial institutions, property appraisers and assessor, etc.