Speakers
Hon Joe Ghartey
Minister for Railways Development
Honorable Joe Ghartey is the pioneering minister of the Ministry of Railways Development. He earned his LLB degree (with Honors) in 1986 at the University of Ghana, BL degree in 1988 at the Ghana School of Law, and was called to the Ghana Bar that same year.
Dr. Samuel Owusu-Ababio
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Dr. Samuel Owusu-Ababio is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He earned his PhD and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Science & Technology in Ghana.
Dr. Abena Agyeiwaa Obiri-Yeboah
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Kumasi Technical University, (KsTU)
Dr. Abena Agyeiwaa Obiri-Yeboah, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Kumasi Technical University, (KsTU), is a registered member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE). She holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, an MS in Road and Transportation Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Ing. Kwabena G. Bempong
Vice President, Business Development, Associated Consultant Ltd.
Ing. Kwabena Bempong attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and completed with a BSc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering in 1993. He joined Associated Consultants Limited as an Assistant Engineer in 1995.
Pastor (Ing.) Hector Boye, SPE-GhIE, MSc, PMP
Acting Director of Operations, Ghana Institution of Engineering
Pastor (Ing.) Hector Boye, SPE-GhIE, MSc, PMP, Acting Director of Operations of the Ghana Institution of Engineering, has over 32 years of experience in building & civil engineering design and construction as well as project, procurement and contract management.
Prof. Ing. Rev. Charles Anum Adams
Director, Regional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), KNUST
Prof. Adams is the founding Centre Director and visionary of the Regional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), a World Bank Centre of Excellence in transport and mobility for West Africa and also Leads the UKAID/ReCAP supported Centre for sub-Saharan Transport Leadership (CSSTL). Both Centres are hosted at the Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology, Kumasi.
Dr. Cornelius Nuworsoo
Professor of Transportation Planning at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Dr. Cornelius Nuworsoo, Professor of Transportation Planning at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, earned a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering at U.C. Berkeley in 2004. He has an academic background and experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and land use planning.
Dr. Gift Dumedah
Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST
Gift Dumedah completed his undergraduate Bachelors in 2002 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. This was followed by a Master’s program in 2005 at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, and PhD in March 2010 at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Dan P. Seedah, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Transportation Planning Engineer at Jacobs
Dan P. Seedah, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Transportation Planning Engineer at Jacobs. Dan is a transportation data engineer, scientist, and full-stack software developer. His areas of expertise include corridor planning, freight transportation modeling, traffic forecasting, data integration, geospatial analysis and data visualization.
Ing. Komla Ofori
Project Engineer, Coastal and Ports Development at GPHA, Tema
ng. Komla Ofori is the Project Engineer, Coastal and Ports Development at GPHA, Tema, Ghana. He has an MSc in Coastal Engineering and Port Development, and Hydraulic Engineering, at Delft’s UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and brief research experience with Deltares Institute, Delft.
Ing. (Mrs) Carlien Bou-Chedid
Independent Consulting Structural/ Earthquake Engineer
Ing. (Mrs) Carlien Bou-Chedid is an Independent Consulting Structural/ Earthquake Engineer. Her career has spanned more than 35years covering engineering design and supervision, project management, corporate governance and the professional education of engineers. She holds a BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering from the University of Surrey (1983), UK and a DIC and MSc (Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine (1999), UK.
Ing. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, FGhIE
CEO, Delin Consult Ltd
Ing. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie FGhIE, CEO of Delin Consult Ltd., has over 27 years of experience as a civil engineer. He holds an MBA in Leadership & Sustainability from the Robert Kennedy College/University of Cumbria, Ambleside, UK; MSc. Transportation & Road Engineering from TU/IHE Delft, The Netherlands and BSc. Civil Engineering from KNUST.
Ing. Leslie Alexander Ayeh
Project Director for the Northern Apron project
Ing. Leslie Alexander Ayeh was educated at Achimota School and St. Augustine’s College. He proceeded to the KNUST to pursue a degree in Engineering, and after graduation, began his career at the Accra Metropolitan Authority Roads Department, and subsequently, the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA).