• The Middle East is increasingly becoming the world’s most crucial economic driver. As expansion continues at a rapid rate, the need for large-scale project investment in oil & gas, power, mining, transport and social infrastructure becomes ever more pertinent. This is being driven by the GCC power houses, in particular Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Qatar.

• North Africa has benefited greatly from high commodity prices and until recently, from high liquidity. Whilst that has now changed, the desire is still there and if political and credit risk can be mitigated, there are some exciting opportunities in sectors as diverse as ports, metals and refineries.

• Growth in South Asia has been driven by India where the desire to continue economic growth of 8-9% has meant a glut of opportunities, particularly in transport, PPP and the power sector. Challenges still exist, most notably through difficult regulation and bureaucracy. However, there seems to be a real momentum and desire to get deals done, as well as a whole host of new investors – many from the Middle East.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Sohail Barkatali, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke

• Richard Keenan, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke

• Faizal Amod, Chief Financial Officer, Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation

• Paddy Padmanathan, President & CEO, ACWA Power Projects

• Terry Newendorp, CEO, Taylor Dejongh

• Rohit Chaudhry, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke

• Nicholas Rubio, Development Director, Ferrovial

• Christopher M. Cantelmi, Vice President, Head of Project Finance, Marubeni Europower Ltd.

• Esa Ikaheimonen, Vice President, Finance and CP, Shell Africa

• Brad Boyd, Vice President, Treasurer, Methanex Corporation

• Inderjit Singh, Senior Vice President, DAE Airports, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise

• Ivan Hopkins, Head of Structured Finance, National Commercial Bank

• Saad Ur-Rehman, Head - Structured Finance Division, Corporate Banking Group, Banque Saudi Fransi

• Frank Beckers, Managing Director, Head of Project & Capital Advisory Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Deutsche Bank AG

• Zulfiqar Ali, Senior Vice President, Abraaj Capital

• Arvind Mayaram, Joint Secretary, Infrastructure, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India

• Shekhar Damle, CEO, L&T Power and Infrastructure

• Anna Roy, Director of PPP, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India

• Venkatesh Babu, Managing Director, Lanco Group

• N. Ravichandran, Director of Finance, SKIL Infrastructure Ltd