Discussions:

• 28/04/08 10:00 - The importance of infrastructure to the world economy

  • Robin Carruthers, Principal Transport Economist, World Bank Group Download

• 28/04/08 10:30 - New liquidity making waves: The impact of sovereign investment funds on the infrastructure industry

  • Jungwook Kim, Chief of PPP Division, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), Korea Development Institute Download

• 28/04/08 11:45 - STREAM A: Deregulating utilities: Initiatives in the energy and electricity space Download

  • Jacques-André Troesch, Commissioner, Commission of Regulation of Energy, France Download

• 28/04/08 11:45 - STREAM B: Latin America: Infrastructure improvement as a path to future economic prosperity

  • Jose San Martin Romero, Highway Development Director, Ministry of Communications and Transport, Government of Mexico Download
  • Luiz Borges, Board of Administration, Project Finance and PPP, FAPES/BNDES Download

• 28/04/08 14:45 - STREAM A: Public funding for renewables: The new rules under the EU’s State Aid regime

• 28/04/08 14:45 - STREAM B: Turkey: Assessing the effect of recent privatisation initiatives

  • Marcus Kleiner, Managing Director, Global Head of Transportation & PPP, Market and Investment Banking - Project Finance, Unicredit Download

• 28/04/08 15:15 - STREAM B: Getting serious: What will Russian PPP look like?

  • Andrei Kiselev, Executive Director, VTB Infrastructure Capital Group Download

• 28/04/08 15:45 - STREAM A: First time projects: Completing successful transactions in new markets

  • Nancy A. Rivera, Director, Structured Finance, OPIC, USA Download

• 28/04/08 16:00 - STREAM B: Pathfinder deals in new jurisdictions in CEE and SEE

  • Júlia Szűcs, Department for Infrastructure Development Programmes, Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary Download

• 28/04/08 16:45 - STREAM A: PPP in Greece: Shaping up

  • Leonidas Korres, Special Secretary for PPP, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Government of Greece Download

• 28/04/08 17:00 - STREAM B: South Africa: The Gautrain and beyond

  • Taz Chaponda, Head of the PPP Unit, National Treasury, South Africa Download

• 28/04/08 17:30 - STREAM A: Germany: The changing face of infrastructure finance

  • Bernhard Müller, Projektarbeitsgruppe, Partnerschaften Deutschland, Leiter Teilprojekt PPP Pipeline, Ministry of Finance, Germany Download

• 28/04/08 17:30 - STREAM B: Increasing innovation in Middle Eastern and North African infrastructure deals

  • Rudy Yaksick, CEO, Concord Capital, USA Download

• 29/04/08 09:10 - All levved up and no place to go: So much money, too few assets? The impact on pricing of infrastructure Download

• 29/04/08 10:45 - STREAM A: Monoline insurance: Great expectations or rocky times ahead?

  • Ian Dixon, Managing Director, Ambac Download

• 29/04/08 10:45 - STREAM B: Waste management: Where there’s muck there’s brass

  • Charles Dupont, PFI Director, Sita Download
  • Colin Drummond, Chief Executive, Viridor Waste Management Download

• 29/04/08 11:15 - STREAM A: Opportunities for owning / financing new UK regulated offshore transmission assets

  • Robert Hull, Director of Transmission, Ofgem, UK Download

• 29/04/08 11:30 - STREAM B: Airport refinancing and acquisition

  • Thomas Frankl, CEO, Airport Development Partners Download

• 29/04/08 12:00 - STREAM B: Port finance and the financing of related ports infrastructure

  • Javier Rodríguez de Colmenares, Executive Director, Head of the Infrastructure Group, Santander Global Banking & Markets Download

• 29/04/08 12:30 - STREAM A: Successfully turning an under-performing utility around

  • Fred Maroudas, Director of Funding, Network Rail, UK Download

• 29/04/08 12:30 - STREAM B: Wind of change: Developments in on-shore and offshore renewables finance

  • Erik Sejersen, Director, Project Finance, Vestas, Denmark Download