Building the future: harnessing the power of connectivity
Connect with a global community of investors and managers at the Digital Infrastructure Forum, part of the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, and explore this increasingly important sub-asset class.
Key themes:
- Investigating the sub sectors of digital infrastructure: fibre, data centres, and digital tower infrastructure
- Investor perspectives on how to revolutionise digital infrastructure
- Navigating the roadmap to sustainable digital infrastructure
- The challenges and benefits of integrating AI into urban infrastructure frameworks
Our line-up of industry leading speakers include:
Takeaway from our 2023 event:
Six specialist forums. One Global Summit.
The Digital Infrastructure Forum is part of the industry’s leading event, the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, taking place across four days in Berlin. From ESG & Sustainability to the Energy Transition, the Summit delves deep into each of the sub-asset classes to provide actionable insights to individuals with varying areas of interest.
Are you a private or institutional investor?
Then you may be eligible for a complimentary pass. A limited number of passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional and private investors to join the event. To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@pei.group or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@pei.group or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
For more information or if you are interested in speaking at the Digital Infrastructure Forum, please contact Kitty Watson.
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Agenda
Infrastructure Investor Digital Infrastructure Forum 2024 - Monday 18th
Digital Infrastructure Forum 2024
09:10 - 09:15
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
09:15 - 09:30
Welcome from the chair
09:30 - 10:15
Opening Panel: Macroeconomic opportunities and challenges in digital infrastructure
Mamoun Jamai,
Omar Jaffrey
- How digital infrastructure is faring in the high inflation and interest rates era
- How the digital players are navigating the demand to meet the growth
- Looking through the crystal ball: what’s next for the digital infrastructure sphere
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Mamoun Jamai, Head of Digital Infrastructure, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
10:15 - 11:00
Panel: Discussing the significance of investing in digital tower infrastructure for the telecommunications industry
- Exploring what specific requirements and challenges are associated with implementing 5G/6G capabilities on towers
- Discussing the importance of tower performance, managing power supply and backup systems
- Analysing the role of technologies like small cells in enhancing digital tower infrastructure for future needs
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and networking with ESG ＆ Sustainability and Emerging Markets attendees
Digital Infrastructure Forum 2024
11:30 - 12:15
Panel: Unleashing the potential: investing in data centres for future growth
Canan Anli,
Fabio Fontane,
Ljudmila Popova,
Dr Christopher Stief
- Discovering the increasing need for data centre infrastructure investments and how to ensure resiliency amongst the newer models in an ever-shifting business landscape
- How the current market environment has changed data centre investment and what investors plan to do about legacy data centre assets
- Exploring the criticality of a secure and reliable power supply for data centres and the increasing regulations around it
12:15 - 13:00
Panel: AI - Looking beyond the buzzword
- How existing players are keeping up with the new wave of AI
- What AI means for infrastructure investors
- Discussing the challenges and benefits of integrating AI into urban infrastructure frameworks
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with ESG ＆ Sustainability and Emerging Markets attendees
Digital Infrastructure Forum 2024
14:00 - 14:40
Panel: Driving growth: unleashing the role of fibre investments
Nic DiLoretta,
Laurens-Jan Sipma
- The importance of fibre investment for economic growth and innovation
- How the role of wholesale in acting as protection over fibre overbuild and the different strategies and models
- The role of public-private partnerships in driving investment into fibre
14:40 - 15:00
Fireside chat: How do we tackle the AI beast from a sustainability standpoint within the datacenter sector?
Isabelle Kemlin
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee ＆ networking with ESG ＆ Sustainability and Emerging Markets attendees
Digital Infrastructure Forum 2024
15:30 - 16:05
Panel: Navigating the roadmap to sustainable digital infrastructure
Bethany Brantley,
Hannah Schofield
- Exploring the benefits, challenges and potential strategies for achieving sustainbility across digital infrastructure assets incorporating the social benefits of connectivity
- The importance of monitoring and transparently reporting the environmental impact of digital infrastructure projects
- Investigating the challenges and opportunities of managing electronic waste
16:05 - 16:35
LP Panel: Revolutionising institutional investment in digital infrastructure
Fred Robert
- Best practises and success stories of institutional digital infrastructure initiatives
- Dissecting the disconnect between distressed listed valuations and private valuations which are still at a significant premium in comparison
- Discussing the extent of which the economic environment is affecting institutional capital activity and commitment to digital infrastructure
Fred Robert
Senior Principal, Global Infrastructure, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
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16:35 - 17:20
Polling debate: The next frontier for digital and smart infrastructure
- Each participant will champion the merits of technologies and developments that they believe will be paramount in the evolution of digital infrastructure assets as we know them. These include:
- Edge computing
- Small-cell technology
- Satellites
- Cloud technology
17:20 - 17:20
Closing comments from the chair
Canan Anli
Senior Advisor, PMP Strategy
Canan specializes in TMT and Digital Infrastructure investments. Before joining PMP, Canan spent the last 10 year with Mubadala Investment Company where most recently she was heading the new investments in ICT and Digital Infrastructure. Prior to tha… Read full bio
Bethany Brantley
Global Head of ESG, IPI Partners
Bethany Brantley is a sustainability executive and ESG investor with over a decade of experience driving corporate action and investment strategy on climate change and ESG integration in private equity. As Head of ESG for IPI Partners, Bethany overse… Read full bio
Nic DiLoretta
Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia LLC
Nic has over 16 years of experience in alternative assets with a focus in real assets investments. He assists in the management of the teams responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and evaluating investments for real assets primaries and… Read full bio
Fabio Fontane
CEO ZeroPoint DC - Chief Growth Officer, Tonomus, NEOM
More than 25 years exposure to some of the world’s fastest moving and digitally advanced technologies has left Fabio Fontana uniquely placed as Chief Growth Officer Executive Director and Head of Technology and Digital Compute & Innovation at NEO… Read full bio
Omar Jaffrey
Managing Partner and Sole Founder, Palistar Capital
Omar Jaffrey has been involved in technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) investments, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, public and private capital raises, restructuring and bankruptcies for over 30 years. Mr. Jaffrey founded… Read full bio
Mamoun Jamai
CFA - Head of Digital Infrastructure, ADIA
Mamoun Jamai is a senior member of the Infrastructure Department at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”), where he is responsible for developing and implementing investment strategy for Digital Infrastructure, globally. Previously, he was resp… Read full bio
Isabelle Kemlin
Business and Innovation Executive / Vice Chair of the Board, RISE
Mrs. Kemlin is active in the global datacenter industry community with the focus of bringing efficiency on top of the agenda through sustainable solutions by increasing the interest and understanding of the possibilities of the digital infrastructure… Read full bio
Angenika Kunne
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Equity, Aviva Investors
Angenika Kunne has over 15 years of experience in corporate advisory and investing across infrastructure, renewable energy and energy transition. Angenika will join Aviva Investors in January 2024 as Head of Infrastructure Equity where she will be re… Read full bio
Ljudmila Popova
Director Digital Infrastructure, NIBC
Ljudmila Popova is a Director within the Digital Infrastructure team of NIBC Bank where she is responsible for the client coverage and origination of Digital Infrastructure transactions in the DACH region. She joined NIBC four years ago and has been… Read full bio
Fred Robert
Senior Principal, Global Infrastructure, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Fred Robert is Senior Principal, Global Infrastructure at IMCO. He leads a team of professionals focused on direct infrastructure investments. In particular, Fred is responsible for overseeing the firm’s investment strategy in digital and logistics i… Read full bio
Hannah Schofield
Managing Director, DC Advisory
Hannah is part of our global Infrastructure team, based in the US. Hannah has over 15 years’ experience within infrastructure debt both in the European and US market. She started her career at Lloyds Bank and most recently spent almost a decade on th… Read full bio
Laurens-Jan Sipma
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity, APG Asset Management
Laurens-Jan is a Senior Portfolio Manager in APG’s European infrastructure team and is responsible for sourcing, executing and performing asset management of infrastructure equity investments, with a focus on digital infrastructure. He has been recen… Read full bio
Dr Christopher Stief
Co-Founder and CEO, Data Castle GmbH
Dr. Christopher Stief is Co-Founder and CEO of DATA CASTLE, a green data center platform and provider in Germany. The company is a joint venture between DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS and global alternative investment firm ANGELO GORDON. Furthermore, Dr. Chr… Read full bio