Investor
Emerging Markets Forum Global Summit 2022
21 March 2022,
Hilton, Berlin
Pursuing the momentum for change in emerging and frontier economies
Join, learn from and network with a global delegation focused on investment opportunities in emerging markets.
The forum will bring together emerging market specialists with investors to push forward change and to discuss the current state of infrastructure investing in emerging economies.
Advance your fundraising
Connect with a global audience of investors with an interest in emerging markets and benefit from focused networking with the right people.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Find out the repercussions for emerging markets resulting from COP26, where infrastructure’s sub-sectors sit within emerging markets, the role ESG requirements have on emerging market investors’ investment processes and much more.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite at the event and on our sophisticated networking platform.
One Summit. Seven Forums.
The Emerging Markets Forum is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. Taking place across four days, the Summit has something to offer everyone involved in infrastructure.
Sponsorship opportunities
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Alexander Jakes, alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44 (0)203 862 7498
Agenda
Emerging Markets Forum - Monday 21st
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
Welcome from the Chair

How have emerging markets fared two years on from inception of the pandemic
- How government spending in emerging markets has been impacted by covid-19
- Innovation in financing models to bring infrastructure development back on track in the emerging economies
- The impact of the pandemic on PPPs and new projects
Moderator: Ziad Alexandre Hayek, President, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals





The role of emerging markets in paving the way towards a greener planet
- What private investors are doing in relation to aiding climate adaptation
- The implications and opportunities that came out of COP-26 in relation to strengthening emerging market infrastructure climate resilience
- How to mitigate the disproportionate exposure to climate change in emerging markets
Moderator: Cathy Granneman, Associate, Infrastructure, GRESB





Coffee & networking
How to identify the correct financing models in emerging market investment
- How different governmental bodies are attempting to make their markets more attractive to private capital
- The evolving role of MDBs in emerging market investment
- What needs to be done to streamline the link from private capital to projects within emerging markets
Moderator: Helga Van Peer, Lawyer & Non-Exec Board Member, Independent
Growth of impact investing in emerging markets
- How institutional investors can navigate the different regulation requirements within emerging markets
- Identifying best practice in impact investing in the emerging markets
- Managing and controlling supply chain to help the move to net-zero
Moderator: Hans-Peter Egler, International Expert in Sustainable Infrastructure and Sustainable Value Chains, South Pole Group
Networking lunch with Social Infrastructure and ESG & Sustainability Forum attendees
Themed Roundtables
- Public-Private Partnership– engaging institutional investors
- Adapting risk management models
- Achieving the SDGs and net-zero in emerging markets
- Landscape of digital investment
- Energy supply in the emerging markets
- Transportation infrastructure in rising economies
Coffee & networking
The energy transition landscape in growth markets
- How the global energy mix needs to change to meet growing demand, and how this can be done sustainably
- What grid investment opportunities look like in frontier economies
- The role base-load technology like large scale waste-to-energy and more efficient fossil fuels must play in the near future
Moderator: Lars Holm, Partner, Center of Energy Impact, BCG
The digital revolution in emerging economies
- Finding a place for fibre, towers and data centres within the emerging markets in a 5G world
- How 5G and AI are contributing to eliminating the digital divide and connecting emerging economies
- How covid-19 impacted the digital investment landscape, from rising digital provider demands to supply chain disruption
Moderator: Lance Crist, Global Equity Head, Infrastructure, IFC
Mitigating the perception of risk in emerging market investment
- How to find new normalities to overcome weaker framework approaches
- How investment gains can avoid reduction in sometimes volatile currencies
- How government bodies reduce the perception of political risk in unstable environments
Moderator: Hubert Danso, CEO & Chairman, Africa Investor Group
Closing comments from the chair
Gala Reception

Rahul Agarwal
Vice President, Invest India

Deepali Bahl
Managing Director, Augment Infrastructure

Aditi Bhattacharya
Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Daniel Calderon
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alcazar Energy

Lance Crist
Global Equity Head, Infrastructure, IFC

Hubert Danso
CEO & Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group

Hans-Peter Egler
International Expert in Sustainable Infrastructure and Sustainable Value Chains, South Pole Group

Leticia Ferreras Astorqui
Portfolio Manager, Development Finance, Allianz Global Investors

Cathy Granneman
Associate, Infrastructure, GRESB

Jaime Guillen
Partner & Principal, Mexico Infrastructure Partners

Bas Hamers
Advisor to the board, Harvest Waste

Deniz Harut
Executive Director, Pollination

Ziad Alexandre Hayek
President, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)

Rajesh Hemnani
Investment Manager, CDC Group

Lars Holm
Partner, Center of Energy Impact, BCG

Tomas Janeba
President, Czech Infrastructure Association

Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, EBRD

Viktor Kats
Managing Partner, Augment Infrastructure Partners

Morgan Landy
Senior Director, Global Infrastructure, IFC

Olusola Lawson
Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers ("AIIM")

Darius Lilaoonwala
Managing Partner, Augment Infrastructure Partners

Florian Münkle
Vice President, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Opuiyo Oforiokuma
Senior Partner, Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund

Karsten Sinner
Head of Infrastructure Funds and Regional Head Funds in North Africa, the Levant and Turkey, EBRD

Prerna Soni
Vice President, Invest India

Sarvesh Suri
Director - Climate, Energy, Extractives, Financial & Capital Markets , MIGA

Jens Thomassen
Partner, A.P. Moller Capital
