Navigating energy insecurity, market volatility and geopolitical tensions: an infrastructure roadmap
The industry leading event, the Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit, returned to Berlin on 20-23 March 2023.
The event brought together the who’s who of infrastructure for four days of unrivalled networking and unmatched content. Attendees connected with a record-breaking 500+ of the world’s leading institutional and private investors actively allocating to infrastructure. Inspirational out-of-industry keynote speakers and the industry’s best and brightest led the discussions, shaping the future of the asset class.
All attendees became members of the Infrastructure Investor Network, enhancing their networking experience before, during, and after the event.
Advance your fundraising
Attendees expanded their fundraising horizons by joining the largest gathering of global institutional and private investors searching for opportunities in infrastructure.
Uncover high-yield opportunities
The Summit’s world-class speaking faculty showed you where, and how, you can find attractive investments around the globe.
Save time building your network
Continue the conversation after the Summit with your membership to the Infrastructure Investor Network. Gain access to 2,000+ investors and managers globally.
Investor attendees included:
500+ global institutional and private investors
Speakers included:
Key themes
- Sustaining returns amid energy insecurity, market volatility and geopolitical tensions
- Overcoming energy issues – dealing with reliability, stability and security of supply
- Connectivity – the continued growth prospects of the digital infrastructure sector
- ESG and sustainability – taking the conversation forward beyond energy assets
- Enhancing your infrastructure portfolio in an inflationary world
- Digital infrastructure valuations under the microscope
- What constitutes a core fund? How the definition is evolving through 2023 and beyond
Empowering growth on the frontline of infrastructure’s emerging economies
Best practice in sustainability to improve investment strategy
Driving global connectivity through investing in innovation
Shaping the infrastructure landscape of the future
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Investing in energy: price, security, and the transition to net zero
Institutional and private investors
New for 2023, the Investor Council brought together investors to share peer-to-peer insights, learn from leading investors and more.
Testimonials
Anish Butani
bfinance
The go-to event for the infrastructure investment industry.
Thomas Hein
Macquarie
Great event to reconnect with people in real time. Efficient meetings and opportunities to select own needs and interests in advance.
Christian Wertli
Swiss Re
The most relevant infra event to attend. All the major players are at the summit.
Part of the Infrastructure Investor Network
Attendees instantly became part of our global network of infrastructure leaders shaping the asset class.
Members have year-round access to a directory of investors, frequent meetings with industry leaders, and receive a reduced rate to Infrastructure Investor conferences throughout the year, including:
Please note, annual agenda is subject to change.
Today’s leaders. Tomorrow’s infrastructure.
Explore our line-up of industry leading speakers who will share their insights with you in March. Our seven specialist forums mean you’ll gain expert knowledge on all aspects of infrastructure.
Keynote speakers
Join Francis Fukuyama, the legendary political scientist and author, to find out if liberalism is obsolete. Liberal democracies are in retreat and under attack from both the Right and the Left. Francis will dissect what has gone wrong and explain how to fix it.
Tackle cybersecurity risk with award-winning NY Times journalist Nicole Perlroth of CISA as she discusses critical national infrastructure, digitisation and more.
Partner and chair of Carlyle’s Infrastructure Group, Macky Tall, will set out his roadmap for the asset class, explore market trends and more.
Gillian Tett, Financial Times, will be discussing the art and science of leadership, how we can use anthropology to understand business and so much more.
A snapshot of who you will hear from:
Karsten Sinner
Head of Infrastructure Funds and Regional Head of Funds North Africa, the Levant and Türkiye, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
View the full list of speakers by forum:
The private infrastructure industry’s annual general meeting
The Global Investor Forum is the core of the Global Summit. Meet and hear from the best of the best in the asset class.
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
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 the available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44 (0) 203 862 7498.
Pre-Event Resources
Day one.
Day four.
For more information or if you are interested in speaking at the Summit, please contact James Hatwell.
james.hatwell@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3994 7961
The network for Infrastructure Investors
Attendees gained a 12-month membership to the Infrastructure Investor Network, a service designed to enhance the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit networking experience. Members connect with more than 2,200 investors and managers throughout the year, they set up pre-meetings with those attending Summit, met in-person on the day, and picked up a conversation after the event.
Accelerate your fundraising
Attendees found investors who match their investment strategies and set up meetings ahead of the event, on our membership platform.
Expand your investor network
Attendees showcased their profile ahead of the event and used our membership team to connect with the right decision makers.
Better connections
Attendees access unique, critical insight exclusive to members throughout the year along with preferential rates to attend any event within the Infrastructure Investor Network portfolio.
Discover global investors
Connect with the most active investors in infrastructure
Stay connected with the global community
Rick Walters
GRESB
Infrastructure Investor managed to pull off the best infrastructure investing conference of 2020!
Fraser Hughes
GLIO
Great event again. The virtual platform was extremely well done – congrats on hosting a top-quality event.
John Anderson
Manulife
One of the best events of 2020 for connecting with other market participants.
Global Summit attendees get more
By attending the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, you will join infrastructure’s most influential global network. An Infrastructure Investor Network membership will give you:
- In-person access to the Global Summit
- Access to the investor directory
- Frequent in-person networking opportunities
- And much more…
Please note, annual agenda is subject to change.
Anne Valentine Andrews
Global Head of Real Assets, BlackRock
Anne Valentine Andrews, Managing Director, is Global Head of Real Assets within BlackRock Alternative Investors. BlackRock Real Assets comprises the Infrastructure and Real Estate platforms, which have 400+ professionals across 30+ cities globally, a… Read full bio
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
Annette Bannister
Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management
Annette Bannister is a Managing Director and Head of European Infrastructure and Project Finance for MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”). Annette is responsible for overseeing the origination and execution of new infrastructure debt transactions in… Read full bio
Floortje Brouwers
Senior Vice President, GIC
Floortje Brouwers leads the Infrastructure Debt strategy for GIC, based out of London. She is part of GIC’s INFRA investment team which covers Equity, Debt and Fund investments. In her role she is responsible for investments in non-investment grade a… Read full bio
Claus Fintzen
Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Claus Fintzen is the CIO and Head of Infrastructure Debt at AllianzGI in London. The infrastructure debt platform was created in 2012 in order to develop the institutional market for this asset class and to originate suitable transactions for the All… Read full bio
Suzanne Gaboury
Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank
Suzanne Gaboury was appointed Director General, Private Sector Operations Department in January 2021. Ms. Gaboury has more than 28 years of professional experience in private sector finance and emerging markets with extensive international networks a… Read full bio
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev joined UNIQA Insurance Group in 2015. He is currently based in Vienna and is leading UNIQA’s infrastructure investment activities in both infrastructure debt and equity spaces. Within his current role, Dimitar is responsible for t… Read full bio
Irene Mavroyannis
Managing Partner, Private Capital Advisory, Sera Global
Irene is Global Head of the Private Capital Advisory practice for Infrastructure, Renewables and Sustainable Investing at Sera Global where she is responsible for advising leading managers of real assets on fund strategy (including capital raising),… Read full bio
Vivian Nicoli
Managing Director - Head of European Infrastructure, CDPQ
Vivian Nicoli has been Managing Director, Head of European Infrastructure at CDPQ, since September 2020. She also heads the Paris office and leads CDPQ in developing and implementing its infrastructure investment strategy in the region. She oversees… Read full bio
Esther Peiner
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Europe, Partners Group
Esther Peiner is Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in Europe, based in Zug. She is a member of the Private Infrastructure and Global Investment Committee. Esther is also a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the sponsor of it… Read full bio
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Boards LGAS/AER plc and Investment Committees , GLIL Infrastructure
Patricia is an experienced Non-Executive Board Director with a breadth of institutional investment experience across infrastructure, private equity and sustainability. Over the past two decades, Patricia has been an investment manager at Macquarie an… Read full bio
Laurent Segalen
Managing Partner, Megawatt-X
Laurent Segalen is a franco-british clean energy investment banker. He is the founder of Megawatt-X, the London-based Energy transition meta-platform, which he currently heads. Megawatt-X has listed more than 15GW of Wind and Solar transactions over… Read full bio
Christian Wiehenkamp
Chief Investment Officer, Perpetual Investors
Christian is Chief Investment Officer at Perpetual, where he leads the overall investment process and investing activities. Prior to joining Perpetual, Christian held several positions within the Allianz Group. In his latest role he was the responsib… Read full bio
Connecting the world’s infrastructure asset owners
New for 2023, the Global Summit Investor Council will be dedicated to serving our institutional and private investors in attendance.
This invite-only forum will take place on Thursday 23rd March, and will involve various formats, including:
- A welcome breakfast gathering and introduction
- Focused roundtables on themes that are front of mind for investors
- The Infrastructure Investor: Investment Committee, featuring exclusive transaction case studies
Offering unparalleled insights and opportunities to network with your fellow LPs, the Investor Council is not to be missed for those that are eligible to attend.
Key themes include:
- Selecting smart strategies for your institution: core, value-add, debt and more
- How investors can continue to shape the energy transition
- Best practice for essential portfolio management techniques
- Protecting your portfolio against interest rates, inflation and increasing economic turbulence
Advance your strategies
Learn the latest industry insight from experts of the asset class. Find out how to protect your portfolio from inflation, high interest rates and geopolitical instability and so much more.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Reconnect with your fellow investors and gain important and unfiltered peer-to-peer insights in this ever-changing environment.
Be part of the largest gathering of investors
Connect with 600+ leading institutional investors actively allocating to infrastructure.
Part of the Global Summit
The Investor Council is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place across four days and is your best opportunity to connect with your peers, learn from inspirational speakers and stay at the forefront of the infrastructure market.
Six specialist forums
Empowering growth on the frontline of infrastructure’s emerging economies
Best practice in sustainability to improve investment strategy
Driving global connectivity through investing in innovation
The private infrastructure industry’s annual general meeting
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Investing in energy: price, security, and the transition to net zero
Keynote speakers:
A snapshot of who attendees heard from:
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Boards LGAS/AER plc and Investment Committees , GLIL Infrastructure
Suresh Subudhi
Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Head of Transport, Cities and Infrastructure, Boston Consulting Group
View the full list of speakers by Forum:
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Apply for your complimentary investor pass
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit provides an unrivalled platform for institutional and private investors and allocators investing in infrastructure to gather.
A limited number of complimentary 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.
Institutional and Private Investors at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2023
The Summit is the largest meeting place for institutional and private investors and other members of the global infrastructure community.
Check out the benefits of joining the conference and who among your peers you will be joining.
Join the Investor Council
New for 2023, the Global Summit Investor Council will be dedicated to serving our institutional and private investors in attendance.
This invite-only forum will take place on Thursday 23 March, and will involve various formats, including:
- A welcome breakfast, led by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
- Focused roundtables on how to manage inflation and other pressing issues
- New for this year, our Investment Committee Panel will showcase transaction case studies, that will encourage an interactive debate and give insight into the investment decision-making process
What to expect?
Network with your peers
Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.
Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.
Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in sectors including emerging markets, the energy transition, infrastructure debt and more.
Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with infrastructure’s biggest fund and asset managers in the market.
What to expect on the event day
2500+
Attendees
250+
Speakers
400+
Institutional & Private Investors
50+
Networking hours
Confirmed investor attendees include:
Network with the world's most active investors
Apply for your complimentary investor pass
A limited number of complimentary 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.
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2023 was held at the Hilton, Berlin, Mohrenstraße 30, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
