Financing and developing the world’s infrastructure from concept to completion

Discover how public sector projects are being made more accessible to private capital at the Infrastructure Investor Government Forum, where the world’s governments, developers and capital providers will discuss collaborative working to advance major infrastructure projects from concept to completion.

 

Who attended in 2020?

Global, local and municipal government (public sector)

Attendees had the opportunity to meet the world’s significant financiers and developers of global infrastructure projects in one location to advance your country’s infrastructure development plans.

 

Asset owners (developers and operators)

Attendees learnt how landmark transactions have been delivered, heard public sector plans and appetite for infrastructure and met with the partners they need to deliver their next expansion or development project.

Financial sponsors and investors

Attendees were able to meet government representatives, contractors and operators to discover the future direction of global greenfield infrastructure development to advance their project pipeline.

Service Providers

Engaged with public and private sector clients and prospects. Gain exclusive insight into the forthcoming programme strategies of major global infrastructure clients.

Key themes for 2020

  • Improving infrastructure delivery: innovative governmental procurement models.
  • Urban renewal projects: how different governments are driving the conversion to smart, sustainable, resilient cities.
  • Promoting a deeper collaboration between governments, private capital and banks.
  • Novel approaches to mitigate project risk and attract an increase in private capital.
  • Increasing the effectiveness of private capital investment into public infrastructure.
  • Attracting private capital: analysing the key ingredients needed to secure investment.

One Summit: Seven Forums

The Global Investor Forum is the largest global gathering of institutional and private capital devoted to infrastructure and the focal point of the Global Summit.

Explore infrastructure opportunities across frontier and growth markets at the Emerging Markets Forum.

The ESG & Sustainability Forum provides a place to showcase best practice and understand what good looks like from a sustainability perspective.

The Energy Transition Forum is the event to learn from and network with a truly international delegation focused on investment opportunities in renewables and the energy transition.

Your chance to hear from investors leading the digital revolution in infrastructure investment and keep up with opportunities in an increasingly important sub-asset class.

Analyse the benefits of differing investment structures, learn about landmark transactions and pinpoint new opportunities for yield.

In 2020 Government organisations attended from:


Testimonials

Lincoln Webb

Senior Vice President, BCI

If you are serious about infrastructure investing, Infrastructure Investor’s Global Summit should be a fixture in your calendar.

Stephane Wattez-Richard

Executive Director, Conquest AM

The Global Summit is the best event to meet peers, investors and keep up-to-date on the key challenges & opportunities the asset class faces today.

Holger Haaf

Uniper

To meet so many people in such a short time is not possible without the Summit.

2021 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

 

 

 

2020 Speakers

Abraham Akkawi

Advisor PPP, Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership

Jean-Marc Arbaud

Managing Director, CDPQ Infra

Dr Eyup Vural Aydin

Chairman, Istanbul PPCoE

Vincent Cabanne

Executive Director - Infrastructure and PPP, Gazprombank

Jose Cordovilla

Managing Partner, Solvere Infraestructuras

Martin Dirr

Head, C40 Cities Finance Facility - GIZ

Daniel Fedson

Infrastructure Advisor

Michael Feith

Policy Officer, InvestEU - European Commission

Carolyn Hansard

Senior Director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Matthew Jordan-Tank

Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD

Max Lohmann

Partner and Donor Relations, C40 Cities Finance Facility - GIZ

Alistair Perkins

Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, NN Investment Partners

Julia Prescot

Partner, Chief Strategy Officer - Meridiam

Mark Moseley

Principal and Owner, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)

Brunello Rosa

CEO & Head of Research, Rosa & Roubini Associates

Noman Siddiqui

Manager, PPP Division - Islamic Development Bank

Phoebe Smith

Senior Investment Director, Whitehelm Capital

Prerna Soni

Vice President, Invest India

Madeleine Szeluch

Head of Investor Relations, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Matthew Vickerstaff

Deputy CEO and Head of Project Finance, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Alexander Wendler

Chief Development Officer, Transport for NSW

Professor Iryna Zapatrina

Chairman, Ukrainian PPP Center & Founder - PPP Academy

Mujde Zeynel

Senior Advisor, Istanbul PPPCoE

Day 1
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Agenda

Government Forum 2020 - Monday 12th

Government Forum 2020 - Monday 12 October
08:45 - 08:50

Introduction from Infrastructure Investor

08:50 - 09:00

Chairperson's opening remarks

Mark Moseley
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Mark Moseley

Principal and Owner, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)

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09:00 - 09:45

Improving infrastructure delivery: choosing the right procurement model for your project

Mark Moseley, Vincent Cabanne, Matthew Jordan-Tank, Julia Prescot

Opening Panel Session

  • How does the choice of procurement model impact delivery?
  • Comparing outcomes: public versus private procurement strategies
  • Examples of innovative procurement models
  • Role of sustainability in the evolution of procurement models

Moderator: Mark Moseley, Principal, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services

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Mark Moseley

Principal and Owner, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)

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Vincent Cabanne

Executive Director - Infrastructure and PPP, Gazprombank

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Matthew Jordan-Tank

Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD

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Julia Prescot

Partner, Chief Strategy Officer - Meridiam

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09:45 - 10:00

Government project showcase

Michael Feith

European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) – the meeting place for project promoters and investors

  • Origin: Set up as part of the Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe
  • Purpose: Facilitating connections with global investors through a database of investable projects across private and public sectors
  • Future: How EIPP will evolve into the ‘InvestEU Portal’

Speaker: Michael Feith, Policy Officer – Infrastructure, European Commission

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Michael Feith

Policy Officer, InvestEU - European Commission

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10:00 - 10:40

Risk sharing: improving the balance between governments, private capital and MLDBs

Mujde Zeynel, Dr Eyup Vural Aydin, Michael Feith, Noman Siddiqui, Madeleine Szeluch

Panel Session 

  • Making projects bankable: novel approaches to risk mitigation
  • Which projects risks can, and should governments help mitigate for developers and investors, and which shouldn’t they?
  • How can technology create new value in project sourcing, structuring, and risk allocation?
  • Currency risk, construction risk and delay risk: who should take on what?

Moderator: Mujde Zeynel, Principal Advisor, Istanbul PPP Center of Excellence (PPPCoE)

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Mujde Zeynel

Senior Advisor, Istanbul PPPCoE

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Dr Eyup Vural Aydin

Chairman, Istanbul PPCoE

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Michael Feith

Policy Officer, InvestEU - European Commission

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Noman Siddiqui

Manager, PPP Division - Islamic Development Bank

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Madeleine Szeluch

Head of Investor Relations, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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10:40 - 11:00

Simplifying governmental regulatory policies to promote investment into infrastructure

Matthew Vickerstaff

Presentation

 

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Matthew Vickerstaff

Deputy CEO and Head of Project Finance, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

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11:00 - 11:30

Coffee & Networking

Government Forum 2020
11:30 - 11:45

Government project showcase

Alexander Wendler

Sydney’s Central Precinct Renewal project

  • Leveraging public infrastructure for more competitive cities and more liveable communities
  • Building Sydney’s momentum as Australia’s global city
  • Using 24 ha of government land to grow the CBD and accommodate a global tech hub
  • De-risking investment in the air space over Australia’s busiest rail interchange
  • Reflections from both sides of private / public negotiations

Speaker: Alexander Wendler, Chief Development Officer, Transport for New South Wales

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Alexander Wendler

Chief Development Officer, Transport for NSW

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11:45 - 12:30

Urban renewal projects: how different governments are driving the conversion to smart, sustainable, resilient cities

Max Lohmann, Phoebe Smith, Alexander Wendler , Professor Iryna Zapatrina

Panel Session 

  • Collecting, storing and analysing city data
  • Adding value to communities: integrating residential schemes with infrastructure
  • Strategies for building climate resilience into existing city infrastructure
  • Investing in systems over projects
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Max Lohmann

Partner and Donor Relations, C40 Cities Finance Facility - GIZ

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Phoebe Smith

Senior Investment Director, Whitehelm Capital

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Alexander Wendler

Chief Development Officer, Transport for NSW

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Professor Iryna Zapatrina

Chairman, Ukrainian PPP Center & Founder - PPP Academy

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12:25 - 12:30

Switchover time

Delegates move to the Bellatage for keynote

12:30 - 13:00

Keynote Presentation

Brunello Rosa

Global macroeconomic and geo-strategic challenges and their implications for financial markets

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Brunello Rosa

CEO & Head of Research, Rosa & Roubini Associates

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13:00 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

Government Forum 2020
14:00 - 14:40

The future of mobility: automation, connectivity, electrification, and digitisation

Prerna Soni

Panel Session 

  • Optimising existing transport infrastructure for the needs of tomorrow
  • Rethinking traditional financing models
  • Building economies of scale via project bundling
  • Collaborating with regulators to facilitate policy change
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Prerna Soni

Vice President, Invest India

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14:40 - 15:00

Government project showcase

Jean-Marc Arbaud

Montreal’s REM project

  • Balancing greenfield risk with the desire for stable, countercyclical returns
  • Government involvement alongside private capital: Lessons learned from REM so far
  • How projects can stimulate the development and re-urbanisation necessary for more sustainable cities
  • Developing and exporting a direct infrastructure investment model for building light-rail systems

Speaker: Jean-Marc Arbaud, Deputy General Director- Infrastructure, CDPQ

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Jean-Marc Arbaud

Managing Director, CDPQ Infra

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15:00 - 15:30

Coffee & Networking

Government Forum 2020
15:30 - 15:50

Government project showcase

Abraham Akkawi
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Abraham Akkawi

Advisor PPP, Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership

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15:50 - 16:30

What investors want: analysing the key ingredients needed to secure private capital investment into public infrastructure

Daniel Fedson, Jose Cordovilla, Carolyn Hansard, Alistair Perkins

Panel Session 

  • Which financing structures are the most attractive for investors? PFIs, PPPs or bonds?
  • Risk versus reward: how far up the curve are investors willing to go
  • Single asset or platform investing: pros and cons of differing investment strategies
  • Overcoming political obstacles to private ownership of infrastructure assets

Moderator: Daniel Fedson, Infrastructure Advisor

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Daniel Fedson

Infrastructure Advisor

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Jose Cordovilla

Managing Partner, Solvere Infraestructuras

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Carolyn Hansard

Senior Director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

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Alistair Perkins

Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, NN Investment Partners

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16:30 - 17:00

Government Project Showcase

17:00 - 17:05

Closing comments from the Chair

17:05 - 17:15

Switchover time

Delegates move to the ballroom

17:15 - 18:00

Keynote Speech

Ben Hammersley

Back by popular demand, futurist Ben Hammersley will explain how to prepare for the digital future. Hear one of the world’s leading thinkers explain how the information revolution affects infrastructure assets around the world.

Ben Hammersley, Editor-at-Large, Wired

Followed by Q&A with the audience

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Ben Hammersley

Editor-at-Large, Wired

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18:00 - 19:00

Emerald Gala Reception

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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