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Japan Korea Week Tokyo Summit 2020
23 - 24 April 2020,
Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo
Japanese capital for global infrastructure
Shape investment capital flow and the future of global infrastructure at the 6th annual Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Summit on 23-24 April 2020.
The Summit is Japan’s leading infrastructure meeting place to discuss domestic and international investment opportunities. Advance your business by connecting with more than 350 influential decision-makers who set the investment trends across global infrastructure markets.
Connect with 150+ behemoth Japanese LPs, including-year-on-year attendees Japan Post Bank, Chikyoren, Public Official Benefit Association (POBA), GPIF, Japan Post Insurance, KIC, and many more.
As part of the Japan Korea Week, the Tokyo Summit will gather the highest potential outbound investment opportunities to increase your returns.
Meet the LP keynote
Hideya Sadanaga
Managing Director
Head of Private Equity Investment Department
Japan Post Bank
Heads Japan Post Bank’s nascent private equity investment program and is responsible for all aspects of its creation and construction. Prior to joining Japan Post Bank in January 2016, spent most of his career at Nippon Life Insurance Company, where he was portfolio manager establishing and leading Nippon Life’s private equity operations out of its US subsidiary and also was Head of Product Development at Nissay Asset Management Co., the asset management subsidiary of Nippon Life among other various roles he held there.
2019 highlights
Find out the key takeaways, year-on-year attendees and speaker line-up from the Tokyo Summit 2019.
Meet Japan’s largest community of Infrastructure leaders
Who is it for?
Investors
Discover the opportunities available in global infrastructure through knowledge-sharing with the world’s leading investment practitioners.
Fund managers
Secure your next capital allocation from Japanese investors through the Summit’s unrivalled networking opportunities.
Service providers
Demonstrate your skills and services to more than 350 senior global infrastructure investment professionals and grow your business.
What our delegates say
Mark Weisdorf
Managing Partner, Mark Weisdorf Associates
It is an effective and efficient way for senior participants in the industry – institutional investors, investment managers and financiers to discuss impo…
Joost Bergsma
CEO, Glennmont Partners
The Tokyo summit is always highly topical and gives great overview of the Japan and global infra market dynamics.
Daniel Hu
China Everbright Limited
The Summit gives me a better understanding about Japanese LPs and what different GPs are doing in the global market.
Mark Weisdorf
Managing Partner, Mark Weisdorf Associates
It is an effective and efficient way for senior participants in the industry – institutional investors, investment managers and financiers to discuss important trends and exchange views, that are material in investment strategies and outcomes.
Expand your network and fundraising horizons
Established as the leading infrastructure conference in Japan, the Summit will offer you access to the most influential domestic LPs allocating to all sectors of the asset class and the leading global fund and asset managers, developers, advisors, and strategic partners.
Join our evening cocktail receptions, book a 1-2-1 session with your key business targets, connect with other attendees via the improved mobile app, and enjoy unrivalled knowledge-sharing throughout the two days of content.
Meet the leading global infrastructure community
Accelerate your fundraising in Seoul and Tokyo
Demonstrate your unique value-add capabilities to LPs allocating capital to global infrastructure to turbocharge your fundraising in 2020 and beyond. Exchange ideas with prominent global GPs, developers, and strategic advisors to enhance your investment strategies across Japan, Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
2019 attendees:
Preliminary Agenda
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Agenda
Day 1 - Wednesday 22nd
VIP Networking Drinks (Invitation Only)
Agenda
Day 2 - Thursday 23rd
Registration and coffee
PEI welcome and chairman’s opening remarks
Keynote Panel: Infrastructure investing 2020: The models of infrastructure investing compared
- Core vs Core Plus vs Value Add – what are the best investment strategies to deploy in the current environment?
- Rising competition for deals, how is this affecting the landscape?
- Does greenfield now present a better opportunity for investors on a risk adjusted return basis compared to brownfield?
- The importance of ESG and rising ESG standards in the investment process
Keynote Presentation
Networking Coffee Break
Panel: Investing in the mid-market
- What are GPs current interpretations and definitions of the mid-market?
- What are the challenges in the mid-market infra space GPs face, in terms of deal sourcing / operation and exit?
- What opportunities does it offer to the Japanese institutional investor?
Presentation: European infrastructure case study
Panel: Meet the major Japanese LPs - preparing for the next wave of institutional capital
- What is the current process by which LPs select their GPs? Has this changed in recent years?
- What kind of GP do LPs think is competitive? Large cap vs Mid-Size
- With expectations of a recession coming, how do LPs prepare for this within their investment strategy?
- How do LPs monitor from an ESG perspective and how have they implemented their ESG policy?
Networking Lunch
Panel: Investing in digital infrastructure
- What exactly is digital infrastructure?
- How does the role Infratech play into digital infrastructure?
- What are the similarities and differences between digital and core infrastructure?
Presentation
Networking Coffee Break
Panel: Accelerating the energy transition
- Can you still get good returns in developed markets given the recent erosion of subsidies? How to find these returns?
- What is the role that corporate PPAs can play in the current environment?
- Investing in emerging renewables markets – which geographies and sectors are of key interest?
LP Keynote Interview
Close of day one followed by cocktail reception
Agenda
Day 3 - Friday 24th
LP Breakfast Briefing (Invitation Only)
Registration and coffee
PEI welcome and chairman’s opening remarks
Day 2 Keynote presentation
Panel: The emergence of Infrastructure debt
- Given the increased demand for infrastructure debt funds in the market, what is driving the interest in the asset class?
- How does infra debt compare with other fixed income classes such as corporate debt?
- Which are the main risks that investors need to keep in mind when investing in this asset class?
Networking coffee break
Panel: Japan’s Infrastructure market: opportunities and challenges
- Current overview and status of the Japanese infrastructure market
- From 5G to PPPs and renewables, where are the emerging domestic opportunities?
- Lack of deal flow, how much of a concern should this be to investors?
Panel: The rising role of ESG in infrastructure investing
- How do we define ESG? Do differing interpretations of ESG present a challenge?
- Why should ESG matter to Japanese investors?
- What business factors can ESG activity have a positive impact on?
Presentation: Innovation in Smart Cities
Panel: How to successfully fundraise with LPs new to infrastructure investing
- Understanding the do’s and don’ts of fundraising in Japan. What should GPs be aware of?
- What are new LPs priorities and concerns when looking at the asset class?
- The role of the gatekeeper in the monitoring process, how do they help select and monitor GPs?