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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: May. 21, 2007
Table of Contents
- Day One
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Nigel Ash, Chief Executive, MVA Consultancy.
- 9.10 INVESTING IN EUROPEAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
- An investor's perspective
- Karim Mourad, Associate Director, Infrastructure and Specialised Funds Division, Macquarie Bank.
- 9.50 STRUCTURED LENDING
- Balancing private and public interests
- Scope
- Size
- Procurement
- Risk allocation
- David Asteraki, Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance and Advisory, ING Wholesale Banking.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 ROADS PROJECT INVESTMENT
- Infrastructure investment as an asset class
- Defining infrastructure
- Pressures for growth
- Market attractiveness
- Why roads are attractive to infrastructure investments
- The future of European road PPPs
- Sundeep Vyas, Vice President, RREEF Infrastructure.
- 11.40 FUNDING NORWEGIAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION
- Is there a future for PPP as a funding option?
- Norwegian toll road systems
- Framework for road planning and funding
- Experiences from a representative selection of projects
- Socio-economic effects of alternative funding schemes
- Reviewing local policies and regulations
- Future opportunities and experiences for PPP
- James Odeck, Professor, Molde University College and Senior Research Economist, Norwegian Public Roads Directorate.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 LESSONS FOR MAKING PPPS A SUCCESS
- A review of national lessons on what makes successful PPPs
- Review of international experience
- Key steps at a national and project level
- Successful private sector investment in low traffic roads
- The role of international organizations
- IRF’s PPP Task Force
- Anthony Pearce, Consultant, International Road Federation.
- 2.30 LONG TERM CONCESSIONS AND FINDINGS ON CONSTRUCTION RISK
- Groundbreaking research in road PPPs
- Challenges of long term concessions
- A reminder: traffic risk challenges
- Construction risk: market research outcomes
- James Hoskins, Rating Specialist, Infrastructure Finance, Standard & Poor's.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 RISK MITIGATION FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
- Why the design and construction phase is seen as the largest single risk
- Why the efficiencies of whole life focus are yet to be fully realised?
- The importance of intergrated processes, people and IT to mitigate risk
- Case studies, lessons learned
- Stuart Spencer, Civil Industry Director, Bentley Systems Incorporated.
- 4.20 CROSS BORDER FEHMARN BELT CROSSING LINK
- Case study connection between Germany and Denmark
- Financing of the cross border section
- Financing of the hinterland connections
- Economic potentials of a fixed link
- Dr Wolfgang Zeichner, Head of Department for Transport and Road Construction, Ministry of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Day two
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Nigel Ash, Chief Executive, MVA Consultancy.
- 9.10 ROAD PPPS IN THE USA
- Market opportunity, closed deals and challenges for investors
- Review of recent PPP road transactions in the US
- Upcoming opportunities
- Availability vs live tolling
- Financing solutions being used in the American market
- Michael Scott, Partner, White & Case.
- 9.50 PPP EXPANSION IN CANADA
- Creating ideal PPP conditions
- An overview of completed PPP projects
- Shortfalls and room for improvement
- Cost-analysis of private financing
- Application of lessons into future developments
- Rick Byers, Managing Director, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 THE FUTURE OF PPP IN THE UK
- M25 case study
- Expanding PPP for the M25
- Improvements for procurement
- Creating strategic non-adversarial partnerships
- Ways to increase standards
- How to meet the government’s efficiency targets
- Ken Petch, Project Leader, M25, Highways Agency.
- 11.40 LOCAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PPP
- Technical overview of highway maintenance
- Importance of highway maintenance
- Scope and scale of projects
- Performance specification and the network condition
- Forbes Johnston, Divisional Technical Director, Mott MacDonald.
- 12.10 LOCAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PPP
- Key commercial issues in highways maintenance
- Investment and unitary charge profiles
- Linking performance specification to payment
- Financing and affordability
- Craig Jones, PPP Adviser, Deloitte.
- 12.40 Networking Lunch
- 2.00 TOLL ROADS PPP IN EUROPE
- Where is the market?
- Countries and projects
- How about the deal flow?
- Hold-ups and preconditions for procurement
- Outlook
- Peter Jamin, Regional Director UK & Ireland, Hochtief PPP Solutions.
- 2.40 FRENCH CASE STUDY
- Creating ideal PPP conditions
- An overview of completed French PPP projects (A28 to A65)
- Shortfalls and room for improvement
- Next deal flow and evolution of client expectations
- Impact on private sectors: adaptation of the sponsors and evolution of the financial market
- Application of lessons into future developments
- Nadra Yousfi Mrhari, Project Manager, Road PPPs, Structuring and Financing Department, Egis Projects.
- 3.20 BALTIC CASE STUDY
- Developing PPP projects in Lithuania
- PPP projects and PPP initiatives in the Baltics
- Challenges and perspectives of PPP projects in the Baltics
- Incorporating PPP into Lithuanian roads
- Arvydas Sarocka, Director, SAVVIN.
- 4.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks, followed by Afternoon Tea
AbstractThe road sector across Europe is in an exciting phase. Many European countries are improving management of their road networks, moving forward with PPP/PFI finance, setting up new style road funds and changing the way they set spending priorities and manage their roads.
The conference will give insight into the present and forecasted plans of road transportation developments across many European countries. It will include case studies from signed deals and those still in procurement.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet and gain insight into the different approaches implemented by the drivers of the industry. This forum is specifically designed for senior road executives, members of roads boards, government officials dealing with the road sector, staff from international donor organisations and consultants working on the road sector.
An exceptional speaker line-up includes:
Sundeep Vyas, Vice President, RREEF Infrastructure
David Asteraki, Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance and Advisory, ING Wholesale Banking
Rick Byers, Managing Director, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets
Karim Mourad, Associate Director, Infrastructure and Specialised Funds Division, Macquarie Bank
Anthony Pearce, Director General, International Road Federation
Forbes Johnston, Divisional Technical Director, Mott MacDonald
Ken Petch, Project Leader, M25, Highways Agency
Chaired by:
Nigel Ash, Chief Executive, MVA Consultancy and
Corinne Namblard, Chief Executive Officer, Galaxy Fund and Co-Chair, United Nations PPP Alliance
Benefits of Attending:
- GAIN an insight on financial perspectives from banks that are investing in roads infrastructure
- HEAR from experts on the opportunities within the North American PPP market
- UNDERSTAND long tem concessions and recent findings on construction risk
- LEARN about the future of the M25 and PPP in the UK
- EXAMINE the challenges associated with European cross border projects
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