Conference Documentation: Benelux Infrastructure Forum
Recent years have seen changes to way in which large scale infrastructure projects have been financed. While many projects still largely depend on long term bank debt, with the introduction of stiffer regulations, funding is also sought from other sources including private sector investing, project bonds, pension funds, government funding and institutional investors. These all have different criteria, however without these funding sources, the rapid rise in infrastructure developments in the Benelux area could not continue.
SMi are proud to present the industry leading 14th Annual Benelux Infrastructure Forum, 23rd-24th November 2015, Amsterdam. This year’s conference will examine hot new developments in the pipeline, including new ppp projects and the increasing focus on renewable energy ventures especially in relation to offshore wind and how these are funded. There will also be a focus on new and existing projects such UK Biomass Project, PPP in maritime and road infrastructure, flood infrastructure assets and much more!
Through a series of exciting case studies, presentations and panel discussions this premier event will allow unrivalled networking allowing for a gathering of industry’s infrastructure developers, investors, financiers & government agencies as they discuss and debate latest developments in the Benelux region.
This year’s conference will look at new pipeline opportunities in areas including:-
Evaluating mechanisms to procure infrastructure projects
Project bonds – what is happening and what does the future hold?
Reviewing smaller ppp projects and what lessons can be learned from them
Developments in public transport and funding for these projects
Project life cycle, value for money and risk management…what you need to know!
Testimonials include:
‘Excellent gathering’
‘Good content, good quality of speakers’
- Day 1
- 8:30
- Registration & Coffee
- 9:00
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Jeroen Kies, Assistant General Manager, Structured Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited Amsterdam Branch
- 9:10
- Key developments and market overview in selected PPP markets
- Frank Schramm, Co-CEO, BBGI S.A.
- 9:40
- Investing in the Netherlands: an equity perspective
- Stephane Duhr, Director, 3i
- 10:10
- Offshore wind projects
- Jeroen Kies, Assistant General Manager, Structured Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited Amsterdam Branch
- 10:40
- Morning Coffee
- 11:10
- Financing the energy and infrastructure gap
- Willem Stitselaar, Managing Director, Macquarie Capital
- 11:40
- UK Biomass Project
- Jan Willem Van Roggen, Managing Director, NIBC Bank N.V.
- 12:10
- PPPs – Where are PPP structures being used now
- Andrew Petry, Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Finance, Simmons & Simmons
- 12:40
- Networking Lunch
- 13:40
- Solutions for insurance industry
- Bernward Kulle, Executive Board Member, ÖPP Deutschland AG (Partnerschaften Deutschland
- 14:10
- Managing stakeholders for PPP success
- Karel Joos, Partner, Interel Belgium
- 14:40
- Infrastructure project success… can all stakeholders be winners?
- Karel Joos, Partner, Interel Belgium
- 15:10
- Risk management in Dutch DBFM(O) projects
- Joris van Papenrecht, Commercial Director, BAM PPP The Netherlands and Belgium
- 15:40
- Afternoon Tea
- 16:10
- New projects, new risks, new mitigations
- Roeland van der Zee, Senior Consultant, Aon Global Risk Consulting
- 16:40
- Funding competitions - Pro's and Con's and best practices
- Johan Mouraux, Partner, DLA Piper
- 17:10
- Investing in Brownfield Infrastructure: A focus on the energy sector
- Bruno Candes , Partner , Infravia
- 17:40
- New funding opportunities for the Benelux market
- Han Claessens, Senior Investment Manager, PGGM Investments
- 17:40
- New funding opportunities for the Benelux market
- Willem Stitselaar, Managing Director, Macquarie Capital
- 17:40
- New funding opportunities for the Benelux market
- Bert Mulders, Associate Director, Infrastructure & Renewables, NIBC Bank
- 18:10
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Day 2
- 8:30
- Registration & Coffee
- 9:00
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Andrew Petry, Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Finance, Simmons & Simmons
- 9:10
- The Investment Plan for Europe (the 'Juncker plan')
- Dominik Zunt, Policy Officer, DG Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Finance, coordination with EIB Group, EBRD and IFIs, Financing of Climate Change, Infrastructure Policies and Euratom (ECFIN L3),, European Commission
- 9:50
- The Belgian market: impact of ESA 2010
- Professor Dr Steven Van Garsse, Manager, Department of Public Governance and the Chancellery, Flemish Government - Cluster Flemish Justice and Regulation - Flemish PPP Knowledge Centre
- 10:30
- Morning Coffee
- 10:50
- Financing transport infrastructure with EU financial instruments
- Ian Conlon, Financial Instruments Team, Unit B4,, DG MOVE, European Commission
- 11:30
- Dutch Locks, not only crucial for Holland’s waterway logistics, but also part of our heritage
- Paolo Geurtsen, Director Project Finance, Treasury & Finance, VolkerWessels
- 12:10
- Networking Lunch
- 13:10
- Flood Infrastructure assets: what can we learn from The Netherlands?
- Prof. Dr. Chris Zevenbergen, Strategic Advisor Of The Executive Board, Chair Flood Resilience Group UNESCO-IHE, Dura Vermeer Group NV, UNESCO-IHE and TuDelft
- 13:50
- PPP in maritime and road infrastructure the Netherlands so far so good?
- Rob Peters, Finance Manager, Rijkswaterstaat, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
- 14:30
- The partnerships behind a PPP
- Jeroen In t Veld, Director, Rebelgroup BV
- 15:10
- Developments in the PPP market
- Dominik Zunt, Policy Officer, DG Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Finance, coordination with EIB Group, EBRD and IFIs, Financing of Climate Change, Infrastructure Policies and Euratom (ECFIN L3),, European Commission
- 15:10
- Developments in the PPP market
- Roeland van der Zee, Senior Consultant, Aon Global Risk Consulting
- 15:50
- Afternoon Tea
- 16:10
- An Institutional Investor’s view on infrastructure debt
- Francois Yves Gaudeul, Director, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors
- 16:50
- Strengths and weaknesses of the Institutional Investors in the current financing market
- Benoit Theys, Head of Real Estate and PPP Finance, BNP Paribas Fortis Bank
- 17:30
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
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