Frontiers in Infrastructure Finance & Investment Conference 2007

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Agenda - Friday, 1 June 2007

8:30 am	Conference registration Exhibition opens
9:00 am	Conference Opening and Welcome
9:05am	Federal Government Keynote Presentation National coordination and leadership in infrastructure development is a must. Anthony Albanese, MP, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Water
9:35am	Infrastructure magazine official launch Tony Shepherd, Chairman, ConnectEast Group and Transfield Services Download speech
9:45am	Lead Sponsor Presentation Innovations in infrastructure project financing and structures ABN AMRO (Reliance Rail case study) How to move forward on PPP’s from here John Martin, Head of Structured Finance, ABN AMRO Download presentation
10:15am	Presentation Working Effectively With Government State updates Understanding Government and its priorities Building effective partnerships with Government Lessons learnt from recent projects Bruce Hawker, Principle and founder, Hawker Britton
10:45 am	Presentation Is there a global PPP contract structure? Should there be a standard global PPP contract? Are risks appropriately shared between the public and private sectors around the globe? Given lessons from around the globe - what public services are best suited to a PPP approach? Ian Dixon, Managing Director, Ambac Assurance UK Download presentation
11:15am	Morning tea break
11:30am	Presentation What risks do Investors face? Position in the credit cycle - what is expected for spreads and defaults Investment trends - weight of money, high priced assets, offshore investments Ownership issues - long term yield doesn't go well with short term pressures, changing ownership structures (Infrastructure funds) Investor protections - will covenants make a comeback Colin Atkin, Director, Standard and Poor’s Download presentation
12:00pm	Keynote Presentation How to implement the mandate The new structure of the Office of the Coordinator General in NSW What are the challenges in NSW on transport and social infrastructure? Peter Duncan, Executive Director, Office of the Co-ordinator General, NSW Government
12.30pm	Panel Discussion Scope for improvement – lessons to learn, progress from findings Chair: Chris Mitchell, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron Panelists: Gareth Sage, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron Chris Lock, Chief Executive Officer, Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ted Wziontek, General Manager Infrastructure, Transfield Services Evan Leslie, Head of Communications, Kell & Rigby Gerard Blood, Managing Director, Bilfinger Berger Concessions
1:10pm	Lunch Presentation
2:00pm	Keynote Presentation Emerging opportunities in NZ – Time to get involved Majors projects on the horizon How long can the existing government funding program be politically and financially acceptable? Capitalize on the opportunities for private financing of infrastructure in the NZ market Stephen Sellwood, CEO, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development Download presentation
2:30pm	Presentation PPPs - Seperating truth from fiction The Australian marketplace for PPPs How to avoid the traps and pitfalls associated with PPPs Do PPPs deliver better outcomes The Plenary approach to PPPs Ray Wilson, Director, Plenary Group Download presentation
3:00pm	Presentation Is the sun still shining in the sunshine state? How has infrastructure delivery in Queensland progressed in the last two years What are the significant challenges still to be faced? How has the government policy and process changed to improve infrastructure delivery? Where are the bottlenecks? Roger Black, Partner, Deloitte
3:30pm	Panel Discussion/Presentation Investor issues Direct vs. indirect Domestic vs. international Debt, equity, hybrids Chair: Parvathy Iyer, Director Infrastructure, Standard & Poor's Panellists: Andrew Goddard, Director Alternative Assets, Russell Investment Corp Gary Simon, Director, ABN AMRO Infrastructure Investment Management Simon Theresia, Investment Analyst, Watson Wyatt
4:10pm	Closing and thank you Andrew Stabback, Director, InAssociation

** Agenda and speakers subject to change
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