Day 1

08:30 Registration and Morning Refreshments

09:00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Rod Morrison, Editor, PFI

09:10 Keynote Speaker

Mr Suneet K Maheshwari, CEO, L&T Infrastructure Finance Company

09:40 Panel Discussion: Availability of Finance in India

• Increasing the cooperation between public and private sectors in energy and infrastructure development
• Will international banks come back into Indian project finance deals?
• Overcoming the challenges of attracting international finance
• Pros and cons of working with domestic vs. international partners
• Evaluating successful vs. unsuccessful PPP projects – lessons learned and long-term implications for India
• Key markets and sectors for investment 

Ranjan Moulik, Director - Project Finance, Calyon Bank - India
Pradip Roy, Executive Director, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF INDIA LTD.
Supratim Sarkar, Senior Vice President & Group Head, SBI CAPITAL MARKETS LTD

10:30 Role of Multilateral Agencies

• Policy perspective and current outlook
• The need for local currency financing
• Sustainable financial intermediation for the infrastructure sector

Ajay Sagar, Head, Private & Financial Sector, India Resident Mission, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)

10:50 Refreshments

11:20 Financing and Investing Opportunities in Renewable Energy

• Debt financing for renewables
• Impact of carbon credits on renewable schemes

Alok Goyal, Head – Carbon Credits, SENERGY GLOBAL PRIVATE LTD.
Nakul Zaveri, India Representative, CLIMATE CHANGE CAPITAL

• Developing solar in India

Anita George, Senior Manager, South Asia Department, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION 

• Opportunities for international banks

12:00 Encouraging Private Investments in Wind and Hydro Power

Vivek Mittal, Managing Director, MILLENIUM RESOURCE STRATEGIES LIMITED and DIRECTOR INDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
Klaus Frietsch, Head of Project Sales, SUZLON ENERGY B.V

12:40 Lunch

14:00 Panel Discussion: Opportunities in Mega Ultra Power Plants

• Latest updates in UMPPs: Investor interest for Sasan and Mundra vs. Krishnapatnam and Tilaiya plants
• Have the Dabhol power troubles now been forgotten? What lessons have been learned?
• Risk assessment: will these projects get funding? Will lenders get paid? How will funding shortages be met?
• Impact of the cost of manufacturing power and land acquisition concerns
• Preparing for power plant biddings and financing options
• Enticing international lenders to domestic cashflow-based deals

Shekhar Damle, Chief Executive - Power Development, Larsen & Toubro Limited
Rajat Misra, Vice President, Project Advisory & Structured Finance, SBI CAPITAL MARKETS LTD
Glenn S Gerstell, Partner,MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP

14:50 Case Study: Transmission Projects

• What transmission and distribution network upgrades need to be made to ensure future sustainability?
• Opening up the market for investment in transmission projects

Shubhranshu Patnaik, Executive Director, GRID - Energy and Utilities, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED

15:30 Refreshments

16:00 Debt Financing for Oil and Gas Exploration and Storage Facilities –Growth opportunities in oil and gas

• Growth opportunities in oil and gas
• Expansion of LNG terminals

Ranjit Banerjee, Director Project & Export Finance, India, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

16:40 PPPs For Rail Transport Services

• Impact of the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) programme
• Examining the challenges, risks and opportunities of financing railways
• Enticing finance to meet freight vs. passenger railway requirements
• Successful implementation of PPP scheme to container trains

Sanjiv Garg IRTS, Executive Director (Project Planning & Development), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited

17:20 Chairman's Closing Remarks, Questions and Answers

17:30 Close of Day One followed by Evening Drinks Reception

Day 2

09:00 Morning Refreshments

09:45 Chairman's Opening Remarks

 Rod Morrison, Editor, PFI

10:00 Airport Business Opportunities in the Growing BRIC Economies - A Case Study of India

• Driving factors in the growth of air travel market in BRIC Economies
• Overview of the Indian economy and air transport network
• Examining the economic importance, growth and development of Indian airports
• Financing model of private airport projects
• Indian airports' business potential in the coming decade and their projected traffic (2008-2015)
• Impact of decentralization and the Open Sky Policy on the Indian airline industry
• Growth and financing model of Low Cost Carriers (LCC) vs. Full Service Carriers (FSC)
• Airline business expansion – projected traffic of LCC and FSC in the Indian air travel market
• Government policies for supporting the growth of airports and airlines in the future

Prof. P.S. Senguttuvan, Associate General Manager (Economic Planning & Research), Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAL)

11:00 Refreshments

11.20 ADB's Assistance to Promote PPP in India - Achievements, Lessons, and Ongoing Initiatives

Tetsu Ito, Senior Economist (Financial Sector), India Resident Mission, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Anouj Mehta, Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

12:00 Panel Discussion: Financing and Investing in Infrastructure Projects

• Examining India's infrastructure needs
• Trends in infrastructure financing in India – who is investing and where? Types of projects and financing structures being used
• Challenges, risks and opportunities of financing roads, bridges, metro rail and highways
• Increasing private sector participation in infrastructure creation, maintenance and operations
• Updates on industry collaborations in infrastructure projects and their implications
• Role of PPP structures in road development and management

Manash Lal Mitra, Deputy General Manager, Global Finance, ICICI Bank
Ravi Raman, Senior Vice President, IL & FS CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE LTD
Vishwas Udgirkar, Executive Director, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED 

• The experience of the Government of Andhra Pradesh in structuring PPPs in infrastructure

Sanjay Jaju, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, known as INCAP

13:00 Close of Conference followed by lunch