Day One - 14 October 2008
09:00 Registration
09:15 Chairman’s welcome
Deirdre Fretz, Americas Editor, Project Finance International
09:30 Overview of the North American PPP Market and Opportunities in West Coast Region
Conor Kelly, Head of Infrastructure Advisory, US and Latin America, Scotia Capital
10:00 PROJECT FINANCE
Surveying project financing and corporate lending for P3 infrastructure projects
- Examining debt and equity ratios across P3 projects and identifying typical funding models
- Identifying the availability and sources of debt financing for both P3 and conventional project financing
- Analysing credit ratings, refinancing activity and secondary markets for projects
Maria King, Managing Director, Scotia Capital
Nicholas Hann, Executive Director, Macquarie Canada Limited
Kevin O’Brien, Director, Merrill Lynch & Co.
10:45 EQUITY & INFRA FUNDS
Identifying the drivers and benefits for equity partners investing in P3 infrastructure projects
- Surveying current private equity trends in infrastructure projects
- Examining evolving funding structures and models for private equity partners
- What role might infrastructure funds play in the development of P3s?
Catherine Deluz, Vice President/Senior Analyst – Project and Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Investor Service
Dr. Stefan Parche, PPP North America, Babcock & Brown LP
plus selected speakers
11:15 Morning Refreshments
11.45 SPONSOR AND CONTRACTOR PERSPECTIVES
Scanning the contractor market to identify bid and supply issues in P3 infrastructure delivery
- To what extent is the supply side ready to meet increased infrastructure project demand?
- How strong is P3 bidder expertise amongst contractors, what skills and knowledge gaps might need to be met?
- What are the local contractual frameworks for P3s for suppliers working in the States?
- How does the actual construction in a P3 framework differ from traditional design-build construction?
Ken Koye, Vice President & General Manager, Project Finance, Development and Asset Management, KBR Ventures
Dr. Stefan Parche, PPP North America, Babcock & Brown LP
Peter H Winder, Vice President, Balfour Beatty Capital
12.30 NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND PUBLIC FUNDING
Is there a need for a national framework and a public consensus for financing Public Private Partnerships?
- Reviewing the findings of recent reports in to P3s for transportation projects
- How does the procurement process and funding structures for P3s differ across states and what are the benefits in unifying P3 process in a common cross state framework?
- What are the ideal timeframes for P3s – should the lengths of contacts be limited?
- How might public consensus and support be achieved for P3 projects?
- How might P3s complement other infrastructure funding mechanisms in the State including TIFF or bond financing?
Adrian Moore, Executive Director, Reason FoundationIan Wainwright
Deirdre Fretz, Americas Editor, Project Finance International
Allan T Marks, Partner, Global Project Finance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Los Angeles
13.00 Lunch
14:00 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PANEL
Identifying best practice in partnering and procurement and opportunities in transport infrastructure across US States
- Identifying differences and commonalities in public funding, private financing and procurement structures across states
- Identifying differences and commonalities in public funding, private financing and procurement structures across states
- Surveying best practice in approaches to partnering for P3 projects
- Highlighting transport infrastructure projects including public highways and toll road projects and ongoing ports developments
- Touching on rapid transit projects and partnerships
Brad Mitzelfelt, Chairman, High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority; Supervisor, San Bernardino County
Thilo Tecklenburg, Director, Development, Bilfinger Berger Project Investments Inc
Alistair Sawers, Director, West US Group, Infrastructure & Project Finance, RBC Capital Markets
John Barna, Executive Director, California Transportation Commission
Allan T Marks, Partner, Global Project Finance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Los Angeles
WEST COAST PROJECT CASE STUDIES
14.45 High Desert Corridor Project
Brad Mitzelfelt, Chairman, High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority; Supervisor, San Bernardino County
15.00 Oakland Port and Western P3 Projects
- Detailing progress in the public-private partnership to develop four berths in the port's Outer Harbor Terminal area totaling 107 acres.
Alistair Sawers, Director, West U.S. Group, Infrastructure & Project Finance, RBC Capital Markets
15.15 Refreshments
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
15.45 What lessons can be learned from the delivery of social infrastructure under P3s and what prospects for future projects?
- Hospitals – updating on projects and exploring service led design
- Housing and Regeneration - to what extent are P3 partnerships viable in these brownfield sectors?
- Schools – prospects for P3 programmes including updates on North Carolina and Virginia
- Court houses and correctional facilities - examining delivery partnership models
Paul Boucher, Vice President Infrastructure, Carillion
Mike Marasco, Chief Executive Officer, Plenary Health Plenary Group
16.30 Mexico's infrastructure Partnerships?
- Reviewing the FARAC highway concession program and future opportunities
- Identifying prospects for major infrastructure projects including Punta Colonet
Allan T Marks, Partner, Global Project Finance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Los Angeles
16:55 Chairman's Summary
17:00 Close of Day One
Day Two - 15th October 2008
09:15 Chairman’s welcome
Deirdre Fretz, Americas Editor, Project Finance International
09.30 California Keynote
Opportunities for private sector partners in the delivery of public infrastructure in the state of California
- Infrastructure vision - presenting the future picture of California
- Projects, pipelines, plans - where we are and where we are going
- Tendering and procurement process - detailing the project roll out
- Private sector - the roles of private partners and how to get involved
David Crane, Special Advisor, Jobs and Economic Growth, Office of the Governor, State of California
10.00 Q&A Session
CANADA
10:15 British Columbia
- Covering the continued roll out of pipeline infrastructure projects
- Looking at the lessons learned in procurement and project delivery to date
- Touching on current opportunities and upcoming tenders
- What lessons can West Coast USA states learn from British Columbia?
Sarah Clark, VP, Partnerships Development & Delivery, Partnerships British Columbia
10.45 Morning Refreshments
11.15 Alberta
- Examining the recently announced P3 allocation in the Alberta federal budget and project opportunities in the Province
Guy Smith, Director, West US Group, Infrastructure & Project Finance, RBC Capital Markets
11.45 Ontario
- Reviewing the success of Infrastructure Ontario’s more than $6bn projects, new pipeline projects and the development of the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative (MIII) and Infrastructure Ontario’s OSIFA Loan ProgramsDiscussing the role of the newly created Government of Canada Federal P3 Office
John McKendrick, Senior Vice President of Project Delivery, Infrastructure Ontario
