se asia project finance conference brochure
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DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2014LOCATION: SINGAPORE
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WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND• PositionyourselfasaninternationallyacclaimedleaderataconferencewhichbridgesProjectFinanceeffortsbetweeninvestors,lenders, borrowers, and regulators in Southeast Asia
• Explorenewcommercialopportunitieswiththebuddingmodeloftheprojectbondmarket,andthepotentialnewbenefitsoffinancialintegration
• Meetandpartnerwithmajorprojectsponsors,multilateralagencies,funders, and bankers from across the region
• GaininsightintosuccessfulPPPstrategiesandprevailoverthechallengesoftheregion’sdeficitinpromisingcompellingreturnstoinvestors
• Learnnewtrendsinstructuringprojectfinancedeals,managingawide spectrum of risks, and counselling amidst Asia’s regulatory uncertainties
KEY TOPIC HIGHLIGHTS• RecentlegislativedevelopmentsinSoutheastAsiaintheProject
Finance Arena• TheboostinAsia’sProjectBondmarket• OvercomingSovereignRisks:Enforcingsecurity• ASEANIntegration:notjustsustainablegrowthbutalsoshared
growth• PrevailingoverPPPchallenges:Howtoacceleratethenecessary
private investment in the region• ChallengesandopportunitiesofInfrastructureandPowerprojectsin
Southeast Asia• IdealProjectFinanceLawyer:Howtoworkwithagoodprojectfinancelawyer
How to maximize your returns from SE Asia’s project finance growthSEAsiaiswellonitswaytobecomingaglobalhubofprojectfinanceasitsstandingongloballiquidity,itsfastgrowingregionalfinancialsystem,anditsinfrastructuregrowthnecessityofover$600billionhascreatedasweetspotfortheregionoverthenextdecade.
Bringingtogetherkeymoversandshakersintheregion,ALB’sfirstProjectFinanceConferenceaimsto bridge the gap in Asia’s stifling bureaucracy and regulatory uncertainty, and pave way to a better understanding of how to ease investor penetration to the region.
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KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE
CHRISTOPHERSTEPHENSGeneral CounselAsian Development Bank
MICHAELBARROWDeputy Director General, Private Sector Operations DepartmentAsian Development Bank
SHEHARYARCHUGHTAIVice President, Project Finance – Asia PacificKorea Development Bank
MARKGIBLETTGroupHeadofProjectFinance(Asia)Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
RAMAKRISHNAPATABALLA Director of Structured FinanceBNP Paribas
BOOHOCKKHOOVice-President, OperationsCredit Guarantee & Investment Facility
RICHARDMICHAELExecutiveVicePresident&HeadofPrivateClientsAdvisoryIndonesia Infrastructure Finance
NONITOBERNARDOSenior Investment Officer - PPPInternational Finance Corporation - World Bank
ALLARDNOOYSenior AdvisorInfraCo Asia Development Pte. Ltd.
SHIKHARAGGARWALPrincipal Consultant Public Sector & GovernmentFrost & Sullivan
DANGXUANHOPLLM - Teaching FacultyNational University of Singapore
SUPRIYASENDirectorRed Fort Capital
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JAMESHARRISChairman - AsiaInternational Project Finance Association
MinervaLauPFI Asia Pacific Editorthomson Reuters
HODAKASHOJIGlobal Project Finance HeadMizuho Bank
To book please visit www.regonline.com/projectfinance2014. Book 5 delegates and save an additional 20%. For further information on delegate places, or if you are interested in speaking, please contact Prince Gregorio on [email protected] or call (632) 789 5328
PROGRAM AGENDA
9:15
Registration and networking
09:45
Introductory Remarks: Opportunities in Southeast Asia’s Project Financing– Developing viable infrastructure
projects for Southeast Asian governments
– Southeast Asia’s country by country near-term project review
– Strengthening potential in tapping private capital and promoting PPPs
10:05
Opening Remarks: Asian Financial Crisis’ regulatory aftermath – Is Project Finance ready to return to the market?– Post-financial crisis regulations,
economic outlook and infrastructure development plans of the Southeast Asian region
– The coming into force of Basel III: enhanced capital requirements, global standards for funding liquidity, and new liquidity coverage ratio requirement
– Who’s who in project finance deals in the region
SHIKHARAGGARWALPrincipal Consultant Public Sector & GovernmentFrost & Sullivan
10:35
ASEAN Integration: not just sustainable growth but also shared growth– Regulatory and infrastructure
challenges of financial market integration
– Infrastructure development for physical connectivity: initiatives to boost cross-border transactions and financing modalities to support it
– Impact of an integrated financial market: Monetary and fiscal policy regimes
– Promoting predictability, open economy and transparent legal systems
– ASEAN Infrastructure Fund: bringing back infrastructure funds to the region
CHRISTOPHERSTEPHENSGeneral CounselAsian Development Bank
11:05
Refreshment Break
11:25
Overcoming political risks: enforcing contractual certainty– Examining Southeast Asia’s
current country risks – managing the region’s corruption challenges, civil unrests, monetary policy, inflationary conditions, etc.
– Leap of faith in a protectionist market and its prevalent political risks
– The risk of managing risks: allocating risks to the most appropriate parties.
Moderator: ROBERTTIONGLEEKONGAssociate ProfessorNanyang technological University
SUPRIYASENDirectorRed Fort Capital
12:15
Networking Luncheon
13:15Increasing energy demands: finding value in a challenging marketplace– Energy project highlights in 2013
and project pipelines– Updates on energy policies in
Southeast Asia– Asia’s renewable challenge –
progress and opportunity– Country by country review of likely
near-term activity
ALLARDNOOYSenior AdvisorInfraCo Asia Development Pte. Ltd.
13:45Interactive Panel Discussion: Infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia – seizing opportunities in the region’s vast infrastructure needs– Regional context of Project
Financing for Southeast Asia– Updates on infrastructure policies
in Southeast Asia– Types of risks that government
and financial institutions need to assume
– Country by country review of likely near-term activity
– Leading infrastructure developers, power producers, financiers and investors
– The evolving role of official finance in support of PF and which market gaps it is helping to fill
Moderator: DANGXUANHOPLLM - Teaching FacultyNational University of Singapore
MICHAELBARROWDeputy Director General, Private Sector Operations DepartmentAsian Development Bank
MARKGIBLETTGroupHeadofProjectFinance (Asia)Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SHEHARYARCHUGHTAIVice President, Project Finance – Asia PacificKorea Development Bank
14:35
The boost in Asia’s Project Bond market– Credit enhancement: Providing
guarantee to investors: - Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility
– Getting investors more comfortable with project bonds
– The lack of legal framework to support private sector investment into infrastructure projects
– What types of projects/industries/countries are most attractive
– Investment criteria and rating agency process: can rating agency decisions be appealed?
– Mitigating construction risk and negative arbitrage
BOOHOCKKHOOVice-President, OperationsCredit Guarantee & Investment Facility
Refreshment Break
15:25
Case Study: Successful PPP project in SE Asia
– Setting policy, legal and regulatory, investment and implementation framework
– Selection Process: Should the project be delivered as a PPP?
– Private Sector: How private has addressed key risks in projects
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15:55
Interactive Panel Discussion: Why PPPs have not worked in Southeast Asia– Legal and regulatory issues that
restrict private participation – Recent efforts to improve PPP
regulatory frameworks in the region
– Key elements for successful PPP in the region
Moderator: MINERVALAUPFI Asia Pacific Editor, thomson Reuters
CHRISTOPHERSTEPHENSGeneral CounselAsian Development Bank
RAMAKRISHNAPATABALLA Director of Structured FinanceBNP Paribas
RICHARDMICHAELExecutiveVicePresident&HeadofPrivateClientsAdvisoryIndonesia Infrastructure Finance
NONITOBERNARDOSenior Investment Officer - PPPInternational Finance Corporation - World Bank
16:45
Chair’s Closing Remarks
17:00
End of SE Asia Project Finance Conference
DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2014LOCATION: SINGAPORE
JAMESHARRISChairman - AsiaInternational Project Finance Association
HODAKASHOJIGlobal Project Finance HeadMizuho Bank
15:05