Strengthening Private Sector Participation and Investment in Physical Infrastructure
Agenda

Opening Session

Registration

Welcome Remarks: Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADBI

Keynote Speech: Robert Bestani, Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, ADB

Group Photograph

Coffee

Infrastructure for Economic Growth and Development
Panel Moderator: Mario Lamberte, Director Research Department, ADBI
Panel Members:

• Infrastructure for Development and Poverty Reduction, Susan Stone, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI
• Infrastructure for Trade, Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Infrastructure Financing -Sources and Trends

Presentation by:

• Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia, PPIAF

Lunch

Regional Bond Market for Infrastructure - Prospects and Opportunities for Asia and Pacific
Panel Moderator: Worapot Manupipatpong, Director Capacity Building and Training Department, ADBI
Panel Members:

• Asia-Pacific Bond Market - Prospects and Opportunities
  Masato Miyachi, Senior Advisor, Office of Regional Economic Integration, ADB
• Infrastructure Financing - Opportunities and Major Challenges
  William Streeter, Managing Director/Head of Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Asia-Pacific, Fitch Rating Singapore
• India - Emerging Bond Market, Experience and Lessons Learned
  Nanda Kumar Srinivasan, Director and Head of Public Finance and Infrastructure, Fitch Rating India

Infrastructure Financing – Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Financing Modalities
Presentation by:

• Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow , ADBI

Coffee

Infrastructure for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction - Prioritizing Country Challenges and Policy Issues and Determining the Private Sector's Role

Introducing ADBI's Flagship Study
Biswanath N. Bhattacharyay, Special Advisor and Task Manager for ADBI's Flagship Study on Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation, ADBI

Group Facilitators: ADBI Flagship Study Team

• Biswanath N. Bhattacharyay, Special Advisor and Task Manager for ADBI's Flagship Study on Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation
• Mario Lamberte, Director Research Department
• Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow
• Susan Stone, Senior Research Fellow

Reception

FDI and PPPs: Experience in Asia and the Next Generation of Infrastructure Finance
Panel Moderator: Elaine Glennie, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI
Panel Members:

• Economic Growth and FDI: FDI and PPP Experiences in Asia
  Bob Finlayson, Senior Evaluation Specialist (Private Sector), Operations Evaluation Department, ADB
• PPPs: Experience and New Generation
  William Streeter, Managing Director/Head of Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Asia-Pacific, Fitch Rating Singapore

FDI and PPPs: Experience in China

Panel Lead:
• Economic Growth and FDI: FDI and PPP Experiences in China
  Bob Finlayson, Senior Evaluation Specialist (Private Sector), Operations Evaluation Department, ADB

Panel Members:
• China's PPPI Experience in the Global Context
  Qimiao Fan, Lead Economist and Program Leader, Investment Climate Capacity Enhancement Program and PPPI Program, World Bank
• Domestic Bond Market: Scope and Challenges for Infrastructure, Experience with Subnational and Utility Issues
  William Streeter, Managing Director/Head of Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Asia-Pacific, Fitch Rating Singapore
• Infrastructure Investment: Opportunities and Constraints – An Investor's Perspective
  Allen Tan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Asia Limited

Coffee

FDI and PPPs: Experience in India

Panel Lead:
• Economic Growth and FDI: FDI and PPP Experiences in India
  Bob Finlayson, Senior Evaluation Specialist (Private Sector), Operations Evaluation Department, ADB

Panel Members:
• PPP – Acceleration and Evolving Approaches
  Namasivayam Vedamoorthy, Executive Director, PWC India
• Domestic Bond Market: Scope and Challenges for Infrastructure, Experience with Subnational and Utility Issues
  Nanda Kumar Srinivasan, Director and Head of Public Finance and Infrastructure, Fitch Rating India
• Infrastructure Investment: Opportunities and Constraints – An Investor's Perspective
  Namasivayam Vedamoorthy, Executive Director, PWC India

Lunch

FDI and PPPs: Other Experiences in the Asia Pacific Region

Panel Lead:
• FDI and PPPs: Experience in Indonesia
  Alfredo Pascual, Advisor Public Private Partnerships, ADB
Panel Members:
• FDI and PPPs: Experience in Bangladesh
  Abdul Quium, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport and Tourism Division, UNESCAP
• FDI and PPPs: Experience in Pakistan
• Aamir Qawi, Head of Projects Department of the Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF), Pakistan
• FDI and PPPs: Experience in Philippines
  Alfredo Pascual, Advisor Public Private Partnerships, ADB
• FDI and PPPs: Experience in Viet Nam
  Bob Finlayson, Senior Evaluation Specialist (Private Sector), Operations Evaluation Department, ADB

Coffee

Introduction to Group Session

Meeting the Financing Gap – Assessing Sector Financing Strategies and Prioritizing Sector Issues and Challenges

Group Facilitators:
• Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), Commonwealth Secretariat: Srinivas Sampath, Advisor and Head of Public Private Partnership Unit
• Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF): Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP): Abdul Quium, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport and Tourism Division
• World Bank (WB): Qimiao Fan, Lead Economist and Program Leader, Investment Climate Capacity Enhancement Program and PPPI Program
• Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India: Anupam Rastogi, Principal Policy Group

Concurrent Panel:
A. PPPs - What does it take for airport and port projects?

Panel Lead:
• [Asia-Ports], John Gillibrand, Venture Management Group

Panel Members:
• [Asia-Airports], Arthur M. Mitchell, Senior Counselor, White & Case LLP
• [China-Ports], John Myers, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong
• [Floating Infrastructure], John Gillibrand, Venture Management Group

B. PPPs – What does it take for rail and mass transit projects?

Panel Lead:
• [Rail], Allen Tan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Asia Limited
Panel Members:
• [India -Rail] Anupman Rastogi, Principal Policy Group, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India
• [Thailand-Mass Transit] Howard Brooke, Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB

Coffee

PPPs - What does it take for road projects?

Panel Lead:
• Anupam Rastogi, Principal Policy Group, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India

Panel Members:
• [China], John Myers, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong
• [India], Anupam Rastogi, Principal Policy Group, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India
• [Philippines], Alfredo Pascual, Advisor Public Private Partnerships, ADB

Lunch

Concurrent Panel:
A. PPPs – What does it take for power projects?

Panel Lead:
• Namasivayam Vedamoorthy, Executive Director, PWC India

Panel Members:
• [India], Namasivayam Vedamoorthy, Executive Director, PWC India
• [Laos], Howard Brooke, Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB
• [Philippines], Mathew Bubb, Partner, Ashurst LLP Singapore
• [Clean Energy], Martin P. Endelman, Principal Financial Sector Specialist, Central & West Regional Department, ADB

Panel Lead:
• Alain Poinard, Consultant and Former Project Director Asia for Suez Environment

Panel Members:
• [China], Allen Tan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Asia Limited
• [Indonesia], Alfredo Pascual, Advisor Public Private Partnerships, ADB
• [Philippines], Arthur Smith, President, National Council for PPP
• [Viet Nam], Alain Poinard, Consultant and Former Project Director Asia for Suez Environment

Plenary Session with Power Panel and Water & Wastewater Panel

Coffee

Public Sector - Private Sector Forum on Infrastructure Project Bankability: Deal Makers and Deal Breakers
Forum Facilitator: Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia, PPIAF

Private Sector Panel:
• Matthew Bubb, Partner, Ashurst LLP, Singapore
• Arthur M. Mitchell, Senior Counselor, White & Case LLP
• John Myers, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong
• Allen Tan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Asia Limited
• Namasivayam Vedamoorthy, Executive Director, PWC India

Public Sector Panel:
• Ronald Corpus, OIC-Assistant Director, National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines
• Aamir Qawi, Head of Projects, Department of the Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF), Pakistan

Assessing "bankability" of infrastructure projects – identifying critical issues and priority challenges for PPP in the sector

Group Facilitators:
• Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), Commonwealth Secretariat: Srinivas Sampath, Advisor and Head of Public Private Partnership Unit
• Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF): Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP): Abdul Quium, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport and Tourism Division
• National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Arthur Smith, President
• ADB: Alfredo Pascual, Advisor Public Private Partnerships

Public Sector – Private Sector Forum on Risk Sharing: Private Sector and Public Sector Roles
Forum Facilitator: Srinivas Sampath, Advisor and Head of Public Private Partnership Unit, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), Commonwealth Secretariat

Private Sector Panel:
• Allen Tan, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Asia Limited
• Alain Poinard, Consultant and Former Project Director Asia for Suez Environment
• John Gillibrand, Venture Management Group
• Arthur Smith, President, National Council for Public-Private Partnerships

Public Sector Panel:
• Ahsan Raja, Secretary, Deparment of Communication and Works, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
• Sharmila Chavaly, Executive Director, Indian Railways, India
• Uttamo Wahyu, Assistant Deputy for Housing, Deputy of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Indonesia
• Niti Wityatem, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Ministry of Finance, Thailand

Coffee

Strategy for Accelerating – Strengthening Policy and Regulatory Frameworks to Enable PPPs and Strengthen Governance

Panel Lead:
• Srinivas Sampath, Advisor and Head of Public Private Partnership Unit, PPP Institutional Frameworks, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), Commonwealth Secretariat

Panel Members:
• Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia, Regulatory Frameworks, PPIAF
• [India] Anupam Rastogi, Principal Policy Group, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India
• [Thailand] Niti Wityatem, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Ministry of Finance, Thailand

Introduction to Group Session

Lunch

Identifying priority policy/regulatory reforms to enable acceleration of PPPs and preparing prioritized action plans

Group Facilitators:
• Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), Commonwealth Secretariat: Srinivas Sampath, Advisor and Head of Public Private Partnership Unit
• Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF): Paul Reddel, Regional Program Leader for East Asia
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP): Abdul Quium, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport and Tourism Division
• World Bank: Tomoko Matsukawa, Senior Financial Officer, Finance and Guarantees
• Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Anupam Rastogi, Principal Policy Group

Evaluation

Closing Remarks: Worapot Manupipatpong, Director Capacity Building & Training Department, ADBI