Upcoming Events

1230 - 1245

Registration

Opening Session

1245 - 1250

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Mr. John Denton, Partner and CEO, Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Australian ABAC member

1250 - 1315

Address

• A Senior Representative, State Government of Victoria (tbc)

1315 - 1400

Lunch

1410 - 1445

Session II: Contemporary Market Conditions for PPP Contracts

Chair: Mr. Mark Johnson; Chairman, Advisory Group on APEC Financial System Capacity Building

Panel:

Changing Financial Impacts following the Global Financial Crisis

• Mr. Rory Brennan, Infrastructure Australia
  

Measures needed to Attract Domestic and Foreign Capital

• Mr. José San Martin, Director for Road Development, Mexico

Q&A

Session Chair’s Summary Comments

1445 - 1530

Session III: Current Measures by Regional and Global Financial Institutions to Address Impediments to PPPs, Particularly in Risk Bearing and Financing

Chair: Mr. Darrin Grimsey, Ernst and Young

Panel:

Assisting the Private Sector in Leveraging on IFI Instruments to Reduce/Distribute Risk Sharing

• Mr. Kamran Khan, World Bank

Assessing adequacy of Governments for Financing Measures to support PPPs in the region

• Mr. Takaya Naito, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

How Relevant are IFI Guarantee Instruments in PPP Arrangements?

• Mr. Michael Barrow, Asian Development Bank

1530 - 1550

Coffee Break

1550 - 1645

Session IV: Establishing an Institutional Framework for an Asia Pacific Infrastructure Partnership – an Offer of Support through 2010

Chair:  Dr. J. C. Parrenas, Coordinator, Advisory Group on APEC Financial System Capacity Building

Panel:

Promoting an Institutional Framework for the Region - an Offer to Support through 2010

• Professor Gill Palmer, Pro Vice Chancellor, College of Business, RMIT University

How to Promote Private Sector Participation in an Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Partnership

• Representative of the Asia-Pacific Promotion Conference, Japan (tbc)

Promoting an Asia Pacific Infrastructure Partnership from the Perspective of APEC

• APEC Senior Official from the Japanese Government (tbc)
  

Resourcing an Initial Phase of the Development of an Institutional Framework

• Mr. Xavier Csar, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, State Government of Victoria

Q&A

Session Chair’s Summary Comments

1645 -1655

1700 -1730

IMPORTANT NOTE: A related Workshop on Measures to Promote an Institutional Framework for Public-Private Partnerships will be held on 10th February 2010 from 2 PM to 6 PM at the Fairmont Room of the Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne will be held. The program for this activity will be included in the official invitation to the PPP Forum that will be sent by ABAC Australia.