BUILDING BRIDGES:
Engaging the Institutional Investor in Global Infrastructure
WHEN: Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 7:45am - 7:00pm
WHERE: K&L Gates, 1601 K Street, NW Washington, DC
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: D
r. Luis Valdivieso, Executive President of the Peruvian Private Pension Funds Association,
Vice President of the International Federation of Private Pension Funds Associations,
Founder and CE of LV Peru Invest, and former Peruvian Minister of Finance and
Ambassador to the United States
CLOSING SPEAKER: Mr. Silvio Junqueira Filho, Principal, Rio Bravo Investimentos S.A.
TIME/ FORMAT
TOPIC/ SPEAKERS
7:45
Registration and Breakfast
8:15
Welcome
Thomas F. Holt, Jr., Partner, K&L Gates, Co-Head SovereigNET, and
The Council on Emerging Market Enterprises (CEME) Senior Fellow at The Fletcher School
8:30 – 9:15
Bridging the Funding Gap in Global Infrastructure: Deals v. Dollars
Setting the Stage
Patrick Mullen, Executive Vice President and Operating Group President of Engineering,
Construction and Maintenance, Chicago Bridge & Iron
9:15 – 10:30
The Institutional Infrastructure Investor: Diverse Roads, Same Destination
Session 1
Moderator: Charles Purcell, Partner, K&L Gates
Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean for International Business and Finance and
Executive Director of the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC) and CEME,
The Fletcher School
Panelists:
oberto Simon, Managing Director and Head of Project and Energy Finance, Americas,
R
Société Générale
Bernard Sheahan, Global Industry Head, Infrastructure and Natural Resources,
International Finance Corporation
ourtland Washburn, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer,
C
Hancock Natural Resource Group
Peter Mixon, Partner, K&L Gates
Masha Gordon, The Council on Emerging Market Enterprises (CEME) Senior Fellow,
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
10:30 – 10:45
Networking Break
10:45 – 11:55
Beyond the “Road Show”: Real Host Country Best Practices in Infrastructure
Session 2
Moderators: Patrick Schena, Adjunct Professor of International Business Relations, The
Fletcher School and Patrick Mullen, Executive Vice President and Operating Group President
of Engineering, Construction and Maintenance, Chicago Bridge & Iron
Panelists:
Ryan Dodd, CEO, Ergo Capital Partners
Mattia Tomba, Investments - Feasibility Studies, Qatari Diar
eiping Wu, Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy
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and Planning, Tufts University
Silvio Junqueira Filho, Principal, Rio Bravo Investimentos S.A.
TIME/ FORMAT
TOPIC/ SPEAKERS
11:55 – 1:15
Energy and Sustainability: Redefining Power?
“Brown-bag”
Lunch
Discussions
David Benson, Partner, K&L Gates - facilitator
(choose one)
Glenn Smith, Managing Director and President, Hancock Renewable Energy Group
Roberto Simon, Managing Director and Head of Project and Energy Finance, Americas,
Société Générale
Eddie O’Connor, CEO, Mainstream Renewable Power
Planes, Trains Ships and Automobiles: Transportation as the Hub of Infrastructure
Paul Baumer, Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation,
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - facilitator
Edward Fishman, Partner, K&L Gates
Nazmeera Moola, Investec Asset Management
Back to the Land: Investing in Natural Resources and Related Infrastructure
Charles Purcell, Partner, K&L Gates - facilitator
Luciana Aquino-Hagedorn, Senior Vice President - Natural Resources,
Harvard Management Company - facilitator
Courtland Washburn, Hancock Natural Resources
Good Governance or Good Grief: When is Governance a Burden
to Infrastructure Investment?
Margaret Niles, Partner, K&L Gates - facilitator
Peter Mixon, Partner, K&L Gates - facilitator
Jennifer Johnson-Calari, Advisor: Sovereign Wealth Governance and Management
Paul Marnoto, Partner, K&L Gates
1:15 – 2:15
Keynote Address
2:15 – 3:15
Session 3
Dr. Luis Valdivieso, Executive President of the Peruvian Private Pension Funds Association,
Vice President of the International Federation of Private Pension Funds Associations, Founder
and CE of LV Peru Invest, and former Peruvian Minister of Finance and Ambassador to the
United States
“In mandates to invest national surplus wealth, should sovereign investors prioritize stability
in investments over development at home?”
Moderator: Governor Ewart Williams, Chairman of the University of the West Indies St.
Augustine Campus Council and former Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
and Head of the Heritage and Stabilization Fund
Thomas F. Holt, Partner, K&L Gates
Patrick Schena, Adjunct Professor of International Business Relations,
The Fletcher School
Braydon Weinstock, The Fletcher School
Jennifer Johnson-Calari, Advisor: Sovereign Wealth Governance and Management
Eliot Kalter, President, E M Strategies, Inc.
Shahrokh Fardoust, President & CEO, International Economic Consultants, LLC
3:15 – 3:30
Networking Break
TIME/ FORMAT
TOPIC/ SPEAKERS
3:30 – 4:30
Idea Factory
Session 4
Inbound vs Outbound: More Reflections on SWF Mandates
Sustainable Infrastructure: The Time Has Come
Insights in Infrastructure Finance in China
Moderator: Eliot Kalter, President, E M Strategies, Inc.
Presenters:
Eliot Kalter, President, E M Strategies, Inc.
Shahrokh Fardoust, President & CEO, International Economic Consultants, LLC
Charles Purcell, Partner, K&L Gates
Margaret Niles, Partner, K&L Gates
Charles Bralver, Corporate Director and Advisor
Frederic Schmuck, Member, Liberation Capital, LLC
Weiping Wu, Professor and Chair of the Department of
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
4:30 – 5:45
The Infrastructure Investor Toolbox: Lessons and Field Notes
Session 5
Moderator: Eric Freedman, Partner, K&L Gates
Panelists:
Rod Ringrow, Senior Executive Officer, State Street Middle East North Africa LLC
ndrew Cross, Head, IFC - Treasury Client Solutions, Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America
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and Caribbean
Eddie O’Connor, CEO, Mainstream Renewable Power
lenn Smith, Managing Director and President,
G
Hancock Renewable Energy Group
Karsten Berlage, Managing Director, Allianz Risk Transfer
Carlo Bongianni, Sector Manager for Infrastructure, MIGA/World Bank Group
6:00 – 7:00
Closing Address
Networking
Reception
Co-Sponsored by:
Mr. Silvio Junqueira Filho, Principal, Rio Bravo Investimentos S.A.