Review of TransFin 2009 that took place in June 2009

Why Was TransFin THE Must Attend Infrastructure Finance Event For 2009?

TransFin brought together the leading players in the transport and infrastructure market place.  Over 170 attendees gathered at this leading global transport finance conference in Bacelona in June and here are some of the highlights from the event:

22 June 2009 - INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS - meet the biggest and best names in the infrastructure investment world at the Infrastructure Investor Event

8 hours of exclusive insight into the minds of those investing directly into infrastructure. Hear from experts from BOREALIS, RREEF, CUBE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, CITI INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS, RREEF, IL & FS INVESTMENT MANAGERS and JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT

NEW - US focus - Obama’s Administration Infrastructure Dollar Spend And Its Impact On American Transportation Projects

Private vs Public Debate: How Will USA Transport Projects Move Forward Under The New Administration? Is PPP The Best Approach, Or Is More Traditional Financing A Better Option?

Diego Marin, Investment Director, FERROVIAL

 

LATIN AMERICA deal focus: Where Are The Opportunities For Private Investment In Latin America? Benchmarking Recent Projects & Successful Deals

Where Are The Opportunities For Private Investment In Latin America? Benchmarking Recent Projects & Successful Deals

Fernando Del Campo, International Business Development Director, GLOBAL VIA INFRASTRUCTURE

Salahdin Yacoubi, Director Of Operations Of Global Roads, SKANSKA

Felipe Jens, Director and Global Head of Project & Structured Finance, ODEBRECHT

Exclusive insight from economic guru Anthony Hilton, Economics Specialist from the EVENING STANDARD

Anthony Hilton

Business & Financial Commentator, THE EVENING STANDARD

Anthony began his extensive journalistic career in 1968 when he joined The Guardian as a trainee. Since then, he has worked as City Editor of The Times (1981 – 1983), City Editor of the Evening Standard (1984 – 1989) and Managing Director of the Evening Standard. Anthony has worked as a mainstream reporter covering everything from the Iranian Hostage crisis to the guerrilla wars in Guatemala and El Salvador, to the shooting of John Lennon.

Spanish and Portguese transport contractors - hear from the leading infrastructure sponsors and contractors from the Iberian peninsula

• Francisco Fernandez LaFuente, Development General Director, IRIDIUM
• Diego Marin, Investment Director, FERROVIAL
• David Diaz, Director, Corporate Development, ABERTIS
• Juan Samos Tie, National Development Director, ACCIONA CONCESSIONS

   

   

Examining Current Political and Economic Drivers & Global Terrorism – A Geo-Strategic Analysis Of Factors Impacting Global Transportation, Associated Infrastructure & Oil Price - Exclusive presentation from Professor Hagai Segal

Hagai Segal

Analyst & Consultant on Middle-Eastern Affairs & Terrorism

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IN LONDON

Hagai M. Segal is a UK-based academic, consultant, analyst and commentator, specialising in Middle Eastern affairs, geo-strategic issues and modern terrorism/militancy. He specialises in analysis of geo-strategic and economic risk factors – specifically developments in terrorism, the Middle-East and Asia, and developments in US Foreign Policy - and how these factors affect key economic fundamentals, oil and gas prices and security, and the global economy. Segal has also participated in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Europe's top transport contractors and sponsors from France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK, Russia, Poland and Austria

Strategic insight from top sponsors structuring deals in a downturn market. Hear from executive players in leading contracting and sponsor firms such as HOCHTIEF, SKANSKA, FLUOR, EGIS PROJECTS, FERROVIAL, ACCIONA, ABERTIS and PORR

Public Sector Insight: Economic Resuscitation, Public Works Programs & Risk Sharing: How Are Governments Changing The Landscape Of Transport Projects?

Hear from leading government officials from around the world on national transport build and spend plans with a special focus on the UK, USA and BRAZIL