Transport Project Financing Summit

Presents
Transport Project Financing Summit
6-7 September 2011 | Parkroyal Darling Harbour

Australia’s recent federal budget indicated a boom in infrastructure investment to fund road, rail and port projects and meet the increasing demands of freight and passenger transport. At the same time, the government is putting in place incentives for super funds to invest in nation building projects, and encouraging the private sector to finance fundamental projects.

The legislative reforms that are critical to encourage and facilitate transport infrastructure investment will be addressed at this year’s Transport Project Financing Summit.

“If there’s no money in the federal kitty, and in many cases state finances are quite tight as well, how is this infrastructure going to get built? We are left with no other alternative, then, than going to the private sector to see if they are prepared to participate in the whole or in part” - Sir Rodd Eddington.

Hear from a wide range of experts including:

• Jim Murphy, Executive Director, Markets Group - The Treasury
• Elaine Glennie, Senior Financial Analyst, Asian Development Bank
• Prof. Michael Regan, Associate Professor of Infrastructure and Program Director, Bond University
• Stephen Bradford, CEO, Port of Melbourne Corporation
• Tim Rothwell, CFO, Brisbane Airport Corporation
• Senior representative, ARTC
• Parvathy Iver, Director Infrastructure Ratings, Standards & Poor’s
• David Hawkins, Chairman, Socom

Key topics for discussion

• Financing the nation’s future transport infrastructure
• Redistributing the risk: Possible tax and regulatory incentives for less risk to the private sector in the early stages of a project
• Government’s role in financing and maintaining transport infrastructure
• Australia’s economic transport infrastructure outlook
• Port finance
• Brisbane Airport: Finance options to support growth
• ARTC: Financing current and future rail projects
• PPP opportunities in Asia
• Analysing PPPs
• The growth of alliance contracting