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Agenda

 
Day One: Monday 7th December 2009
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Registration and coffee
9:00
Chairman's opening address
CREATING THE TRANSPORT LINKS
ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIA
9:10

KEYNOTE

The role of PPPs in creating Australia's future transport infrastructure

  • The importance of maintaining the support of the private sector to assist in Australia's ambitious transport infrastructure plans
  • How has the changing economic environment evolved the role of PPPs?
  • Can PPPs be more readily applied to projects of greater or lesser value?
The Hon. Eric Roozendaal, NSW Treasurer
DRIVING PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
9.50
Enhancing the appeal of major transport projects to the private sector
  • The need to remove the obstacles to private sector involvement in nation-building
  • Cutting through the red-tape involved in PPP projects
  • Reducing the complexity of the bidding process
  • Refunding the bid costs
Michael Regan, Professor of Infrastructure, Bond University
10.30
Networking and refreshment break
11.00

Speed networking session

Get to know your peers right from the start in this relaxed and informal speed networking session. Bring your business cards!

11.20
Shifting policy to enable the reallocation of risk
  • Examining the need for policy leadership with government
  • Reviewing examples from home and abroad of government driven risk reallocation
  • What impact has the shift in risk had on the project in the short and long term?
Rob Aldis, Managing Director, Evans and Peck
12.00
The importance of fast tracking complex transport projects
  • Taking advantage of the downturn to deliver projects that will help the nations future growth
  • Pumping funds into the economy to support employment
  • Evaluating State based approaches to reducing the red tape
John McEvoy, General Manager - Portfolio Investment, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
12.40
Lunch and networking break
1.50
The challenge of financing transport PPP projects following the Global Financial Crisis
  • Changes in the financial markets resulting from the GFC
  • Changes in risk appetite
  • What governments need to do to facilitate private finance
David Asteraki, Director, Infrastructure & Projects Group (IPG), KPMG
2.30
Examining the private sector's role in financing infrastructure
  • Why the private sector is key to delivering Australia's transport infrastructure
  • How does working with the private sector represent better value for money outcomes than traditional procurement methods
3.10

PANEL DISCUSSION

What government wants - what industry needs

  • Analysing the challenges unique to transport projects
  • Dissecting the key sticking points for industry when considering a PPP bid
  • Understanding the government's PPP evaluation process
David Asteraki, Director, Infrastructure & Projects Group (IPG), KPMG
John McEvoy, General Manager - Portfolio Investment, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
Michael Regan, Professor of Infrastructure, Bond University
4.10
Closing remarks from the Chair
5.20
Close of day one
 
Day Two: Tuesday 8th December 2009
| Day One | Day Two |
8.30
Welcome coffee and networking
9.00
Opening remarks from the Chair
CASE STUDY: PPPS IN TRANSPORT
9.10

INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS

The M25: One of the world's largest road PPPs to date

  • Developing and constructing the M25
  • How Australia can learn from the project
  • Overview of potential risk mitigation measures in contract development
  • Managing risk during the operational phase
Adrian Baxter, Global Director - Procurement and Highways Strategy, and Strategic Adviser (Procurement and Operations), M25 PPP, Halcrow, UK
9.50
Delivering local transport infrastructure/services through PPPs
  • Examining the unique challenges
Justin Bold, Principal Project Finance and Strategy, Brisbane City Council
10.30
Networking and refreshment break
11.00
Gold Coast rapid transit project update
  • Evaluating the status of the project
  • Understanding the issues at the heart of the project
Tim Poole, Project Director - Gold Coast Rapid Transit, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
EVALUATING THE PPP MODEL
AND RISK MANAGEMENT
11.30
Examining alternatives to the PPP model
  • Alliance contracting
  • Supported debt modelling
  • Availability model
  • Getting a coordinated national approach to PPP alternatives
Roger Black, National Leader, Infrastructure, Deloitte
12.20
Lunch and networking break
1.20
Utilising the availability model for the delivery of infrastructure projects
  • The cost and benefits of governments assuming the traffic risk
  • Evolving the traditional toll road model - enhancing road projects' appeal to the private sector
  • What existing/pipeline projects could benefit from this approach?
Kieran Lynch, Program Director (Delivery Risks) - Major Infrastructure Projects, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
2.00
The PPP finance market
  • Understanding the imbalance created by the current situation in the finance markets
  • Examining how companies are caught up in the 'invest long/borrow short' mismatch
  • The heart of the cause of real uncertainty for infrastructure project
2.40

PANEL DISCUSSION

PPPs as the key enabler for the transport infrastructure boom

  • Reviewing the transport infrastructure projects that will be considered as PPPs
  • Examining the transport project pipeline – have priorities been set correctly?
  • How must governments evolve their approach to rekindle interest in the private market?
  • As the worlds financial markets appetite for risk returns, is there still the need to remodel PPPs?
Tim Poole, Project Director - Gold Coast Rapid Transit, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
Justin Bold, Principal Project Finance and Strategy, Brisbane City Council
Roger Black, National Leader, Infrastructure, Deloitte
3.40

Closing remarks from the Chair

3.50
Close of conference
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