March 17th and 18th, 2011
Biltmore Hotel at Coral Gables, Miami
5th Annual
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EnergyandInfrastructure
FinanceForum
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Confirmed speakers include
G Nelson Siffert, Deputy Managing Director of
Infrastructure, BNDES
G Alonso Quintana, Chief Financial Officer, ICA
G Óscar de Buen, Undersecretary of Transportation, SCT
G Sergio Merino, Business Development Director, OHL
G Carlos Cesarman, Chief Finance Director, PINFRA
G Francisco Gonzalez Ortiz Mena, General Director of
Project Finance, Government of the State of Mexico
G Pedro Caldas, Structured Finance Manager,
Wilson, Sons
G Pablo Eguiluz, Head of Project Finance, Inkia
Energy (Kallpa Generación)
G John H. Groesbeek, Head Syndications –
Latin America, IFC
G Jesus Gonzalez Torrijos, Head Structured Finance
Americas, BBVA New York
G Bill Giusti, Partner, Baker Botts
G Rod Morris, Vice President – Political Risk Insurance,
OPIC
G Rafael Carranza, CEO, AFP Horizonte
G Nancy Rivera, Managing Director – Structured
Finance, OPIC
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Bronze Sponsors
G Gabriel Goldschmidt, Infrastructure Manager
for Latin America and the Caribbean, IFC
G Jean-Marc Aboussouan, Chief of Infrastructure
Division – Structured and Corporate Finance
Department, IDB
G Duncan Caird, Head of Project Finance - Europe
and The Americas, Resources and Energy Group,
HSBC
G Antonio Bastos, Chief Executive Officer,
Omega Energia
G Alberto J. Santos, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
G Luis Lucena, Executive Director - Structured
Finance Americas, BBVA
G Sergio Monaro, Head of Project Finance - Brazil,
HSBC
G Raphael Dumas, Director - Project and
Export Finance, HSBC
G Peter Vonk, Vice President, CAF
G Gianluca Bacchiocchi, Partner, DLA Piper
G Martin Toulouse, Partner, Baker Botts
G Stephen Zoota, Managing Director,
Hydro Capital Corporation
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G George Osorio, Managing Partner,
Conduit Capital Partners
G Kyung-Bae Bang, Director of National Project
Support Team, Green Growth Business Department,
Ksure - Korea Trade Insurance Organisation
G Milena Zaniboni, Managing Director – Corporate
and Government Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
G Frank Kelly, Director Project Finance – Energy, EDC
G Gonzalo Obregon, Director, LatAm Capital Advisors
G Julián Palacio, Executive Director, Latin American
Association of Ports & Terminals
G Tomoya Sato, Chief Representative – New York, NEXI
G Oscar Arrús, Partner, Rubio Leguia Normand
G Rod Barfield, Managing Partner,
Real Infrastructure Private Equity
G Jim Kaiser, Director - Project and Export Finance,
HSBC
G Pramita Saha, Vice President - Syndications
Americas, BBVA
G Timothy Stephure, Senior Analyst,
IHS Emerging Energy Research
G Pablo Sorj, Head of Infrastructure and Project
Finance Practice, Mattos Filho Advogados
5th Annual Latin American Energy and In
Since its inception in 2007, delegates at Project Finance
Magazine's Latin American Energy and Infrastructure
Finance Forum have seen over 180 speakers and mingled
with hundreds of fellow attendees. The 5th annual conference
will explore upcoming opportunities in the region and review
the major developments of the prior year. The event will include:
Groundbreaking market knowledge from industry leaders
through presentations and panel discussions
Day One: Thursday March 17th, 2011
8.15am
Registration and refreshments
sponsored by
9.00am
Chairman’s opening remarks
Jesus Gonzalez Torrijos, Head Structured Finance Americas, BBVA New York
9.15am
Latin American economic dynamics in the global context – and
challenges ahead

Summarizing the current global economic outlook

Why Latin America economies fared relatively well during the global
economic downturn

The search for higher sustainable growth

Implications of these dynamics on infrastructure and project developments
across the region
Milena Zaniboni, Managing Director – Corporate and Government Ratings,
Standard & Poor’s
9.45am
Mexico: Reviewing FARAC and future plans for developing the
highway network

Assessing progress in Mexico’s road network development program

Details of government highway tenders
Óscar de Buen, Undersecretary of Transportation, SCT
10.15am
Sponsors panel: Incentivizing project activity in the new financial
environment

What could governments do to further stimulate regional sponsors to
invest in their countries?

How are different regulatory regimes in Latin America influencing project
decisions, particularly in relation to greenfield sites?

Is the chance to charge higher margins domestically luring US banks away
from Latin American opportunities?

Will we continue to see sponsors running projects off their own balance
sheet in Brazil?

Should we expect those projects to be augmented by BNDES funding,
or will we see ‘true’ project-financing involving the private markets and
special purpose vehicles?
Alonso Quintana, Chief Financial Officer, ICA
Sergio Merino, Business Development Director, OHL
Carlos Cesarman, Chief Finance Director, PINFRA
Moderator: Alberto J. Santos, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
11.00am
Morning refreshments and networking break
sponsored by
11.45am
How do multilaterals see their infrastructure strategies developing in 2011?

What is the strategy for multilaterals in 2011? Are they helping open
markets to foreign investments, or are they broadening their approach to
domains that already enjoy market access?

How are multilaterals reacting to the decreased liquidity environment?

Which countries are multilaterals focusing on? Is there
an increased emphasis on the Caribbean?

Local currency financing and role of local banks and pension funds
Gabriel Goldschmidt, Infrastructure Manager for Latin America and
the Caribbean, IFC
Peter Vonk, Vice President, CAF
Rod Morris, Vice President – Political Risk Insurance, OPIC
Jean-Marc Aboussouan, Chief of Infrastructure Division – Structured and
Corporate Finance Department, IDB
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Unparalleled networking opportunities, both at the
conference and at more informal networking lunches
and drinks receptions
The full deal-making chain featuring: government
agencies, concessionaires and developers, lenders, private
equity firms, lawyers, consultants and many others
Case studies including Proin, Odebrecht's Norbe VIII & IX
and Schahin's Lancer drillship
12.30pm
ECA Panel: How is banking regulation influencing ECA activity?

What’s driving increased Korean and Japanese investment in the region?

How do financial institutions get products such as insurance covering the
default of sovereign guarantees off of their balance sheets?

The implications of Basel III for the trade credit industry
Tomoya Sato, Chief Representative – New York, NEXI
Frank Kelly, Director Project Finance – Energy, EDC
Kyung-Bae Bang, Director of National Project Support Team, Green Growth
Business Department, Ksure - Korea Trade Insurance Organisation
Moderator: Bill Giusti, Partner, Baker Botts
1.15pm
Lunch
2.45pm
Bond case study: Issuing instruments across borders

Odebrecht’s $1.5bn refinancing of Norbe VIII and Norbe IX

Experiences behind Schahin’s $270m closing for its Lancer drillship
Duncan Caird, Head of Project Finance - Europe and The Americas,
Resources and Energy Group, HSBC
3.15pm
Opportunities in Peru: Water, roads and ports

Current and future financings of water projects in Peru: Huascacocha,
Taboada, La Chira and the Majes-Siguas Special Irrigation Project

Roadway projects in Peru: Autopista del Norte; Autopista del Sol
(Sullana Tranche and the border with Ecuador); IIRSA Centro Highway;
Panamericana Sur Highway: Ica - International Border with Chile

Upcoming projects proposed by presidential candidates in Peru

Current and future port projects in Peru
Oscar Arrús, Partner, Rubio Leguia Normand
Gianluca Bacchiocchi, Partner, DLA Piper
3.45pm
Afternoon refreshments and networking break
sponsored by
4.15pm
Has renewable energy finally become a serious alternative to
traditional power?

What factors and dynamics affect the relative appeal of the different
power types as investment opportunities?

The rise of biomass as an investment opportunity – what role can it expect
to play alongside other sources of renewable power, and how vulnerable
is it to shifts in the commodities markets?

Is ethanol finally becoming a mainstream alternative energy source?
Rod Barfield, Managing Partner, Real Infrastructure Private Equity
George Osorio, Managing Partner, Conduit Capital Partners
Timothy Stephure, Senior Analyst, IHS Emerging Energy Research
5.00pm
Pension fund panel: How far has regional regulation come in facilitating
pension fund involvement in the infrastructure asset classes?

How far has the region come in its efforts to liberalise domestic
investment into foreign companies?

What constraints are these funds still operating under when it comes to
investing in the infrastructure domain? What factors are impeding funds
from doing deals?

The benefits and disadvantages of requiring pension funds to participate
on the investment committees of their investee funds
Jim Kaiser, Director - Project and Export Finance, HSBC
Rafael Carranza, CEO, AFP Horizonte
5:45pm
Chairman’s closing remarks followed by evening drink reception
frastructure Finance Forum
Day Two: Friday March 18th, 2011
8.30am
Refreshments
sponsored by
9.15am
Chairman’s opening remarks
9.30am
Banking panel: Overcoming the new challenges to getting deals done

What financial and operational challenges in 2010 posed problems to
closing deals, and how can sponsors, governments and other agencies
facilitate the financing process?

How do sponsors’ financing and risk requirements differ today compared
with before the financial crisis?

What might Basel III do to the cost of financing for project finance? Will
this be as big a concern in the developing world, and what could the
impact be on the availability of finance to greenfield projects?

What factors have been driving down liquidity in the marketplace and
what sorts of creative structures and mechanisms are being used to
overcome a lack of availability of traditional finance?

Are we seeing a greater trend towards transparency in loan syndicates?
John H. Groesbeek, Head Syndications – Latin America, IFC
Pramita Saha, Vice President - Syndications Americas, BBVA
Duncan Caird, Sergio Monaro, Head of Project Finance - Brazil, HSBC
Moderator: Martin Toulouse, Partner, Baker Botts
10.15am
Brazilian oil: What new financing dynamics have emerged from the
roll-out of the new oil infrastructure?

How will the exploration and production concessions be awarded in the future?

Should we expect changes to the structure of future revenue-sharing agreements?

To what extent are wider oil infrastructure investments going to domestic
vs foreign companies?
Pedro Caldas, Structured Finance Manager, Wilson, Sons
Pablo Sorj, Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance Practice,
Mattos Filho Advogados
Moderator: Sergio Monaro, Head of Project Finance - Brazil, HSBC
11.00am
Morning refreshments and Networking Break
sponsored by
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March 17th and 18th, 2011
Biltmore Hotel at Coral Gables, Miami
11.30am
Case study: Proin (Promotora de Infraestructura Registral)

Overcoming the challenges of the project: Mandates, local regulation and
finding the financing

What additional opportunities are there for ECAs to participate in
infrastructure bond deals?

Would other states fare as well as the State of Mexico?
Francisco Gonzalez Ortiz Mena, General Director of Project Finance,
Government of the State of Mexico
Nancy Rivera, Managing Director – Structured Finance, OPIC
Gonzalo Obregon, Director, LatAm Capital Advisors
12.15pm
Intra-regional projects: Getting deals done across borders

Is regional integration for infrastructure and energy projects a
consolidated trend for the future or just a fashionable strategy?

The main difficulties for intra-regional cross-border investments

Which countries and sectors are more prepared to receive intra-regional
direct investments?

Who are the main competitors for Latin American names in this
strategic movement?

The role of financiers in this new arena
Luis Lucena, Executive Director - Structured Finance Americas, BBVA
1.00pm
Hydro power: Are large-scale projects the future of hydro, or will we see
more focus on smaller, distributed projects?

What’s next for upcoming hydro power opportunities?

Will dam-based projects prevail, or will we see investment into tidal,
damless and osmotic power techniques?

Lessons from Belo Monte: Avoiding controversy in future projects
Pablo Eguiluz, Head of Project Finance, Inkia Energy (Kallpa Generación)
Stephen Zoota, Managing Director, Hydro Capital Corporation
Antonio Bastos, Chief Executive Officer, Omega Energia
Moderator: Raphael Dumas, Director - Project and Export Finance, HSBC
1.45pm
Chairman’s closing remarks followed by lunch
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