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The most important event in infrastructure.

Join the biggest names in the industry at the Global Investor Forum, the largest global gathering of institutional capital devoted to infrastructure and the core of the Global Summit. Meet and hear from the best of the best in the asset class – Founding & managing partners, CEOs and chairmen, plus leading global institutional and private investors attend and speak annually.

 

Who attends?

Fund Managers

Attending the largest global gathering of institutional capital devoted to infrastructure, is the most efficient way to meet over 400 individual investors interested in the global asset class de jour.

Investors

Investors attend to learn more about the opportunities offered by the growth asset class, meet the fund managers doing the deals and the developers and corporates seeking investment and looking to sell assets.

Service Providers

Meet 1600 senior industry leaders under one roof, the Global Investor Forum is the place to meet and network with new business partners from every corner of the globe. Build your profile amongst the world’s infrastructure community.

Key themes for 2020

Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2020

  • Mid-market infrastructure: finding value in a rapidly growing segment.
  • Getting operational asset management right: the growing impact of data, analytics and digital on infrastructure value creation.
  • The rise of sector-specific and regional-focused funds: what does this mean for investors?
  • Super core: what is the optimal way to allocate to super core in a balanced portfolio?
  • Infrastructure secondaries: comparing GP-led transactions with single asset restructuring and other types of secondary deals.

One Summit: Seven Forums

Explore infrastructure opportunities across frontier and growth markets at the Emerging Markets Forum.

Hear from government on infrastructure policy across key global markets and the broader effect of politics and government on infrastructure.

The ESG & Sustainability Forum provides a place to showcase best practice and understand what good looks like from a sustainability perspective.

The Energy Transition Forum is the event to learn from and network with a truly international delegation focused on investment opportunities in renewables and the energy transition.

Your chance to hear from investors leading the digital revolution in infrastructure investment and keep up with opportunities in an increasingly important sub-asset class.

Analyse the benefits of differing investment structures, learn about landmark transactions and pinpoint new opportunities for yield.

World-leading infrastructure managers that attended last year include:

Actis
AMP Capital
AMP Capital Brookfield
AMP Capital Investors Ltd
Antin Infrastructure Partners
ArcLight Capital
Arcus Infrastructure Partners
ARDIAN
Axium Infrastructure
BlackRock
Brookfield
Brookfield Asset Management
BTG Pactual
Dalmore Capital
DIF
EIG Global Energy Partners
Energy Capital Partners
Equis Funds Group
Equitix
Global Infrastructure Partners
Harbert Management Corporation
Harbert Power LLC
I Squared Capital
IFM Investors
Infracapital
InfraRed Capital Partners
InfraVia Capital Partners
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association
Macquarie Capital (Europe Limited)
Meridiam Infrastructure
Mirova
Morgan Stanley
Northleaf Capital Partners
Partners Group
QIC
Stonepeak Partners
The Carlyle Group
Vantage Infrastructure

Testimonials

Lincoln Webb

Senior Vice President, BCI

If you are serious about infrastructure investing, Infrastructure Investor’s Global Summit should be a fixture in your calendar.

Stephane Wattez-Richard

Executive Director, Conquest AM

The Global Summit is the best event to meet peers, investors and keep up-to-date on the key challenges & opportunities the asset class faces today.

Holger Haaf

Uniper

To meet so many people in such a short time is not possible without the Summit.

Sponsorship Opportunities

 

The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.

For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Alexander Jakes, alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44 (0)203 862 7498

 

 

 

2020 Keynote speakers

Lord John Browne
Executive Chairman
L1 Energy

James Kerr
Author of Legacy: Lessons in Leadership

Caroline Criado Perez, OBE
Writer & Broadcaster

Philip Ajina

Partner, Infranode

Oskar Backman

Investment Manager, Polhem Infrastructure

Serkan Bahçeci

Partner, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Chris Beall

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Nova Infrastructure

Mar Beltran

Non Executive Director, Real Assets

Ralph Berg

Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS Infrastructure Europe

Ryan Bisch

Director, Private Markets - Ontario Power Generation

Frederic Blanc-Brude

CEO, Scientific Infra

Wim Blaasse

Managing Partner, DIF Capital Partners

Lennart Blecher

Deputy Managing Partner and Head of Real Assets, EQT

Mauricio Bolaña

Partner, Antin

Matteo Botto Poala

Managing Director, Infrastructure Investment Group - Goldman Sachs

John Breckenridge

Senior Managing Director, Head of Energy Infrastructure - Capital Dynamics

Todd Bright

Head Private Infrastructure Americas, Partners Group

Lord John Browne

Executive Chairman, L1 Energy

Tim Buchner

Co-founder & COO, Mercatus

Bruno Candès

Partner, InfraVia Capital Partners

Gwenola Chambon

Chief Executive Officer, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Wymen Chan

Managing Director, Asia Investment Team - SUSI Partners

Andrew Claerhout

Partner & Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing, Searchlight

Guillaume D’Engremont

Head of European Infrastructure, ICG

Renaud de Matharel

CEO & Managing Partner, Cube Infrastructure Managers

Jerry Divoky

Vice President, Infrastructure & Renewable Resources - BCI

Nicole Douglas

Head of Investor Research, Infrastructure Investor

Charles Dupont

Head of Infrastructure Finance, Schroders

Jean Francis Dusch

CEO EDRAM UK, Edmond de Rothschild

Irina Frolova

Head Asset Management Infrastructure, PGGM

Marc Ganzi

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Bridge Holdings

David Giordano

Global Head - Renewable Power, Blackrock

Darren Glatt

Partner & Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing, Searchlight Capital Partners

Dr Harald Haas

Senior Investment Manager, MEAG

Leigh Harrison

Head of EMEA, Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)

Nigel Hatfield

Partner, Clifford Chance

Emil Henry

CEO & Managing Partner, Tiger Infrastructure

Fraser Hughes

Chief Executive Officer, Global Listed Infrastructure Organisation (GLIO)

Andrew Jones

Global Head of Infrastructure Debt, AMP Capital

Mikael Karlsson

Partner, Head of Actis Energy - Actis

Recep Kendircioglu

Senior Managing Director - Infrastructure, John Hancock/Manulife

James Kerr

Author of Legacy: Lessons in Leadership

Neil King

Managing Director, CPP Investment Board

Andreas Köttering

Partner, CBRE Caledon

Kathryn Leaf Wilmes

Partner, Pantheon

Thomas Lefebvre

Managing Director, I Squared Capital

Hamish Mackenzie

Head of Infrastructure, DWS

Chris Manser

Head of Infrastructure Investments, Swiss Life Asset Management

Graham Matthews

Chief Executive Officer, Whitehelm Capital

Rosheen McGuckian

Chief Executive Officer, NTR

Jim Metcalfe

Co-Managing Partner & Head of Global Investments - Alinda Capital Partners

Yves Meyer-Bülow

Managing Director, Allianz Capital Partners

Declan O'Brien

Director, UBS Asset Management

Alina Osorio

President, Fiera Infrastructure

Jonathan Oxley

UKRN CEO & Group Director, Ofcom - UKRN & Ofcom

Boe Pahari

Managing Partner, Global Head of Infrastructure Equity, AMP Capital

Manish Pandey

Partner & Co-Head Infrastructure, Access Capital Partners

Ravi Parekh

Managing Director, GCM Grosvenor

Toby Parkinson

Partner, Clifford Chance

Michael Pollan

Partner, Omnes

Ross Posner

Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Charles Regan

Head of APAC Infrastructure Real Assets Private Debt, Ostrum Asset Management

Armin Rothauser

Managing Director, Starwood Capital

Michael Ryan

CEO, Partner - Dalmore Capital

Patrick Samson

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Investments, PSP Investments

Oliver Schubert

Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure

Harry Seekings

Co-Head of Infrastructure, InfraRed

Frank Segger

Portfolio Manager, KGAL

Lawrence Slade FEI

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

Gregory Smith

President & Chief Executive Officer, InstarAGF

Howard Stern

Managing Director - Infrastructure Finance, Northwestern Mutual Capital

Jamie Storrow

Managing Director, Co-Head of Infrastructure, Northleaf Capital Partners

Geoff Strong

Senior Partner at Apollo Private Equity, Apollo Management

Eduardo Taulet

Executive Chairman, Lyntia

Peter Taylor

Co-Head of Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund, Carlyle

Angel Tejada

Head of Green and Sustainable Bonds, BBVA

Garret Tynan

Senior Director and European Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Dublin - KBRA Europe

Robert Wall

Partner, Hermes Infrastructure

Rick Walters

Infrastructure Director, GRESB

Daniel von Preyss

Head of Private Equity Infrastructure (Europe), Executive Director - Impax Asset Management

Kevin Warn-Schindel

Managing Director, HarbourVest

Mark Weisdorf

Managing Partner, Mark Weisdorf Associates

Simon Wilde

Senior Financial Adviser, OFGEM

Eugene Zhuchenko

Managing Director, ETORE Advisory

Day 1
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Agenda

Global Investor Forum - Day 1 - Tuesday 17th

Global Investor Forum 2020 - Tuesday 17 March
08:30 - 08:35

Welcome from Infrastructure Investor

Nicholas Lockley, Director, Head of Conferences EMEA, PEI

08:35 - 08:45

Chair's introduction

08:45 - 09:30

Keynote Panel: Infrastructure today, tomorrow and the next decade

Gregory Smith , Wim Blaasse, Lennart Blecher, Gwenola Chambon, Leigh Harrison, Declan O'Brien, Harry Seekings

The Global Summit is now in its 14th year and Infrastructure Investor has recently celebrated our 10th anniversary. Where is the asset class today compared to a decade ago and what are the most notable developments? We pick the brains of industry experts to see what the market thinks the next 10 years will bring.

Moderator: Gregory Smith, President & CEO, InstarAGF Asset Management

Gregory Smith

President & Chief Executive Officer, InstarAGF

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Wim Blaasse

Managing Partner, DIF Capital Partners

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Lennart Blecher

Deputy Managing Partner and Head of Real Assets, EQT

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Gwenola Chambon

Chief Executive Officer, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

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Leigh Harrison

Head of EMEA, Senior Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)

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Declan O'Brien

Director, UBS Asset Management

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Harry Seekings

Co-Head of Infrastructure, InfraRed

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09:30 - 10:10

Bringing ESG and sustainability issues into the mainstream

Rick Walters, Charles Dupont, Graham Matthews, Rosheen McGuckian, Oliver Schubert, Angel Tejada

Panel Session

  • Making sustainability a development driver as well as a compliance objective
  • How results are validating ESG being put at the heart of infrastructure businesses
  • Moving sustainability from a reporting function to top of the CEO’s inbox
  • What can investors do to prioritise action on ESG issues?

Moderator: Rick Walters, Infrastructure, Director

Rick Walters

Director Infrastructure, GRESB

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Charles Dupont

Head of Infrastructure Finance, Schroders

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Graham Matthews

Chief Executive Officer, Whitehelm Capital

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Rosheen McGuckian

Chief Executive Officer, NTR

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Oliver Schubert

Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure

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Angel Tejada

Head of Green and Sustainable Bonds, BBVA

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10:10 - 10:50

Opening Keynote: Planning infrastructure for the future

Lord John Browne

Every society needs to think big and plan physical infrastructure for the future. But few governments and political leaders do this in practice. Former BP Chief Executive John Browne calls for greater imagination in planning and design and explains how this can deliver infrastructure of greater boldness and better quality.

Speaker: Lord John Browne

Followed by Q&A

Lord John Browne

Executive Chairman, L1 Energy

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10:50 - 11:20

Coffee & networking

Global Investor Forum 2020 - Day 1
11:20 - 11:45

Fireside chat

Bruno Candès, Jonathan Oxley

Speakers:

Bruno Candes, Partner, InfraVia Capital Partners

Jonathan Oxley, CEO, Ofcom & Chair, UK Regulators’ Network

Bruno Candès

Partner, InfraVia Capital Partners

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Jonathan Oxley

UKRN CEO & Group Director, Ofcom - UKRN & Ofcom

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11:45 - 12:25

What does the rise of sector-specific and region-focused funds mean for infrastructure investors?

Toby Parkinson, Ralph Berg, John Breckenridge, David Giordano, Mikael Karlsson, Peter Taylor

Panel Session

  • Understanding the matrix of geography and sectors
  • Comparing generalist sector-focused funds with more specialist regional vehicles
  • Which sub-sectors have developed the most and in which geographies?
  • Lessons learned from specialist approaches in PE and other asset classes

Moderator: Toby Parkinson, Partner, Clifford Chance

Toby Parkinson

Partner, Clifford Chance

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Ralph Berg

Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS Infrastructure Europe

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John Breckenridge

Senior Managing Director, Head of Energy Infrastructure - Capital Dynamics

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David Giordano

Global Head - Renewable Power, Blackrock

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Mikael Karlsson

Partner, Head of Actis Energy - Actis

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Peter Taylor

Co-Head of Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund, Carlyle

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12:25 - 13:05

Keynote: Stop hurting women: how the data ignores women and creates poor urban infrastructure plans

Caroline Criado Perez, OBE, author of Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

13:05 - 14:05

Networking lunch

Global Investor Forum 2020 - Day 1
14:05 - 14:20

Market update from Infrastructure Investor

Nicole Douglas

Presentation

Our reports analyse the current state of the infrastructure market and detail the significant trends affecting the asset class in each quarter. We review a record 2019 for fundraising and provide an early look at Q1 trends for 2020.

Presenter: Nicole Douglas, Head of Investor Research, Infrastructure Investor

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Nicole Douglas

Head of Investor Research, Infrastructure Investor

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14:20 - 15:00

The state of play: Infrastructure in 2020

Nigel Hatfield, Jean Francis Dusch , Andrew Jones, Geoff Strong, Robert Wall

Panel Session

A panel of institutional and private investors analyse the fundraising market. The discussion will cover infrastructure allocations, targets and return expectations.

Moderator: Nigel Hatfield, Partner, Clifford Chance

Nigel Hatfield

Partner, Clifford Chance

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Jean Francis Dusch

CEO EDRAM UK, Edmond de Rothschild

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Andrew Jones

Global Head of Infrastructure Debt, AMP Capital

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Geoff Strong

Senior Partner at Apollo Private Equity, Apollo Management

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Robert Wall

Partner, Hermes Infrastructure

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15:00 - 15:00

Streamed workshops begin (A, B & C run concurrently)

Practical, data-driven workshop sessions addressing key strategic and operational challenges. Participants choose one of three concurrent streams to attend.

Stream A: Investment strategies and management

Stream B: Midmarket infrastructure

Stream C: Infrastructure secondaries

Streamed Workshops: Session 1
15:00 - 15:40

Stream A: Portfolio construction, super core and traditional infrastructure

Dr Harald Haas, Manish Pandey
  • Getting the portfolio mix right
  • What’s the optimal way to allocate to super core in a balanced portfolio?
  • Where do core plus and value-add strategies fit in?

Dr Harald Haas

Senior Investment Manager, MEAG

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Manish Pandey

Partner & Co-Head Infrastructure, Access Capital Partners

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15:00 - 15:40

Stream B: Midmarket infrastructure- is there still value in a rapidly growing segment?

Ross Posner, Chris Beall, Guillaume D’Engremont, Emil Henry, Andreas Köttering, Jamie Storrow
  • Assessing how new vehicles and spinoffs are moving into the space
  • Finding value by geography, cap size and strategy
  • Is the midmarket large enough for funds to deploy at the scale they claim?

Moderator: Ross Posner, Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Ross Posner

Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure

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Chris Beall

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Nova Infrastructure

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Guillaume D’Engremont

Head of European Infrastructure, ICG

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Emil Henry

CEO & Managing Partner, Tiger Infrastructure

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Andreas Köttering

Partner, CBRE Caledon

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Jamie Storrow

Managing Director, Co-Head of Infrastructure, Northleaf Capital Partners

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15:00 - 15:40

Stream C: Energy investments in the 2020s

Lawrence Slade FEI, Philip Ajina, Michael Pollan
  • Where are the best opportunities in renewables to be found?
  • Development risk and opportunities
  • The role of non-renewables and the energy transition#

Moderator: Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

Lawrence Slade FEI

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

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Philip Ajina

Partner, Infranode

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Michael Pollan

Partner, Omnes

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15:40 - 15:45

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Sponsorship Opportunities

The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.

For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Alexander Jakes, alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44 (0)203 862 7498