And this year's infrastructure conference will be even bigger 
The infrastructure market has developed significantly with the first wave of institutional money having been committed and funds now searching for the projects to invest in.
Investors want to know more about these infrastructure projects and the impact the credit crunch has had on the ability to finance projects and deliver the returns they expect.
After three months dedicated research with end investors, infrastructure funds, monoline insurers, project finance advisors, financiers, and advisors, Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe 2008 has been adapted to cover the issues that each of the players in the infrastructure market want addressed in a new look agenda. Truely making Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe 2008 the leading infrastructure conference in Europe.
New format and even more content for Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe
Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe 2008 is still the ONLY infrastructure conference in Europe to provide content tailored to institutional investors and this year we have created our highly anticipated INVESTMENT STREAM.
This will bring experienced institutional investors on to the stage to help guide their peers through the issues that they face when investing into infrastructure assets!
Alongside these educational sessions the rest of the infrastructure community will have the option of joining the totally new FINANCE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STREAM.
This will provide the most comprehensive look yet at the problems the credit crisis is posing infrastructure funds in seeking leverage for their projects and the risks that infrastructure financing will pose for 2008/09.
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“Excellent! Worth coming half-way ‘round the world.”
Joe Lufkin, Advisor, Asian Development Bank
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New content for Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe
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Key areas for discussion at Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe 2008 include:
- Credit markets in turmoil: examining the impact on the infrastructure sector
- Car parks, lotteries…are we stretching the definition of infrastructure too far?
- Accessing infrastructure: what can we learn from different ways of investing in this asset class such as direct, co-investing, fund of funds?
- Looking for new opportunities: emerging markets and new sectors (Greenfield, nuclear, waste, water)
- Thinking long term: have infrastructure funds factored in climate change?
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Totally new content for Investing in Infrastructure Assets Europe 2008 includes:
- Credit crisis and debt financing: where to now for infrastructure?
- Liquidity crisis: how will this impact upon borrowers and lenders?
- Examining how the unwrapped infrastructure market will develop
- What risks can investors realistically hedge?
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