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Day One: Tuesday 28 April 2009
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| Investment opportunities |
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8.30am | Registration and coffee
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9am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| Diminshing supply and increasing demand = crisis... and opportunity |
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9.10am | Opening keynote address: is water the new oil?
- Rethinking H2O – water in an increasing demand and depleting supply world
- The global outlook for pricing and regulation
- Preserving water for the coming generations – the role of regulators, investors and consumers in securing supply
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9.40am | Keynote address: is water sustainability in the Middle East a mirage?
- A forthright assessment of the challenges in supplying water to the Middle East
- Understanding the demand/supply dynamic
- Breaking the stalemate: reform to secure water supplies
- A thriving water economy in the desert
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| | Mr. Brad Kim, Division Director, ADCB Macquarie Corporate Finance
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10.10am | Morning refreshment and networking break
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| Successful funding in a credit crunch |
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10.40am | Funding water infrastructure post credit crunch – has the
money dried up?
- What are the most significant risks for water project finance in the region?
- What are the key considerations for Islamic funds financing water projects?
- What is the best source for water finance?
- Why are hybrid financing schemes replacing privatisation?
- Securitisation as means of raising capital
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| | Ms Diana DePinto, Middle East Programme Director, Private Capital, Ernst & Young
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11.10am | Panel session: What infrastructure is needed and how will
water authorities raise capital for investment?
- The role of privately owned utilities in the region
- Financing projects in the region – PPP, Government funding, Project Finance, Private Equity, Islamic Finance, Sukuks, Bonds, IPO
- The need for substantial capital investment in infrastructure – PPPs, strategic alliances and acquisitions
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| | Ms Diana DePinto, Middle East Programme Director, Private Capital, Ernst & Young
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12pm | Networking lunch
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| Investment Opportunities |
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1pm | The water crisis – a preventable disaster: how policy and investment can help
- An overview of policy measures that led to the current situation
- A quantitative view on the seriousness of the crisis: KSA case study
- Investment and policy decisions that could avert the impending crisis
- Opportunities in ensuring sustainable food security for the region
- Capturing the opportunities for short and long term investments
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1.30pm | Enhancing water investment in the industrial sector in the Middle East
- Growth, demand and supply – the key drivers for water investments
- Where are the biggest opportunities in the water sector?
- Investment trends: investing in companies or projects?
- An overview of investment potential in water/wastewater utilities, infrastructure, water equipment, materials and technology
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2pm | Case study: First State Investment as a key shareholder Anglian Water Group
- First State Investment’s experience as a key shareholder in a large UK water company
- Overview of the UK water industry – ownership evolution and structure.
- Private ownership investment
- Benefits of active asset management
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2.30pm | Case study: the Build-Operate-Transfer wastewater treatment project in Ajman
- Assessing the setup of the project
- Strategies for billing and collection
- The Build-Operate-Transfer structure
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3pm | Speed Networking:
Meet the key players in your industry in a brief but fun environment. This is a great opportunity to get to know the senior executives of the region’s water industry and to exchange business cards with real industry drivers. Swift and effective interaction that you can be confident will lead to lucrative, ongoing associations.
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3.40pm | Afternoon refreshment and networking break
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| Water resources: natural and produced |
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4pm | Panel session: Regional outlook on natural water resources
- The limit of the region’s renewable and economically developable water resourcesverview of the region’s renewable and economically developable water resources
- Rain water, rivers, lakes, aquifers and groundwater – are the natural resources being exploited to their maximum capacity?
- Is desalination the only solution for water supply in the GCC?
- Injecting excess water from desalination into natural aquifers to build strategic reserves
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4.45pm | Updates on Iran water management and desalination
- Iran water management history
- Challenges in the field of Iran water
- Solutions for the Iran water problems
- Desalination and CHP systems for water production
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5.15pm | Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day One
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5.20pm | Cocktail reception
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Day Two: Wednesday 29 April 2009
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1.41am |
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8.30am | Morning Coffee
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9am | Chairman’s opening remarks
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| The demand supply dynamic |
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9.10am | Demand management as an essential and effective water
policy tool in the Middle East
- Understanding and keeping pace with the surging demand of a fast growing region: retail, industrial and agricultural needs
- The key role of governmental bodies in strategic and institutional reforms
- Switching from the traditional supply-driven approach to conservation and optimum use of the water cycle
- Public awareness programmes – motivating consumers and their activities to regulate the use of water
- Consumption habits - preserving the most precious commodity for future generations
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9.40am | Panel session: Integrated water resource management -
alleviating pressure on freshwater supplies
- Managing supply efficiently – leakage and rehabilitating water distribution networks
- Social pressure and equity – limitation of time and quantity of use and implementation of tailored water pricing strategies
- Ecological sustainability – limiting groundwater extractions, reducing pollution and enhancing wastewater treatment
- Recycling – direct and indirect water reuse channels
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| | Dr. Ahmed Murad, Head of Geology Department, United Arab Emirates University
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10.30am | Morning refreshment networking break
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| Policy and management: moving the industry forward |
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11am | Ushering in a new era – the role for the private sector in
working with Government to deliver sustainability
- The need for reforms to attract investment
- Separating power from water – is this the way forward?
- Achieving alignment amongst the key stakeholders
- From government-owned water rights to privately owned water companies
- Pros and cons of privatisation and deregulation of water in the Middle East
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11.45am | Management quality – the opportunity for the water
industry
- Who has already acquired management expertise and who must acquire it?
- The need for innovation experience in water industry
- The need for integration experience
- The need for consolidation experience
- The need for global experience
- The value of teaming with the right people
- Water as part of the sustainability dialogue: trends and implications
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12.15pm | Networking lunch
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| Wastewater: challenges and opportunities |
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1.15pm | Wastewater management - current status and efforts for the
future
- A regional overview on wastewater treatment and use in the Middle East
- International standards and practices to limit health and environmental risks
- Decentralised wastewater management approaches - environmentally sound and sustainable in terms of investment, operation and maintenance
- Capacity building - meeting the needs of different stakeholders such as municipal policy-makers, planners, practitioners, and farmers
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1.45pm | Case study: Challenges facing the water industry and
innovative solutions - Minneapolis Membrane Experience
- Funding a $150 m project
- History of arriving at the decision to build the ultrafiltration plant
- Comparison of a membrane plant with a conventional filtration plant
- Operational challenges of operating the largest filtration plant in the western hemisphere
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| | Dr. Shahin Rezania, Director Water Treatment and Distribution Services, Public Service Center, City Of Minneapolis
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2.15pm | Global water reuse and its implications to the Middle East
- Water reuse, current status and trends globally
- Water reuse is a viable option as part of a total water master plan
- Water reuse- more economic option than desalination?
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2.45pm | Afternoon networking break
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| Entering the technological era |
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3.15pm | Challenges and opportunities in wastewater management –
technological perspective
- State-of-the-art sewerage technology - adopting modern systems of collection and disposal of the sewage
- Advancement of wastewater treatment
- Improvement in the combined sewer overflow control
- Effective use and efficient management of the sewerage systems
- Customised and sustainable technologies
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3.45pm | Municipal wastewater recycling: latest technology, bottlenecks and future trends
- Growth of membrane-based municipal wastewater treatment plants
- Pros and cons of membrane based wastewater treatment
- Effluent recycling and the role of membrane separation
- How can the Middle East produce clarified and disinfected waste water?
- Technology underpinning membrane treatment and its limitations
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| | Dr Simon Judd, Professor Membrane technology, Centre for Water Sciences, Cranfield University
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4.15pm | Panel session: Wastewater collection and distribution
networks – Governmental, municipal or developer’s
responsibility?
- Regulators - opting for low-risk wastewater privatisation to rise interest among regional and international developers
- Guaranteeing the supply of effluent and the offtake of treated water to the developer
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| | Dr. Shahin Rezania, Director Water Treatment and Distribution Services, Public Works Department, City Of Minneapolis Dr Simon Judd, Professor Membrane technology, Centre for Water Sciences, Cranfield University
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5pm | Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day Two
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H.E. Rashid Ahmad Muhammed
