Chairman
Gershon Cohen, Head of Project Finance, Lloyd’s Banking Group
Keynote addresses
Lord Davies, Minister of State for Trade
David Gauke MP, Shadow Minister for the Treasury
Expert Speaker panel
Marc Bajer, CEO, Hadrian's Wall Capital
Jeremy Barker, Director, Global Infrastructure, KPMG LLP
Tom Barrett, Executive Director, European Investment Bank
Ben Caldecott, Climate Change Capital
David Cooper, Head of Infrastructure and Structured Project Finance,
Barclays Bank
Ian Ellis, Chairman, Telereal Trillium
Chris Leslie, Director, New Local Government Network
Charles Lloyd, Head of Public Private Partnerships, HM Treasury
Karim Nassif, Standard & Poor's
Dominic Nathan, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty Public Finance UK Ltd
Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, Infrastructure Planning Commission
David Powell, Director of Capital Projects, North Bristol NHS Trust
Andrew Rose, Head of Infrastructure Finance Unit, HM Treasury
James Wardlaw, Co-author of "Delivering a 21st Century Infrastructure for
Britain" a report published by the Policy Exchange
Michael Watson, Partner and Head of Infrastructure, McGrigors
08:15 Coffee and registration
09:00 Chairman's opening remarks
Gershon Cohen, Head of Project Finance, Lloyds Banking Group
09:05 Keynote address I
The creation of Infrastructure UK and project prioritisation
Lord Davies, Minister of State for Trade
09:35 Delivering major projects successfully
Sir Michael Pitt, Chair, Infrastructure Planning Commission
10.05 HMT policy update
Charles Lloyd, Head of Public Private Partnerships, HM Treasury
10:35 Morning coffee
11:05 Keynote address II
Conservative Party policy on infrastructure investment
David Gauke MP, Shadow Minister for the Treasury
11:30 Debt finance panel
Update on TIFU's progress and strategy
Andrew Rose, Head of Infrastructure Finance Unit, HM Treasury
Capacity and liquidity in the main segments of the infrastructure banking market
David Cooper, Head of Infrastructure and Structured Project Finance, Barclays Bank
What's really going on in the UK infrastructure banking market and what will the future hold?
Jeremy Barker, Director, Global Infrastructure, KPMG LLP
Overcoming structural challenges in attracting debt finance
Michael Watson, Partner and Head of Infrastructure, McGrigors
12:30 Lunch
13:45 The scale of the UK's infrastructure challenge
James Wardlaw, Co-author of "Delivering a 21st Century Infrastructure for Britain" a report published by the Policy Exchange
14:10 Financing the infrastructure required by the low carbon agenda
Ben Caldecott, Climate Change Capital
14:35 Estate rationalisation across central and local government and other opportunities arising from the efficiency/cost reduction drive in the public sector
Ian Ellis, Chairman, Telereal Trillium
15:00 Afternoon tea
15:20 Overview of recent developments in the European infrastructure market
Tom Barrett, Executive Director, European Investment Bank
15:40 Capital markets panel
The Hadrian's Wall plan
Marc Bajer, CEO, Hadrian's Wall Capital
De-risking a project to attract funding – the Southmead Hospital case study
David Powell, Director of Capital Projects, North Bristol NHS Trust
Pooling local authorities' general funds within an infrastructure fund
Chris Leslie, Director, New Local Government Network
New strategies from the monolines
Dominic Nathan, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty Public Finance UK Ltd
The potential of Sukuk bonds for infrastructure finance
Karim Nassif, Standard & Poor's
17:10 Chairman's concluding remarks and close of conference