Now in its 7th year, City & Financial's Annual Infrastructure Financing Conference is firmly established as the premier UK forum on developments in financing PPPs. This year's event is being held at a time of unprecedented turbulence in the financial markets, which has temporarily closed the capital markets for project fundraising and caused banking spreads to widen dramatically. The good news is that the ensuing flight to quality has made PPP projects, with their predictable long-term cash flows and strong credit rating, even more attractive on a relative basis to investors and lenders.

The conference will examine in depth the implications of the credit crisis on the PPP market for both government policy and the main sectoral programmes, as well as on the funding of major projects and new PPP structures. The event will also review in detail, trends in the equity and debt markets, such as the emergence of “funds of funds” and refinancing under current market conditions.

Attendance at this highly topical conference will be invaluable for financiers, construction companies, facilities managers, advisers, and central and local government officials responsible for the procurement and management of PPP projects. 

Expert Public Sector Speakers
Anthony Bicknell, Director - Finance and Investments and Board Member (Exec), Community Health Partnerships
Cameron Matson, PFI Financing Advisor, HM Treasury
Paul Milner, Commercial Director, Partnerships for Schools
Mikko Ramstedt, Senior Project Advisor, Financial Partnerships Unit, Scottish Executive
Andrew Rose, Board Member, Partnerships UK

Expert Private Sector Speakers
Mattias Berntsson, Principal, Managing Partner, Pantheon Ventures
Gershon Cohen, Head of Infrastructure, Bank of Scotland
William Coley, Vice President - Senior Analyst, Project Finance, Moody's Investors Service
Dr Maciej Firla Cuchra, Managing Consultant, Oxera
Andrew Davison, VP, Senior Credit Officer and Team Leader - EMEA Project Finance, Moody's Investors Service
Paul Leatherdale, Managing Director, Depfa
Tim Lemon, Business Development Director, Land Securities Trillium
Nigel Middleton, Managing Director, Barclays
Darryl Murphy, Director, HSBC
Nick Prior, Partner, Deloitte
Alastair Scrimgeour, Partner, Corporate Finance, Government & Infrastructure, Deloitte
Brendan Walshe, Head of Specialist Infrastructure and PFI, Hewitt Associates 

This event is being held at:
Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington
Scarsdale Place, Kensington
London, UK W8 5SR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7937 7211
Fax: +44 (0) 207937 7100
Web: www.millenniumhotels.co.uk/copthornetarakensington

Nearest Tube Station:
High Street Kensington (Circle & District Lines)

Map and Directions

• UK PPP Infrastructure Financing 2008 (Documentation)