 | Programme and speakers
Please note that the speakers listed below have been invited and that some of them are not yet confirmed. The programme will be updated and new speakers will be included
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Registration of the Participants, welcome coffee and networking in the Foyer
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| 09:30-09:45 |
Welcome Address
Imangali Tasmagambetov, Mayor of Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
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| 09:45-11:45 |
Panel Session 1
Welcoming Panel
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Overview of the infrastructure needs in Kazakhstan and assessing the funding requirements
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Evaluating the PPP market potefntial - ongoing projects and future projects
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Adjusting infrastructure growth in Kazakhstan to global financing challengesf
Introduction
Claudio Cassuto, Director, Euroconvention Conferences, United Kingdom
Keynote Address
Serik Akhmetov, Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Kazakhstan
Keynote Address
"Business possibilities in realisation of state strategic goals"
Marat Kusainov, Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning,
Republic of Kazakhstan
Chairman
Kenneth E. Mack, Managing Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, Republic of Kazakhstan
Julian Smith,
Global Leader of Transport Infrastructure,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Eric Peter,
Senior Investment Officer in Infrastructure,
International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
Bulat Smagulov,
Chairman of the Board,
Kazakhstan PPP Center
"Utilizing existing infrastructure investments for sparking innovations and a strong local IT industry"
Guenter Dahm,
General Manager,
Microsoft Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Theodore Matheny,
Partner, Head of CIS Practice,
Salans, France
Konstantin Nazarov,
Director, Kazakhstan & Central Asia,
GE, Republic of Kazakhstan
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| 11:45-12:15 |
Coffee break and networking in the Foyer |
| 12:15-13:45 |
Panel Session 2:
- Infrastructure modernization - Government plans and requirements for the next decade
- How Municipal and Regional governments' strategies will need to adapt to integrate PPP mechanisms
- Eliminating legal barriers and implementing well-tested legal and regulatory framework
- Attracting private sector investment and improving public sector tendering
Chairman
Azat Turlibekuli Peruashev, Chairman, "Atameken Union", National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan
Keynote Address
Kairat Kelimbetov,
Chief Executive Officer,
SamrukKazyna National Welfare Fund, Republic of Kazakhstan
"Attracting private investment in current market conditions: opportunities and challenges of infrastructure projects"
Evgeny Trusov,
Partner,
Ernst & Young, Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenneth E. Mack,
Managing Partner,
Chadbourne & Parke
"Why PPP works"
Crae Garrett,
International Partner,
Macleod Dixon Lawyers, Republic of Kazakhstan
Ulf Hindström,
Senior Banker, Infrastructure,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Kazakhstan |
| 13:45-14:45 |
Luncheon and networking in the Foyer
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14:45-16:45
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EXCLUSIVE PRESENTATION ON
Hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
Road Concession Tenders of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Presentation to Potential Bidders
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Presentation will include:
- Engineering and economical performance of projects
- Risk profile matrix
- Concession model
- Provisions of National legislation
- Measures of State support
- Competitive documentation (legislative questions, financial aspects, technical parameters, estimation criteria and others)
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Chairman
Dulat Kuterbekov, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Kazakhstan
Bibigul Aitukenova, Managing Director, Legal Expert Kazakhstan
Ran Shelach, Senior Partner and Jonah Bamberger,
TASC Strategic Consulting, Israel
Maxim Telemtayev, Managing Partner, Macleod Dixon Lawyers, Republic of Kazakhstan
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17:05-18:30
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Coffe break and networking in the Foyer
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17:05-18:30
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Panel Session 3:
Railways, Airports and Ports Infrastructure - strategy, developments and opportunities
Chairman
Azat Bekturov,
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Republic of Kazakhstan
Radilbek Adimolda,
Deputy Chairman of Committee on Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Republic of Kazakhstan
Bekbolat Narygeev,
Deputy Chairman of Committee on Transport and Lines of Communication, Ministry of Transport and Communication, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sergej Kulnazarov,
General Director of Republican State Enterprise "Kazaeronavigacija", Republic of Kazakhstan
Daulet Khamzin,
General Director of JSC "Sary-Arka Airport" (Karagandy), Republic of
Kazakhstan
"New Transportation System of Astana (NTSA)"
Richard Courey,
Chairman and Chief Executive Office,
Vision Transportation Group, Canada
"Multi-modal Transport - The Links Underpinning Economic Growth Using Rail, Air And Water Infrastructure"
Neil Tindall,
Partner of Pinsent Masons, United Kingdom
of Counsel with Magisters, Russian Federation "The World Financial Crisis: its Nature, Causes and Consequences"
Edmund S. Phelps,
Nobel Prize in Economics Winner 2006
Nigel Hailey,
Managing Director, Ove Arup & Partners, United Kingdom
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Wednesday 11 March 2009
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| All Delegates invited of the plenary session of the 2nd ASTANA ECONOMIC FORUM |
N.B. Entry to Palace of Independence is strictly with prior presentation of scanned photo page
of passport submitted, at the latest, by 4th March
to fax N° +32 2 733.64.40 or email: vmeys@euroconvention.com |
| 10:00 |
Shuttles will wait at the entrance of the Radisson SAS Hotel
and take the delegates to the Palace of Independence |
| 11:00-11:02 |
Opening Speech
Bakhyt Sultanov,
Minister of Economy and Budget Planning, Republic of Kazakhstan
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| 11:02-11:20 |
Welcome Speech
Nursultan Nazarbayev,
President, Republic of Kazakhstan |
| 11:20-11:35 |
"The World Financial Crisis: its Nature, Causes and Consequences"
Edmund S. Phelps,
Nobel Prize in Economics Winner 2006
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| 11:35-11:50 |
"Conception for Coping with World Economic Crisis"
Robert A. Mundell,
Nobel Prize in Economics Winner 1999
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| 11:50-12:00 |
"The Role of International Economic Cooperation in Mitigating the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis"
Jan Kubis,
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Break |
| 13:00-13:10 |
"Islamic Financing as a Tool for Funding under Conditions of Financial Crisis"
Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani,
President, Islamic Development Bank |
| 13:10-13:20 |
"World Financial System after Crisis: Thoroughgoing Reforms of Bretton Woods System"
Jean Lemierre,
Former President,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Advisor to the Chairman, BNP Paribas |
| 13:20-13:30 |
"Post Crisis Models of Economic Development"
Arkady Dvorkovich,
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation |
| 13:30-13:35 |
Closing of the Plenary Session by Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning, Republic of Kazakhstan |
| 13:35-14:30 |
Luncheon hosted by and at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning |
| 14:30-14:50 |
Transfer of the delegates to the Radisson SAS Hotel |
| 15:00-16:30 |
Panel session 4:
- Socio-environmental considerations in infrastructure project development
- Regional co-operation as a catalyst for improving sustainable and efficient infrastructure solution
- Case studies and Presentations on Energy, Power and Utilities
"Socio-environmental aspects at infrastructure project development in Kazakhstan"
Sergey Bourtsev,
Managing Director, Environmental Resources Management
(ERM Eurasia), Republic of Kazakhstan
Case study hosted by STRABAG
"Key factors of successful implementation of PPPs in CEEC"
James Weiss,
Managing Director, Infrastructure Development,
STRABAG, Austria
Peter Rowley,
Global Oil & Gas Director,
Environment Resource Management (ERM Eurasia), Republic of Kazakhstan
Gulsara Edilbaeva,
Executive Director,
Kazakhstan Business Council for Sustainable Development
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Coffee break and networking in the Foyer
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| 17:00-18:30 |
Panel session 5:
- Developing financial markets for PPPs in the current economic climate
- Financing current and future infrastructure projects - role of the banking sector and IFIs
- Capital market developments in Kazakhstan - New opportunities for PPP-oriented investment funds
- New sources of project financing - role of sovereign wealth funds, corporate IPOs, etc.
- PPP investments and infrastructure finance - experiences from the Russian Federation
- Role of new Islamic financing instruments
Chairman
Davron Rustamkulov, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Darkhan Nurpeissov,
Deputy Chairman,
Regional Financial Center of Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
"Opportunities for investment funds participation in major infrastructure and concession projects implementation in Kazakhstan"
Ardak Orumbayev,
Chairman,
Investment Fund of Kazakhstan
"The Role of Political Risk Insurance in the Development of Infrastructure Investments"
Steven Johnston,
Insurance Officer,
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, USA
Zhanat Ansaganova,
Director of the Department of Project Analysis and Monitoring,
Development Bank of Kazakhstan
"Alternative source of Infrastructure projects"
Abay Alpamyssov,
Chairman of the Board,
Kazyna Capital Management, Republic of Kazakhstan
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| 18:30 |
Farewell cocktail hosted for all the delegates, speakers, sponsors and invitees and end of the Summit. |
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