Constructing New Financing Models for Europe’s Cities and Regions: How to Finance Services and Deliver More for Less The sessions will be held in English unless otherwise stated below Monday 19 September 14.00-14.30 Registration and Coffee Upper Foyer All sessions will be held in Main Auditorium 14.30-14.40 Euromoney Welcome: Richard Ensor, Managing Director, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC 14.40-15.00 Welcome Address: Hon. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and President, United Cities and Local Governments The welcome address will be held in Turkish 15.00-16.00 Panel I: How to Finance Services and Deliver More for Less Europe’s local economy after the crisis: What does it mean for cities and regions? How is the relationship between national and local financing models changing? Is the trend toward decentralization slowing? How to bridge the funding gap: New financing solutions Achieving economies of scales: Sharing services and financing between different authorities How can our regions and cities capture flows of domestic and international long-term capital? Engaging and leveraging Structural Funds Trends in key real estate markets Moderated by: Mark Johnson, Editor, Euromoney Conferences Speakers: Jean-Christophe Chaline, Head of Division for Public Sector and Utilities in Western Europe, European Investment Bank Tuija Jäkälä, Finance Manager, City of Lahti Filip Mitrovic, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of Pancevo Valérie Montmaur, Senior Director and Head of Public Finance in EMEA, Standard & Poor’s 16.00-16.15 Coffee Break Upper Foyer 16.15-16.35 Non-Fiscal Instruments of Public Transit Infrastructure Funding: Engaging Beneficiaries and Private Capital at the Local Level Experiences in the United States and Lessons for European Cities Presentation: Oliver Mietzsch, Head of Transport Unit, German Association of Cities 16.35-17.30 Panel II: Infrastructure Finance How have infrastructure projects been affected by the global economic slowdown? What funding options are available in the current climate as public purses are squeezed? Is the trend towards mega-projects continuing, or are these projects being scaled down to the bare minimum requirements? Harnessing real estate gains for the public benefit Calibrating the risk-reward equation between cities and the hinterland Managing cross-border projects Best practice in project planning, management and execution Harnessing co-financing models: using development funds Moderated by: Nicholas Lord, Contributing Editor, Turkey, Euromoney Speakers: Elena Bourganskaia, Manager, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Europe and Central Asia Global Head, Sub-National Finance, International Finance Corporation (Member of the World Bank Group) Michael Dinham, Head of Infrastructure Finance, EMEA, ING Bank Jean-Patrick Marquet, Director, Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Oliver Mietzsch, Head of Transport Unit, German Association of Cities Georg Wilms, Vice President Urban Development, Siemens AG Germany 17.30 Close of Day 1 All proceedings will be simultaneously translated into Turkish unless otherwise stated. Tuesday 20 September 08.30-09.00 Registration and Coffee Upper Foyer 09.00-09.10 Euromoney Welcome: Helen Wyles, Deputy Director, Euromoney Conferences 09.10-10.10 Panel III: Capital Finance – Best Practice in Borrowing How has the credit crisis affected the cost of funding for local governments in Europe? Best practice in loan funding Are capital markets open for local government issuers? If so, at what price? And what maturity? How local governments can tap hidden pools of demand: private placements and MTN programmes A common interest? Mutual financing models for cities and towns New means of accessing liquidity Effective risk management for sub-national governments Moderated by: Mark Johnson, Editor, Euromoney Conferences Speakers: Arkadiusz Kamiński, Deputy Treasurer and Director, Debt and Financial Policy Department, City of Warsaw Eckhard Helms, Treasurer, State of North Rhine-Westphalia Nicolás Jannone, Director, Capital Markets, Instituto Valenciano de Finanzas Yves Millardet, Adviser, French Local Governments Sector David Rubinoff, Managing Director, Sub-Sovereign Group, Moody’s Investors Service Eija Venetkoski-Kukka, Head of Finance, City of Helsinki 10.15-11.00 Workshop: Delivering Public Infrastructure - Lessons from Global Markets Hosted by: ING Bank Maximising appetite from the private sector Managing the procurement process Delivering Innovation The good, the bad and the ugly - successes and mistakes Speakers: Alistair Higgins, Director, Infrastructure Finance and Advisory, ING Bank Michael Dinham, Head of Infrastructure Finance, EMEA, ING Bank 11.00-11.15 Coffee Break Upper Foyer 11.15-12.00 Workshop: Infrastructure Finance in Turkey, Evolution of PPP Market and Future Outlook Hosted by: WestLB Evolution of the infra business Evolution of the PPP market Key bankability issues The business volumes and future outlook Moderated by: Turkekul Dogan, Executive Director, Head of Structured Finance, Turkey, WestLB Global Structured Finance Speakers: Murat Dedeoglu, Partner, DK Infrastructure Management and Corporate Finance Erdogan Fidan, Partner, Fidan & Fidan Law Firm Oguz Sagiroglu, Chief Financial Officer, Makyol Insaat All proceedings will be simultaneously translated into Turkish unless otherwise stated. 12.00-13.00 Panel IV: Public Private Partnerships What types of project are PPPs suitable for? And which are not? What are the key factors in ensuring a project’s success? And what are the main potential pitfalls? How do you effectively transfer risk away from the public sector? Case studies from key European PPP markets Moderated by: Helen Wyles, Deputy Director, Euromoney Conferences Speakers: Yalçın Eyigün, Director , Railway System, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Tomasso Garzelli, Head of Finance, Astaldi SpA Rome Stephen Harris, President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Infrastructure Group Ltd Chris Heathcote, Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure, WestLB Karen Prosser, Head of Health Sector and PPP Expert, EC Harris Goetz von Thadden, Principal Adviser, European PPP Expertise Centre, European Investment Bank 13.00-14.30 Lunch Upper Foyer 14.30 – 14.50 Case Study Railway System Investments in Istanbul Speaker: Yalçın Eyigün, Director, Railway System, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality 14.50-15.35 Panel V: Local Government Privatisation Using privatisation to improve balance sheets whilst providing the citizen with a transformed level of service Ensuring fair value in asset sales: best practice in tenders Public flotation or trade sale Negotiating robust service provision agreements Bringing market discipline to local government-owned companies Moderated by: Mark Johnson, Editor, Euromoney Conferences Speakers: Ahmet Aksu, Acting President, Prime Ministry Privatization Administration Iwona Bobrek, Director, Budget and Aid Funds Office, City of Szczecin 15.35-16.00 Closing Session: Constructing New Funding Models for Europe’s Cities and Regions - A Guide to Some New Ideas For Funding Services: Congestion Charges, Refuse Tolls and New Levies Moderated by: Mark Johnson, Editor, Euromoney Conferences Speaker: Frédéric Vallier, Secretary General, Council of European Municipalities and Regions 16.00 Close of Conference All proceedings will be simultaneously translated into Turkish unless otherwise stated.