Speaker: Louis Downing, CEO, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
Program Future-Proof Infrastructure 2023
In 2023, Future-Proof Infrastructure took place digitally. Discover the Future-Proof Infrastructure program 2023.
Future-Proof Infrastructure showcases sustainable investment opportunities around the topics of:
Program 28 March 2023
Master of Ceremony: Lorena Zemp, COO, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
13:00 - 13:30 (Central Europe Time)
Introduction: Vision and Mission of Future-Proof Infrastructure
Speakers: Roman Imgrüth, CEO MCH Exhibitions & Events, MCH Group AG; Louis Downing, CEO, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
13:30 - 14:00
Discussion with Project Preparation Actors on Future-Proof Infrastructure
Speakers: Pedro Nicolau, Integration Manager, SOURCE; Tony Bonnici, Head of PPP, UNECE, Analyn Rubenecia, Communications and Outreach Specialist, CDIA
Moderation: Andy Deacon, Co-Managing Director of GCoM
14:00 - 14:30
Panel on Future-Proof Infrastructure Curation Process
Speakers: Savina Carluccio, Executive Director, ICSI; Tony Bonnici, Head of PPP, UNECE; Jim Pass, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners
Moderation: Louis Downing, CEO, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
14:30 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Session on FAST-Infra: Sustainable Infrastructure as an Asset Class: collaboration to drive investment through FAST Infra
Speakers: Robin Grenfell, Senior Manager, Macquarie Green Investment Group; Jim Pass, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners
Moderation: Arshia Karki, Global Partnership Manager, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
15:30 - 16:00
Discussion on the progress on Public Private Partnerships and blended finance, perspectives from the public and private sector on FAST
Speakers: François Bergère, Executive Director, Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association; Enrico Petrocelli, Secretary General, D20/Long Term Investors Club; Carmel Lev, Program Officer, Global Infrastructure Facility
Moderation: Jean-Christophe Barth, Executive Director, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)
16:00 - 16:30
Deep-Dive Partner Workshop: Key role of early-stage project preparation to deliver successful Nature-based Solutions projects
Speakers: Rob Cunningham, Europe Resilient Watersheds Programme Director, The National Conservancy; Juraj Jurik, Director Infrastructure & Nature, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundationx; Michail Kapetanakis, Research Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Moderation: Rowan Palmer, Lead Sustainable Infrastructure Investment Team, UN Environment Programme
16:30 - 16:40
Presentation of Future-Proof Infrastructure 2024
17:45
Networking Dinner Party - with Bertrand Piccard | The Blackouts | Michel Gammenthaler