CEE Transport Infrastructure

In recent years, Public Private Partnerships have become increasingly commonplace with models varying across member states  according to national legal frameworks and sectors of application. This annual conference will demonstrate how PPP produces value for money, while aiding the need to absorb budgetary funding in the new EU member states and the EU accession countries, where the first PPP transactions are imminent.  

Speakers confirmed so far include:

• Emanuel Maravic, Director, Vienna Office, European Investment Bank
• Peter Barek, Director General of the Transport Infrastructure Division, Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications, Slovakia
• Bohdan Hejduk, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Czech Republic
• Miklos Muranyi, Director, National Motorway Co.
• Jiri Petrak, Managing Director, Mott MacDonald
• Jakub Slavik, Technical Director, Atkins
• Marek Krawczyk, Director, Sener
• Gunther Thaler, Project Manager, ASFINAG
• Jan Snajdr, Executive Director, PPP Association
• Mustafa Tiftikçioglu, Vice President, Project Finance, GarantiBank
• Dobrina Krasteva, Head of Strategic Investments, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria
• Cesar Queiroz, Roads and Transport Infrastructure Consultant, World Bank

• The newly established task forces in the region
• The applicable legal framework in each country
• An assessment of the level of economic and social demands expected from PPPs in the region
• The expected project pipeline 
• The latest on competitive development loans and accession grants