5th Annual Summit

19 SEPTEMBER, 2017The Taj Mahal Hotel

Mansingh Road, New DelhiBuilding BUSINESSBeyond BOUNDARIES

Asia Edition

OVERVIEWDevelopment of Infrastructure is a part of nation building and it is important to invest in the infrastructure since it is an essential factor for the nation’s economic growth. With the rise of economies in Asia Pacific, an increasing number of population are rushing to cities, seeking better lifestyles. Concurrently, the Asia Pacific infrastructure is expected to grow by 7% to 8 % a YoY the next decade approaching $ 5.36 trillion annually by 2025 and representing nearly 60 % of the world total.

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, ASIA WILL NEED TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY US $ 8 TRILLION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CURRENT LEVELS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH.

Urbanization does create immense economic opportunities and modern Infrastructure can change the face of cities in South East Asia however the rate at which it is happening in Southeast Asia poses a challenging situation for the regions capacity to plan and grow systematically and providing timely, efficient, effective and economically viable infrastructure.

Urban infrastructure is the foundation for sustainable economic growth, environmental sustainability and social equity and The Asian Development Bank estimates that the region must spend at least $210 billion a year between 2016 and 2030, $26 trillion is required by 2030 to resolve Asia’s infrastructure funding gap and $800 billion is necessary to provide 1.5 billion people in the region with access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Southeast Asia needs to invest $16 trillion in transport, energy, telecommunications, water and sanitation. This is more than 60% share of the global investment required. In order to ensure sustainable developments, the technical, institutional, and capacity constraints need to be addressed and the governments need to work towards building stronger and more conducive policy framework, project prioritization and capacity management in order to ease the infrastructure development in the region.

THE ECONOMIC TIMES ASIA INFRA FOCUS 2017 The last 4 successful years of The ET Infra Focus have compelled us to take a major step in revolutionizing this initiative’s focus to South East Asia region which is India’s greatest ally in nation building, infrastructural & socio economic development. It is The Economic Times endeavor in this year’s Summit to up the ante in Infrastructure space & make this Summit a global attempt in the coming years.

The Asia Edition will be a continuous initiative addressing challenges and issues across Asian countries all year round. Post the India edition, The Economic Times would organize summits/ round tables in countries like Afghanistan, Bangaladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates (UAE) one after the other. The focus will be to create a platform in these countries which will bring the Government, investors, infrastructure companies, Construction Companies, Engineering Companies, VC Firms and Banks together to explore partnerships and new business opportunities.

On a broader perspective, the initiative will truly provide a knowledge sharing platform for Building Business Beyond Boundaries for both Public and Private sector organizations.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE9.30 - 10.00 Welcome & Registration

10.00 - 10.05 Welcome Address & Opening Remarks: ET Edge

10.05 - 10.35 Chief Guest Address

10:35 - 10:45 Key Note Address: Salah Sharaf, Director General, Sharaf Group, U.A.E

10:45 - 11.00 Networking Break

11:00 - 12:00

Panel Discussion: Integrating International Corridors for Quantifying Economic DevelopmentAhmad Bin Harib Alfalahi, UAE Commercial Attaché to India Dinesh Sharma, Special Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Feroz Khan Masjidi, Director General - Strategy, Policy and Planning, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ichiro Hayashidani, Chief Representative, Japan Bank for International Cooperation Leena Nandan, AS & FA, Ministry of Road Transport Highways and Shipping, Government of India Mani Ram Gelal, Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary), Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of Nepal Panel Chair: Manish Aggarwal, Partner and Head, Corporate Finance - Infrastructure and Government Services, Head - Energy and Natural Resources, KPMG India

12:00 - 12:15Special Address: Recasting Frameworks to Transform Infra Growth from Arithmetic to Geometric Progression Dinanath Dubhashi, MD & CEO, L&T Finance Holdings

12:15 - 13:15

Panel Discussion - Financial Intermediation: Addressing Investor’s ConcernAtul Punj, Chairman & MD, aPunj Lloyd Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Senior President, Corporate Finance Infrastructure Banking, YES BANK Sanjeev Kaushik, Chairman and Managing Director (Additional Charge) and Deputy Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Sujit Ghosh, Partner, ADVAITA Legal Vikramjit Singh, Senior Country Officer, IFC Panel Chair: Manish Saigal, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

13:15 - 14:15 Networking Lunch

14:15 - 14:35

Compelling International Case Study: Modelling Approach to Economic Corridors Loay Ghazaleh, Advisor, Office of the Undersecretary, Works Affairs, Ministry of Works, Municipality Affairs and Urban Planning, Kingdom of Bahrain

14:35 - 15:10

Infra FutureScope: Confluence of energy, transportation and technology Tarun Bansal, Managing Director, India Ratings & Research TIlak Raj Dua, Director General, TAIPA and Chairman ITU-APT Venkataraman Renganathan, Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal

15:10 - 16:00

Building Infra Intensive Economy: Taking stock - Mega projects & mega impact Arnab Bandyopadhyay, Lead Transport Specialist, South Asia Transport, The World Bank Pradeep Sharma, President, ACE Construction Pravir Pandey, Vice Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India and Project Director, Jal Marg Vikas Project Nagendra Nath Sinha, Managing Director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation S.K. Chaudhary, Chairman & Managing Director, Ircon International S.K Lohia, Managing Director & Chief Executive officer - Indian Railways Station Development Corporation Panel Chair: Harsh Dhingra, Chief Country Representative, Bombardier Transportation India

16:00 - 16:05 Closing Remarks

16:05 – 17:00 Gala Evening

17:00 - 17:30 Chief Guest Address: Shri Jayant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India

17:30 - 18:00 Felicitation Ceremonya

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