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12 MAY

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DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE & EMERGING TECH

PROJECT RISK, PPP & CONCESSIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS IN EUROPE

RENEWABLES: MERCHANT RISK, AUCTIONS & BUBBLES

• Networking app

• Audience polling

• Virtual meeting rooms

• Speaker Q&A

BEFORE

Top regional deals in the spotlight

Case studies with Q&As, featuring the makers of the most outstanding deals in

each region.

1 week advance attendee list &

Networking Tool Access

Simply click on other digital delegates to send a

Developers’ data

message or initiate a call

driven matchmaking service

Exclusive to developers; submit a company profile

and we will arrange meetings with your most

compatible business partners using our unique

market data

European infra & renewables data

reportAn exclusive in depth look at the most celebrated project financings that have closed

recently across Europe

DURING

AFTER

Continue networkingThe Networking Tool will remain live for a period after each event, allowing you time to explore this

Post-virtual-event reportA detailed look at change to each

global audience

event’s content including attendance analysis, polling data and key sessions take aways

The best content aroundProximo’s market leading news, analysts and data enable us to initiate the most relevant discussion discussions to your corner

Network freelyClick on a delegate to send

of industry today

a message or initiate a call. View who’s tuned in to each session and get in

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laterTune in Live alongside industry heads and re-visit any Session as many times as you like

Pop the questionMessage speakers, before, during or after sessions with yours questions and

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YOUR INFRA EXPERTS

Dipak HariaDirector,

Infrastructure DebtBlackRock

Chris WilliamsHead of UK Project

FinanceHead of Infrastructure

LBBW

Robert Bartlett

MUFG

Christophe GegoutSenior Investment Director

Meridiam Infrastructure

Michael SwittSenior Managing Director,

Head of Power and Infrastructure Debt

Manulife

Manuel CaryChief Executive O �cer�Transport Infrastructure

Investment Company (TIIC)

David SwindinHead of EMEA

Cubico Sustainable Investments

Caroline LyttonHead of Power

and RenewablesSMBC

Darryl MurphyHead of Infrastructure

Aviva Investors

Luis Miguel PalancarStructured Finance -

Managing Director, Head of Europe & Asia

BBVA

Stephane GrandguillaumePartner

3i

Eduardo CaminoCFO and Head of Growth

Finerge

Carlos Terre

Scope Ratings

Juan AngoitiaSenior Managing Director -

InfrastructureArdian

Andrew WojtekSenior Investment Manager, Energy and Infrastructure

EMEA,Aquila Capital

Matthew VickerstaffDeputy CEO, Head of

Project FinanceInfrastructure and Projects

Authority

Francois BergereExecutive Director

Long-term Infrastructure Investors Association

Dulce MendoncaInvestment Director

InfraRed Capital Partners

Oliver BradleyManaging Director,

Digital Infrastructure Investing

Macquarie Capital

Managing Director, Head of Project Finance Ratings

WELCOME TO PROXIMO’S VIRTUAL SESSIONSGeorge Khachadourian, Senior Content Manager, Proximo

SESSIONS END

COFFEE AND VIRTUAL NETWORKING Sponsored by

DATA CENTRES AND FIBRE: DE-RISKING THE ASSETS TO BROADEN THE INVESTOR BASE• Is it time that ‘core+’ was consigned to history, or is the investor base still on its way to maturity?• Contrasting the role of specialised investors, private equity, and REITS• How do you approach new markets?• Are government subsidies being targeted where they are most needed? Oliver Bradley, Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure Investing, Macquarie CapitalCarlos Terre, Managing Director, Head of Project Finance Ratings, Scope Ratings Stefan Barrow, Director, Infrastructure, MUFGModerator: Sean Keating, Editor, Proximo

CASE STUDY: A YEAR ON FROM THE DEN: ALLEGO’S EV CHARGING HYBRID FINANCINGAllego’s €150 million hybrid debt financing closed in 2019, shortly after its owner –

Meridiam – gave an impassioned pitch to potential debt investors in Proximo’s ‘Dragons’ Den’.

What made the expansion of this emerging asset class attractive for banks and institutional investors alike?

Christophe Gegout, Senior Investment Director, MeridiamModerator: George Khachadourian, Senior Content Manager, Proximo

TUESDAY 12 MAYDIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE & EMERGING TECH

DRAGONS’ DEN GAME-SHOW: FOR THOSE ABOUT TO PITCH, WE SALUTE YOU!Proximo’s pitching masterclass continues, with four ‘aspiring entrepreneurs’ pitching their emerging infra assets as being bankable through project finance.

This year’s assets to enter the Dragons’ Den include:

• Hyperloop Networks

• Hydrogen electrolysers

Presenter: Constantine Demetriou, Head of International Development, Hardt Hyperloop

Dragon: Sybille Grandgeorge, Director, Power and Renewables, Natixis

Carlos Albero, Global Finance Segment Leader in Energy, DNV GLModerator: Sean Keating, Editor, Proximo

VIRTUAL SCHEDULE12-15 MAY

SESSIONS

CONCLUDE WITH

YOUR QUESTIONS

ANSWERED LIVE

10:30CEST

12:50

11:35

10:35CEST

11:05CEST

11:55CEST

10:35

POLITICAL AND CREDIT RISK: COUNTING DOWN EUROPE’S TOP FINANCING RISKS, AND WHAT COVERAGE YOU NEED IN THE AGE OF COVID-19• Where is political risk underappreciated in Europe?• Assessing the growth of funds using insurance.• Risk weighted assets in 2020• How will they apply it differently to traditional lenders?Santiago Herrero, Head, Political Risk, Credit and Bond, Iberia, AXA XLCharlie Radcliffe, Director, BPL GlobalSimon Bessant, Director, Texel FinanceModerator: Sean Keating, Editor, Proximo

WEDNESDAY 13 MAYPROJECT RISK, PPP AND CONCESSIONS

10:30

CEST

CESTWELCOME TO PROXIMO’S VIRTUAL SESSIONSSean Keating, Editor, Proximo

13:20CEST

13:00CEST

11:05CEST

WIN THE CROWD: ARE GOVERNMENTS DELIVERING ON THEIR INFRA PROJECT PIPELINE EXPECTATIONS?• Alternatives to PPP: what viable funding models are European governments exploring to attract private sector interest?• Post-austerity project finance: as government purse-strings loosen, which jurisdictions will reveal greater appetite for off-balance sheet procurement?• What actions are public authorities taking to make the bidding process easier for prospective project sponsors?• Government perspectives on the health and robustness of contractors and the construction sector in a low margin environment• Is development bank funding targeted where it is most needed?

Dessislava Strothmann, Head of Value for Money/PPP, Die Autobahn - GermanyStephen Dadswell, Head of Corporate Finance, Transport for LondonRob Peters, Senior Financial Advisor, RijkswaterstaatModerator: Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, Proximo

11:50CEST

GAME SHOW: DEAL OR NO DEAL?• Is the project bankable and at what price?• Five lenders weigh up five hypothetical transactions on stage: Deal or No Deal is a fun take on real transactions, gauging lender appetite for debt financing for different assets under different terms. Deals to include:• Offshore wind and solar PV featuring corporate offtake contracts with new sustainability requirements• Digital infrastructure projects with ambitious equity requirements and minimal government support• DFI-supported transactions in peripheral Europe, with local and international sponsor equityMichael Switt, Senior Managing Director, Head of Power and Infrastructure Debt, ManulifeLuis Miguel Palancar, Structured Finance - Managing Director, Head of Europe & Asia, BBVAChris Williams, Head of Project Finance, LBBWRobert Bartlett, Head of Infrastructure, MUFGModerator: Sean Keating, Editor, Proximo

12:35CEST

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: UK INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER BREXITMatthew Vickerstaff, Deputy CEO, Head of Project Finance, UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority

SESSIONS END

COFFEE AND VIRTUAL NETWORKING Sponsored by

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY CONTINUEDPROXIMO EMEA AWARDS SHOW

TUNE IN FROM 6PM CEST

Join us again in the evening on 13 May for a broadcast of this year’s most celebrated EMEA deals. Pour yourself a cocktail and cross your fingers!

HERE’S A GLIMPSE OF THIS YEAR’S AWARDS CATEGORIES:

EMEA Offshore Wind

Eurasian Oil & Gas

EMEA Transport

EMEA Water

EMEA Communications

EMEA EV charging

EMEA PPP

DRINKS AND NETWORKING TO FOLLOW

EMEA Solar

EMEA FLNG

EMEA Petrochemicals

EMEA Mining

EMEA Onshore Wind

EMEA Regional developer of the year

THURSDAY 14 MAYRENEWABLES: MERCHANT RISK, AUCTIONS, AND BUBBLES

10:30CEST

WELCOME TO PROXIMO’S VIRTUAL SESSIONSTom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, Proximo

SESSIONS END

COFFEE AND VIRTUAL NETWORKING

10:35CEST

11:20CEST

12:10CEST

12:55

11:50

CEST

CEST

THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THERE IS A BUBBLE IN EUROPEAN RENEWABLES

Fabio D’Alonzo, Managing Director, European Investments, EquitixCaroline Lytton, Head of Power and Renewables EMEA, SMBCClement Weber, Director, Green GiraffeModerator: Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, Proximo

GROWING RENEWABLE MERCHANT EXPOSURE IN A DE-CARBONISING EUROPE: STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE

• Zero-subsidy renewables in 2020 and the impact on the merchant market• Is an increasingly commoditised asset class positive for investors and consumers?• How concerned should we be over electricity prices?• Will de-carbonisation efforts lead to more large-scale projects, and therefore greater liquidity in project debt?• To what extent are feed-in tariffs still a necessity for a healthy renewables market across Europe?

David Swindin, Head of EMEA, Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsStephen Jennings, Head of Energy and Natural Resources, MUFGModerator: Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, Proximo

MEETING RENEWABLES AUCTIONS EXPECTATIONS

Why is Europe missing its renewableauctions expectations despite falling costsand a maturing green finance ecosystem?Which jurisdictions are succeeding, and why? Exploring:• The need to mitigate emerging technology risk• Energy transition as a bidding incentive• ECA and DFI-backing

Pablo Otin, CEO, PowertisNeal Erlenborn, Director, Project Debt and Equity, Van OordEzio Ravaccia, CFO, Solar VenturesModerator: Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, Proximo

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FRIDAY 15 MAYINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS IN EUROPE

WELCOME TO PROXIMO’S VIRTUAL SESSIONSGeorge Khachadourian, Senior Content Manager, Proximo

VIRTUAL NETWORKING ROOMS POWERED BY

ARE BANKS NOW FULLY DISINTERMEDIATED BY DIRECT LENDING AND THE BOND MARKET?• Where does institutional client demand for project debt sit, compared with corporate credit?• Are we seeing more Holdco financings, and how are debt providers pricing Holdco level debt differently?• Which sub-sectors allow greater flexibility for funds pricing-wise?• How will non-banks fare amid a ratings downgrade?Dipak Haria, Director, Infrastructure Debt, BlackRockGreg Taylor, Director, Sequoia Investment ManagementAugustin Segard, Fund Manager, Infrastructure Debt, SchrodersAde Bamford, Head of Direct Lending, MUFGGiles Gray, Associate Director, Infra Debt, AMP Capital

Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, ProximoModerator:

Speaker: Dr Tom Parkman, Head of Research, Proximo

THE OUTLOOK FOR EXISTING DEBT AND EQUITY ASSETS• Are we seeing the pool of direct institutional investors widening?• Where are European investors allocating in overseas infrastructure?• Do European assets meet the returns expectations of non-European investors?Darryl Murphy, Head of Infrastructure, Aviva InvestorsDulce Mendonca, Investment Director, InfraRed Capital PartnersTom Sumpster, Independent

Tom Nelthorpe, Contributing Editor, ProximoModerator:

DIRECT AND CO-INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE: HOW IS INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTOR MAKE-UP CHANGING IN EUROPE?• Does an increasingly short-term investment climate suit the profile of LP investors?• ‘Core +’: a concept of the past? Or a critical indicator for entering a project?• Does the risk-return profile of brownfield projects suit financial and strategic sponsor partners equally?• What debt financing terms allow lenders and institutional equity players to sit comfortably together?Stéphane Grandguillaume, Partner, 3iJuan Angoitia, Senior Managing Director – Infrastructure, ArdianManuel Cary, CEO, TIIC

François Bergere, Executive Director, Long-term Infrastructure Moderator:Investors Association

11:15CEST

PRESENTATION: PROXIMO SPONSORS' REPORT - KEY FINDINGS

11:10CEST

12:35

11:50CEST

CEST

13:15CEST

13:40CEST

THE PHYSICAL EVENT AGENDA WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE

SCHEDULED EVENT DATE: 1-2 OCTOBER 2020

THE PESTANA PALACE HOTEL, LISBON

To allow for the most up to date set of session topics possible, the agenda for the rescheduled Lisbon event will be released later in the year.

Stay tuned for the best insight from across the European region including discussion of strategy to mitigate the impending economic downturn.

As usual you can expect all of the novel features from this Proximo event with fun game show sessions, novel networking activities, a top flight pan-European project finance guest list and content researched and delivered by the best in the market.

FUN NETWORKING ACTIVITIES

INTERACTIVE GAMESHOW SESSIONS

EUROPEAN DEVELOPERS, FUNDS

AND BANKS

‘Well chosen subjects presented in a lively atmosphere. Debate well facilitated by sharp moderators and interaction with public making use of modern technologies.’

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