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6 NORTH AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE
LEADERSHIP
FORUM
TH
MAYFLOWER
RENAISSANCE HOTEL
WASHINGTON DC
OCT. 28-30 2014
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6TH NORTH AMERICAN STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE LEADERSHIP FORUM
Tuesday
October 28, 2014
MAYFLOWER
RENAISSANCE HOTEL
WASHINGTON DC
OCT. 28-30, 2014
Welcome To The Forum
The North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum recognizes the critical leadership of project
developers, public and private, in driving regional economic competitiveness. Hosting the Strategic Top
100 Projects in North America, the Forum is structured to bring expertise and resources together with
projects opportunities, through rapid project presentations, in-depth discussions and rich networking.
Participants each have a unique schedule throughout the Forum, including 10 pre-scheduled Private
Meetings that will take place on October 29th. The people you need to make projects happen - EPC
firms, owner/operators, public policy executives, technology and equipment firms, investors, lenders and
financial advisors are here. Let’s get to work - to doubling the level of infrastructure investment, and to
defining a nonpartisan roadmap to get there!
8:00 - Congressional CEO Infrastructure Initiative
Invitation only.
9:30 The
kick-off session is a call to action to double the level of infrastructure investment in the U.S.
CG/LA has been asked by numerous members of Congress to put together a high-level CEO
group to push forward increased and long-term investment in infrastructure projects.
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“The Purpose of the Group of 50” - Norman
Anderson, President & CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
“Putting Public Assets to Work” - Andrés Gluski, CEO,
AES Corporation
“Building the Infrastructure Bank” - Rep. John
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“Selecting and Moving Priority Projects” - Jeffrey
Zients, Director of the National Economic Council
and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy*
Discussants: Project sponsors from California,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Delaney, MD-6*
Confirmed CEOs
“There is absolutely no question in my
mind that our participation in your
Infrastructure Leadership Forums helped
us assemble so many quality bidders for
our project. Seriously - I met so many of
the key decision-makers at the leading
EPC firms through you guys. You really did
catalyze the infrastructure market that we
needed access to.” - Marc Brazeau, Director
General of the New Bridge for the St. Lawrence
Include:
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Abengoa Water USA
AES Corporation
Astaldi Construction Corporation
Atkins Global
JCRA Financial LLC
I-4 Mobility Partners Concession
Company
Institute for Sustainable
Infrastructure
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Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension Construction Authority
MMFX Technologies Corporation
Pacific Rim Energy
Parsons Brinckerhoff
SENER Engineering & Systems
Sigma Capital S.A.C.
Ullico, Inc.
Corridor Project, Infrastructure Canada
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TUESDAY October 28, 2014
9:30 - 11:00
Pre-Forum Session
Project Case Study: Should This Be A P3?
This exercise will bring Forum participants together in an interactive session, beginning
with an explanation of the “Value for Money” formulation, by reviewing the $2 billion
Ottawa Tunnel Project. Once the concept is clear, John Macomber - along with key political
and engineering panelists - will assess the Value for Money of the ARC Tunnel Project.
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Led by: John Macomber, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Harvard Business School
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Larry Belinsky, Managing Director, Frasca & Associates, LLC
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Georgia Gann, Senior Legislative Advisor, Transportation and Infrastructure Specialist,
New York City Office of Federal Affairs
8:00 11:00
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George Pierson, President & CEO, Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Phil White, Partner, Dentons
Registration & Partner Exhibition
11:00 - Welcome to the Forum Overview
Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO, CG/LA
11:20
Infrastructure
What is an integrated Infrastructure vision, and what does it
mean for regional competitiveness? Building growth
and opportunity through investment in infrastructure.
With Opening Remarks: Leocadia Zak, Director, U.S.
Trade & Development Agency
11:20 - Opening Town Hall: The Infrastructure Revolution
Three Fundamental Ideas
12:20 -Discussion
of the vision and the opportunities in re-vitalizing our
infrastructure to build world-class capabilities. This is an interactive
discussion lead by BCG thought leaders, including:
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Mark Freedman, Senior Partner and
Managing Director
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Jeff Hill, Partner &
Managing Director
12:30 - Opening Luncheon & Keynote
Maj. Gen. John Peabody, Deputy Commanding General
2:00
for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
Speaking to the natural advantages of the United States, and
the process of turning a vision into reality in our waterway
system.
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TRACK A GRAND BALLROOM
TRACK B PROMENADE BALLROOM
2:00 - Canada’s P3 Model & Why It Works;
3:00 Infrastructure Ontario Speaks
2:00 - Value Engineering In Vertical
3:00 Infrastructure: Maximizing A Project’s
Canada has one of the most successful P3 models
in the world, a model that
produces a pipeline of solid
projects on a predictable basis.
How is this possible? What are
the key characteristics of the
model? Hear from the CEO
of Infrastructure Ontario, as well as successful
participant firms.
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Moderator: Norman F. Anderson, President &
What changes are project sponsors making to improve
the quality of
materials, to improve
communication
between architects,
engineers, contractors
and project sponsors, and to improve the quality and
return on investment, while reducing upfront costs?
Moderated by: BCG
CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
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Darin Muncy, Market Manager, Trimble Civil
Infrastructure
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Michael Pompay, President, MMFX Technologies
Corporation
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Dennis Shelden, Chief Technology Officer, Gehry
Technologies
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Matt Watts, Strategic Accounts, Trimble Buildings
Bert Clark, President & CEO, Infrastructure
Ontario
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David Caplan, Vice Chair, Global Public Affairs
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Adrian Pellen, Director, Risk Solutions, Aon
Infrastructure Solutions
3:15 4:15
Working With The U.S. Government
- Building A 21st Century
Infrastructure
What can the U.S. government do that it is not
currently doing to build upon existing programs,
such as TIFIA?
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Moderator: Norman F. Anderson, President &
CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
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Blair Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Finance and Budget, U.S. Department of
Transportation
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Life Cycle
3:15 - FIve Initiatives That The Rest Of The
4:15 World Uses To Finance Infrastructure
What are the legal,
political and financial
frameworks in place
in nations around the
globe that are
effectively catalyzing infrastructure finance? Hear from
key investors, lenders policymakers and stakeholders
around the globe as we go through the Top
Initiatives that have proven effective.
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Douglas Koelemay, Director, Virginia Office of
Moderator: Michael Barz, Partner, Domestic and
International Infrastructure, Dentons
Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
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Michael Burnett, CFO, North America, Transurban
Representative from the Executive Office of the
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Andrew Charlesworth, Investment Advisor & Fund
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Tony Elkins, Commercial Director, Corporate &
President and Department of the Treasury*
Manager, John Laing Infrastructure Fund
Business Development, Cintra US
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Mark Weisdorf, Managing Partner, Mark Weisdorf
Associates; Former Managing Director, JP Morgan
Asset Management
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TUESDAY October 28, 2014
Track A GRAND BALLROOM
Track B PROMENADE BALLROOM
4:30 - U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers P3
5:30 Initiative Progress Report
4:30 - Hot Topics in Financing Your Project
5:30 Getting your financing right
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team will discuss
the progress and
time table of their
P3 initiative, in this
informational workshop. Discussion leaders are
the key decision-makers in this process. WRRDA
will be discussed, as well as the WIFIA initiative. The
session is structured as an open discussion with the
audience.
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Moderator: Fred Meurer, Owner, Meurer
Municipal Services
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James Hannon, Chief, Operations and
Regulatory CoP, USACE
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is critical for your project to
succeed. Hear from market
experts as they discuss their
views on today’s project
finance trends and on the
infrastructure debt market.
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Lorne Potash, Managing Director, Project
Finance, The Americas, Assured Guaranty
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Michael Baird, Director, RBC Capital Markets
Randall Campbell, Executive Director, Morgan
Stanley
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Daniel Lee, Associate Director, Hastings Funds
Management
John Peabody, Deputy Commanding General
for Civil and Emergency Operations, USACE
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Raffael Stein, Director, Municipal Support
Division, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, EPA
5:30 7:00
Welcoming Reception - Colonial Ballroom
Welcome to the Forum!
Opening Remarks: The Honorable Joe Biden, Vice President of the
United States of America
Presentation of the 2014 Strategic Infrastructure Leader of the
Year Award
Join us in welcoming Forum Partners and participants to the 6th
North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum for an
evening of live music and exceptional food! This is a tremendous
opportunity to get to know project sponsors from around North
America, as well as to meet with public officials from federal, state,
and local governments.
* Invited
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WEDNESDAY October 29, 2014
7:30 8:00
8:30 8:45
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Welcome to the 6th North American
Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum Norman F. Anderson,
President & CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
8:45 - Top Strategic
9:45 Infrastructure Projects
Key projects that are critical for
dramatically increasing national
and/or regional competitiveness. These projects are
game-changers, either because of their magnitude, or
9:45 - What Will It Take To Double The
10:45 Level Of Infrastructure Investment
their potential for replication.
Moderator: Pierce Homer, Transportation
Director, Moffatt & Nichol
• California: Bay Delta Conservation Plan Tunnels
- John Bednarski, Engineering Program Manager,
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
• Ontario: Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Finch West LRT,
Sheppard East LRT - John Jensen, Vice President,
Rapid Transit - Capital Projects Group, Metrolinx
• Texas: Central Railway High Speed Rail - Kathryn
Kaufman, Executive Vice President, Texas Central
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Railway
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Distrito Federal: New Airport for Mexico City*
Virginia: Atlantic Pipeline - Dominion Power*
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 11:30
In North America?
Discussion of what it will take to double the level
of infrastructure investment - including private
and public sector roles, quality of projects, sources
of funds and guarantee and other requirements.
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Moderator: Edward M. Smith, President &
CEO, Ullico Inc.
Steve Dreyer, Managing Director, Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services
Ruben Rojas, Deputy Executive Director,
California Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank
Geoff Segal, Senior Vice President, Macquarie
Capital USA
Mark Weisdorf, Managing Partner, Mark
Weisdorf Associates; Former Managing
Director, JP Morgan Asset Management
Coffee & Networking Break
ROUNDTABLE: POWERING GROWTH IN NORTH AMERICA
Moderator: Kirk Sherr, President,
Clearview Strategy Group
Andrés Gluski, President & CEO, AES
Corporation
Francisco Sánchez, Chairman, CNS Global
Advisors; Former Under Secretary for
International Trade, U.S. Department of
Commerce
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WEDNESDAY October 29, 2014
Track A GRAND BALLROOM
Track B CHINESE BALLROOM
11:30 - U.S., Midwest
12:30 Projects from the Midwest U.S., featuring Illinois,
11:30 - Mexico
12:30 Leading projects from Mexico.
Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota, among others:
Moderator: Nathan Younge, Regional Director, Latin
America & the Caribbean, U.S. Trade & Development
Agency
Moderator: Andrew Vesey, Chief Operating Officer, AES
Corporation
• Illinois: Illinois Waterway
• Regional: CFE Priorities - Javier Gutierrez, SubDirector of Modernization
• Indiana: Gary, Indiana Airport - Mayor Karen Freeman
Wilson, Gary, Indiana
• Regional: SCT Priorities - Omar Francisco del Valle
Colosio, Director General Adjunto de Forumulación
de Proyectos
• Minnesota: Southwest Light Rail Transit - Mark
Fuhrmann, Program Director, Rail Projects, Metro
Transit
• Regional: SECTUR Priorities - Eduardo Delgado Parra,
Deputy Director General for Regional Development
and Tourism Promotion
• Regional: Performance Metrics for NextGen
- Tony Diana, Division Manager, Federal Aviation
Administration
12:45 2:00
Luncheon & Panel Discussion
Making the Grade: A National Six-Point Plan
to Regain America’s Infrastructure Leadership
Making the Grade presents a vision for regaining and sustaining
public infrastructure leadership of the United States. Published in
conjunction with Autodesk Inc., this report presents the consensus
of experts from 45 U.S. infrastructure companies and their
counterparts from local governments and financial, professional,
and academic organizations. READ THE REPORT
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Moderator: Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO, CG/LA
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Infrastructure
Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Program Manager, Civil
Infrastructure, Autodesk
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L. Joe Boyer, CEO, North America, Atkins
Pat Natale, Executive Director, American Society of Civil
Engineers
Stephen Tarallo, Client Services Director, Black & Veatch
Projects of the Year Awards
Project of the Year awards recognize the projects - and the leaders behind the projects - that
will serve as models for vastly increased infrastructure investment in the region. Jury Members:
Representatives from Partnering Organizations.
Co-hosted by:
• Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
• Dexter Bachelder, Senior Vice President, Global Business Development, Aconex
• Strategic Project of the Year
• New Infrastructure Project of the Year
• Job Creation Project of the Year
FINAL
• Finance Project of the Year
• Engineering Project of the Year
* Invited
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Track A GRAND BALLROOM
Track B CHINESE BALLROOM
2:00 - U.S., Southwest
3:00 Projects from the
2:00 3:00
Southwest U.S., featuring
New Mexico and Texas,
among others:
Moderator: Jeremy Shulman, Regional Sales
Director, Americas, Aconex
• New Mexico: Augustin Plains Ranch Water
Resource Development - Michel Jichlinski,
Principal, Ascendant Program Services
FINAL
• Texas: DART Priority Projects - David Schulze,
Assistant Vice President, Policy and Strategy, DART
If you are interested in attending this session, please
email Cristina Weir at cristina@cg-la.com.
• Texas: Tarrant County Water Projects - Kathy
Berek, Director of Special Projects, Tarrant
Regional Water District
of the U.S., featuring
Massachusetts, New York,
and Pennsylvania, among others:
Moderator: Grace Drinker, Senior Engagement
Analyst, Aon Infrastructure Solutions
• Massachusetts: South Coast Rail - Jean Fox,
Manager, South Coast Rail Project, Massachusetts
Department of Transportation
• Pennsylvania: Rapid Bridge Replacement
Program & CNG Infrastructure PPPs - Bryan
Kendro, Director, Office of Planning & PPPs,
PennDOT
• Regional: Station Redevelopment in DC,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYC - Gretchen Kostura,
Principal Officer, Northeast Corridor Infrastructure
and Investment Development Department,
Amtrak
The US Army
Corps is holding
an all-comers
meeting to
discuss their pilot project initiatives going forward,
particularly in the context of available legislative
authorities. The session will be hosted by Ed Hecker,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is open to all
participants. The session begins at 2pm and will last
a full hour.
Hosted by: Ed Hecker, Special Advisor, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
• Texas: Houston Airport - Jarrett Simmons,
Assistant Director of Aviation, Planning &
Programming, Houston Airport System
3:00 - U.S., Northeast
4:00 Projects from the northeast
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers AllComers Meeting
3:00 4:00
U.S., Southeast
Projects from the
Southern U.S.,
featuring Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina, among others:
Moderator: Geoff Buswick, Managing Director,
Public Finance Utilities and Infrastructure Ratings
Lead, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
• Florida: All Aboard Florida High Speed Rail - Husein
Cumber, Executive Vice President, Corporate
Development, Florida East Coast Industries
• Florida: I-4 Ultimate Corridor - Cesar Souza, CEO, I-4
Mobility Partners
• Florida: Port Everglades - David Anderton, Assistant
Director, Strategic Planning and Development, Port
Everglades
* Invited
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WEDNESDAY October 29, 2014
TRACK A GRAND BALLROOM
TRACK B CHINESE BALLROOM
4:00 - U.S., West
5:00 Projects from the
4:00 - U.S. Mid-Atlantic
5:00 Projects from the the
Alaska, California,
and Colorado,
among others:
Moderator: Matt Watts, Strategic Accounts,
Buildings, Trimble
Moderator: Jennifer Aument, Group General Manager,
North America, Transurban
• Alaska: Knik Arm Bridge - Kevin Hemenway, Chief
Financial Officer, Knik Arm Crossing Project, Alaska
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Virginia: I-66 Corridor Improvement Project - Doug
Koelemay, Director, Virginia Office of Transportation
Public-Private Partnerships
• California: AES Energy Storage Business - John
Zahurancik, President, AES Energy Storage
• California: Foothill Gold Line Lightrail Extension Chris Burner, Chief Project Officer, Metro Gold Line
Foothill Extension Construction Authority
• California: I-405 Improvement & Measure M2
Transportation Sales Tax - Jim Beil, Executive
Director, Capital Programs, OCTA
5:15 7:45
District of Columbia,
Maryland, and
Virginia:
• Virginia: Virginia Railway Express Infrastructure Plan T.R. Hickey, Chief Development Officer, VRE
• Washington DC: DC Streetcar - Thomas Perry,
Program Manager, District DOT
• Washington DC: 11th Street Bridge Park - Scott Kratz,
Director, 11th Street Bridge Park Project
Private Meetings - Promenade Ballroom
Schedule Your Meetings!
Registrants have an opportunity to preschedule up to 10 meetings (15 minutes
in length) with project developers and
sponsors. This takes place during the
cocktail reception, and provides both
project sponsors and participants a
unique opportunity to learn about key
projects, and future plans.
* Invited
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THURSDAY October 30, 2014
9:00 12:00 White House Briefing on U.S. Infrastructure Priorities
LOCATION: White House Conference
Center • Washington, DC
9:00 9:45
9:45 10:30
Presentation of Results Norman F. Anderson,
President & CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure
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GlobalViP
• The 10EQS Question, Answered
• 2014 State of Infrastructure CIC Survey
The 2015 Crystal Ball - The Shape of the North American
Infrastructure Market to Come: Opportunities & Challenges
Panel Discussion with Walter Kemmsies, Chief Economist, Moffatt & Nichol; Jeff Hill,
Senior Managing Partner, BCG; and Senior Treasury Official (TBD)
11:00 - Results And Next Steps of the 6th North American
12:00 Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum
The Boston Consulting Group; Aconex; AES Corporation, Aon, Assured
Guaranty, Autodesk, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dentons, Moffatt & Nichol,
Trimble; McGraw Hill Financial, MMFX Steel Corporation, Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, Sword Active Risk, Ullico; and Transurban
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