Event Start:
08 May 2014 01:00 AM
Event End:
08 May 2014 01:00 AM
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Event Summary:

The International Project Finance Association (IPFA) would like to announce our next event in New York, which will focus on surface transportation. This briefing will kindly be co-hosted by corporate members Norton Rose Fulbright and Fitch Ratings.

Please join Norton Rose Fulbright and Fitch Ratings for a surface transportation briefing that will feature a discussion, from a credit perspective, of appropriation risk and availability payments in surface transportation projects and a discussion of the challenges in procuring light rail and mass transit projects and what opportunities lie ahead in the sector.

This briefing will include a range of industry speakers, including: Saavan Gatfield, Senior Director, Global Infrastructure Group, Fitch Ratings; Tom Rousakis, Senior Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisory, LLC; Greg Ciambrone, Vice President, The Walsh Group; David Bird, Senior Director, Societe Generale; Eric Kim, Director, US Public Finance, Fitch Ratings; Michael Pikiel, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Guillaume Bouthillier, Senior Director, Head of Americas & Asia Pacific, Structured Finance, Bombardier Transportation; Andrew Buisson, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright; Leif A. Dormsjo, Deputy Secretary, Planning & Project Management, Maryland Department of Transportation and Martin Stickland, Senior Vice President, Plenary Group.

4:00 p.m. Registration

4:30 p.m. Welcome & Introduction from Norton Rose Fulbright and Fitch Ratings

4:35 p.m. Panel Discussion: Availability Payments in Surface Transportation Projects
Moderated by: Saavan Gatfield, Senior Director, Global Infrastructure Group, Fitch Ratings
Tom Rousakis, Senior Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisory, LLC 
Greg Ciambrone, Vice President, The Walsh Group 
David Bird, Senior Director, Societe Generale 
Eric Kim, Director, US Public Finance, Fitch Ratings
Questions & Answer Session

5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Light Rail
Moderated by: Michael Pikiel, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Guillaume Bouthillier, Senior Director, Head of Americas & Asia Pacific, Structured Finance, Bombardier Transportation
Andrew Buisson, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Leif A. Dormsjo, Deputy Secretary, Planning & Project Management, Maryland Department of Transportation
Martin Stickland, Senior Vice President, Plenary Group
Further panelist will be announced shortly
Questions & Answer Session

6:25 p.m. IPFA Update
IPFA USA Branch Council Member

6:30 p.m. Closing Remarks from Norton Rose Fulbright and Fitch Ratings

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