Public-Private Partnerships
Cutting-Edge Solutions for Your Infrastructure Needs
Conference: May 21 and 22, 2008
Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe · Edmonton, Alberta
Conference Program Agenda - Day Two
Thursday, May 22, 2008
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 8:30 |
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Mira Shenker, Editor, Renew Canada
9:10 - 10:10
Key Factors in Attracting Investors: Tips for Negotiating Agreements and
Structuring Your P3 Project
Kathy Connolly, Vice-President Operations, Borealis Infrastructure
- Elements of a successful project agreement
- Long-term proposals to secure the benefits of P3s
- Role of market sounding
- How to ensure your predicted results
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Networking Break |
10:10 - 10:30 |
10:30 - 11:30
Case Study
District Energy: Public and Private Organizations Working Together to Develop Net Zero Energy Communities
Mike Sommer, Vice-President Sales and Marketing, ALTEN Energy Solutions Inc.
Will Huggett, President and CEO, ALTEN Energy Solutions Inc.
- Benefits of distributed generation and micro storage
- How district energy projects help enable the "smart grid"
- Learning from IT: collaboration and standardization
- Leveraging opportunities for success
11:30 - 12:30
Ensuring Success with Water and Wastewater P3s
Joe Gysel, Vice-President of Marketing and
Business Development, Epcor
Dr. Bruce Jank, Consultant, Canadian Global
Environmental Technologies
- North American trends in infrastructure delivery
- Using private expertise to solve a public problem
- Ensuring quality and reliablity of water treatment with
alternate delivery models
- Managing risk with water assets and operations
- Positioning for the future: preparing for water infrastructure
challenges
| 12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon Break |
12:30 - 1:QQ |
1:45 - 2:45
Case Study
Adopting P3: Lessons Learned in Chilliwack
Mayor Clint Hames, City of Chilliwack, British Columbia
- Why the City of Chilliwack embraced design-build
- value of risk
- %$#@*%$ change orders!!!
- Early infrastructure successes: sewers, roads, intersections,
and more
- Adding the "operate" component: the Leisure Centre and
the Exhibition Centre
- Adding the "finance" component: Prospera Centre Multiplex
- Projects and the savings
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Networking Break |
2:40 - 3:00 |
3:00 - 4:00
Case Study
Delivery of Multi-Phase Highway Improvements in Kicking Horse Canyon
Murray Tekano, Senior Project Director, Kicking Horse Canyon Project
Steve Small, Vice-President, Development, Bilfinger Berger Project Finance Investments Inc.
- Reviewing the Kicking Horse Canyon Project from conception
to execution
- Evaluating the procurement processes on this project's
Phases 1 and 2
- P3 delivery of the Park Bridge (Phase 2) component
- Overview of Phase 3 of the project
- How the lessons of Phase 2 are being applied to the next
phases of the Kicking Horse Canyon project
4:00 - 5:00
Risk Transfer: Finding the Balance for Your P3
Gerry Russ, Senior Vice-President, Construction Services Division, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc.
- Identifying and quantifying risk
- Scale of risk: assessing risk in the designing, building,
financing, operating, and maintenance functions
- Impact of risk transfer on each partner: determining who
has comparative advantage for the most beneficial risk
allocation
- How the global credit crisis influences risk management
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