10th June 2010 - IPFA Belgium: PPP in Belgium during & after the credit crunch

Agenda highlights:

15.45 Registration

16.15 Welcome and Introduction by IPFA and Stibbe

Chaired by: Frederik Vandendriessche (Partner, Stibbe and Professor at the Universities of Antwerp and Ghent)

16.30 PPSS (Public Private Space Speculation)

Peter Swinnen (Architect – Founding partner 51N4E Architects Brussels)

16.50 Performance of PPP contracts: experiences from the public and private sector

Johan Mignon (Director, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG) and Ivan Thielemans (Head of "Steering of Investment Projects", Infrabel)

17.30 Standardisation and tendencies in Belgian DBFM contracts

Rony Vermeersch (Partner, Stibbe)

17.50 Panel discussion: PPP in Belgium, what’s next?

Moderated by Frederik Vandendriessche

Panel: Werner Decrem (Business Unit Manager PMV-pps, PMV), Franky De Wispelaere (Managing Director – Head of Project Finance, BNP Paribas Fortis), Manu Vandenbulcke (Managing Director, DG infra+)

18.30 Closing remarks followed by a drinks reception kindly hosted by Stibbe

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THERE IS NOT PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE AT STIBBE BUT THERE IS A PUBLIC PARKING NEARBY:

Parking Grote Markt / Grand Place

For further details please contact Laura Cafora on lcafora@ipfa.org or + 39 0547 1901022