CICA General Assembly & Side events, Paris, November 28th – 29th, 2022

Monday, November 28, 2022
8:30AM – 2:00PM
Location: Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics, 3 rue de Berri, 75008 Paris

➢ 8:30am – 9:00am: Welcome Coffee

➢ 9:00: Seminar: Financing Quality Infrastructure in a context of Inflation
– Introduction by CICA President Irwin Perret (5min)
– A geopolitical perspective, by Professor Cédric Tellenne (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– An illustration of privatization and PPPs in Latin America – metro line 6 in Sao Paulo by Antoine Durand, STOA (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– Evolution of the regulatory environment, by Véronique Ormezzano, Head of Group Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– Contractual highlights – how to deal with inflation and uncertainty caused by Covid-19 and geopolitical disruptions, by Alex Wagemann, Chairman of the CICA working group on construction contracts (15min + 5 min Q&A)

             10:20am – 10:45am: Coffee Break

– A presentation of the Quality Infrastructure Certification by the Blue Dot Network, an OECD initiative, by Juan Garin, Policy Advisor, Sustainable Finance and Infrastructure, Directorate of Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– A presentation of FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure®, by Frédéric Bobay, Fin Infra (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– A presentation of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals and its collaboration with CICA, by Jacques Follain, WAPPP Steering Committee (15min + 5 min Q&A)
– Conclusion by CICA President, Irwin Perret (5min)

➢ 12:00pm – 2:00pm: Networking Cocktail