Port Finance International

DAY 1

08:30 - Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:20 Opening Address

OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS: MEXICO & LATAM
Moderator: Arturo López, President Executive Committee, LATINPORTS

09:30 Mexico 2013 -2018: What does this mean to the Ports Sector
Fernando Gamboa, General Director of Public Works and Ports Administration, SCT

09:50 Outlook of economy, logistics and ports in Latin America 
Olaf Merk, Administrator Ports and Shipping at International Transport Forum (ITF), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

10:10 Infrastructure Investments: Examining LATAM ports potential - current capacity and expansion demand
Ricardo Sanchez, Natural Resources & Infrastructure Division, UN- ECLAC

10:30 Questions & Answers

10:45 Coffee Break

OUTLOOK FOR MEXICAN PORTS & NEW PORT DEVELOPMENTS

11:15 Investment, financing and development: What are the current projects in the pipeline?
Fernando Ramírez, General Director Adj. of Maratime – Ports Priortity Projects, Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT)

11:35 Basis for Greenfield Port Developments
German Tirado Moralia, President, Association of Port Terminals (ATOP)

11:55 Port of Matamoros development 
Vicente Saint Martin, General Director, Port of Matamoros (Tamaulipas)

12:15 Bankability of new ports projects in Mexico
Carlos Mier y Terán, Subdirector de Puertos, Aeropuertos y Turismo, BANOBRAS

12:35 Questions & Answers

CHALLENGES & CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEXICAN PORTS DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Francisco Orozco, President, Mexican Association of Shipping (AMANAC)

12:45 The new Mexican ports regulatory structures & regulatory risks
Agnes Celis Roca, Partner, Celis, Mondragón & Asociados, S.C.

13:10 Port and terminal investment: The keys to financing and PPPs and supply and demand indexs 
Arturo López, President, Altamira Terminal Portuaria (ATP)

13:30 Rail infrastructure needs for ports in order to increase intermodal transport 
Fernando Ramos Casas, President, Mexican Association of Intermodal Transport (AMTI)

13:50 Questions & Answers

14:00 Lunch

UK EXPERTISE IN PORTS SECTOR

15:15 Panel Discussion: UK Expertise in ports developement

Moderator: Fernando Estandia, Head of Financial Services – Security and Infrastructure, UK Trade & Investment

• Steve Williams, Deputy Managing Director, Fugro Seacore Ltd.
• Stephen Richardson, Group Manager, Coastal Structures, HR Wallingford
• Gerardo Ibarra, Regional Sales Manager, IndigoVision
• Ben Matellini, Programme Leader, Liverpool John Moores University
• Simon McDermott, Business Development Director, Loksys Solutions Ltd
• Christopher Leonard, Commercial Manager, Nectar Group Ltd
• Matias Adam, Managing Director for Mexico & Central America, Schneider-Electric (formerly Invensys)

16:30 Coffee Break

ALLIANCES, INTEGRATION & DEVELOPEMENT

17:00 Mexico’s position and role in a changing ocean shipping business: New alliances and bigger ships, Caribbean & Pacific transshipment, and getting across Central America
Robert West, Principal Strategist - Ports & Marine Terminals for US & Latin America, WorleyParsons

17:20 Latin American Ports: Challenges & Prospects 
Bernardo Uribe, Director de Projects & Procurement, ICTSI

17:40 Intermodal corridor development linked to Mexican ports
Carlos Martner Peyrelongue, Transport Integration Coordinator, Mexican Institute of Transport

18:00 Redesign and expansion of existing ports terminals 
TBC, Gulftainer Co. Ltd.

18:20 Questions & Answers

18:30 Closing remarks & Drinks reception

DAY 2

08:45 Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:15 Opening Remarks
Moderator: Rodolfo Sabonge, Senior Expert Advisor - Infrastructure, McKinsey & Company

FINANCING & INVESTMENT

09:20 Case Study: Financing of TPP Bulk Terminal in Lazaro Cardenas
Stefan Blum, Director of the Mexican Representative Office Director, DEG

09:40 Panel Discussion: Attractive Financing Schemes 
Moderator: Rodolfo Sabonge, Senior Expert Advisor - Infrastructure, McKinsey & Company
Felipe Santiago Ortiz-Monasterio de Ugarte, Member of the Regional Advisory Council, The Abraaj Group LATAM
Luis Dosal, Director of Projects, BANOBRAS 
Frank Breitenbach, Ports Sector Specialist, KfW IPEX-Bank
Beatriz Yera, Commercial Manager, APM Terminal (Lazaro Cardenas)

11:00 Questions & Answers

11:15 Coffee Break

MESOAMERICAN & CENTRAL AMERICAN CASE STUDIES

11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Julián Palacio, Executive Director, LATINPORTS

• Mesoamerican project: Integration of Mexico, Central America & Colombia

Jesus Schucry Giacoman, In charge of the General Direction of de la Dirección General de Cooperación con Mesoamérica y el Caribe, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE)

• Panamá: Canal enlargement and logistic ports development

Oscar Bazán, VP of Planning & Commercial Development Comercial, Panama Canals Authority

• Nicaragua: The Grand Canal

Virgilio Silva, Executive President, National Ports Company

• Opportunities for inter-modality in Meso-America: The Land-bridge of Guatemala

Enrique Uribarri, Maritime & Waterways Project Manager & B D Latam, Royal HaskoningDHV

• Costa Rica: Mega-port of the Atlantic and interoceanic dry canal

Rogelio Douglas, General Manager, APM Terminals Moin

13:45 Questions & Answers

14:00 Lunch

PORT PLANNING & INTEGRATION: OPTIMIZATION, EFFICIENCY & EFFICACY

15:00 The importance of effective and correct planning in order to ensure efficiency and efficacy of ports projects 
Rodolfo Sabonge, Senior Expert Advisor - Infrastructure, McKinsey & Company

15:20 Port planning for results
Arturo Cors, Director Comercial Adjunto – Proyectos Portuarios, CIMESA

15:40 The role of research and technological development for infrastructure and for logistic and ports operations 
Jose San Martin Romero, General Director, Mexican Institute of Transport

16:00 Questions & Answers

16:15 Closing Remarks and end of conference