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The second National Sunday Business Post Infrastructure Summit takes place on Wednesday, 05 April at the Aviva Stadium, starting at 8.45AM.
The all-day event will include presentations by major players in the Irish Infrastructure sector.
Morning Agenda National Sunday Business Post Infrastructure Summit
8.45 Welcome & opening address for The National Sunday Business Post Infrastructure Summit from the Chair Michael Brennan (Political Editor, The Sunday Business Post)
POLICY & STRATEGY
9.00 Pascal Donohue TD (Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform)
“Delivering a long-term investment plan to increase productivity and growth”
9:20 Keynote Address: Fred Barry,(Former CEO, National Roads Authority
“May we live in interesting times…”
FUNDING FOR OUR FUTURE
9:45 Cormac Murphy (Head of the European Investment Bank Group, Ireland) “European Investment Bank support for infrastructure investment in Ireland, including what’s under the EU backed Investment Plan for Europe – the ‘Juncker Plan’”
10:10 Morning Panel Discussion: “How to attract infrastructure investment and where is it needed? Why invest in infrastructure? Impact of Brexit on attracting investors”
Shane MacSweeney (Partner, Government & Infrastructure, Transaction Advisory Services, EY)
Jim Arigho (Senior Manager, AIB Corporate Banking)
Fergal O'Brien (Director of Policy and Public Affairs, IBEC)
Brian Murphy (CEO, National Development Finance Agency)
10:50 Morning Break
LEGISLATION
11.15 Anna-Marie Curran (Partner, A&L Goodbody) “How smarter procurement techniques can help deliver large capital works projects whilst staying on the right side of the law”
PROJECTS UPDATE
11:35 Transport Update: “Connecting people and connecting economies”
Geraldine Fitzpatrick (Head of Roads Capital Programme, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII) & Paolo Carbone (Head of Public Transport Capital Programmes, TII)
12:00 Brian Sheehan (Head of Asset Delivery, Irish Water)
“Delivering a €3.5bn Capital Programme to Fix Ireland's Water Infrastructure”
12:20 Lunch
Post Lunch Agenda National Sunday Business Post Infrastructure Summit
INFRASTRUCTURE
1:30 Welcome back from the afternoon Chair, Caroline Spillane (Director General, Engineers Ireland)
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES
1:35 Marc Coleman (Director, Financial Services Ireland (FSI), IBEC)
“Infrastructure and Financial Services: A new partnership
How effective regional infrastructure development will assist job creation outside of Dublin post Brexit & Digital Infrastructure Delivery”
2:00 Tom Parlon (Director General, Construction Industry Federation)
“Infrastructure: connecting regions and driving economic and social progress
2:25 Helene Graham (Chief Network Strategist, eir)
“Mobile connectivity – the invisible infrastructure to power future economies? Are we ready for 5G?”
2:45 Afternoon Panel Discussion: “Perspectives from planners, builders and users of infrastructure on what improvements are required for the sustainable delivery of critical infrastructure”
Tom Phillips (MD, Tom Phillips & Associates & Chair, Property Industry Ireland
Frank Conlan (Divisional Manager, IDA)
Philip Green (Assistant Director of Planning, An Bord Pleanála)
3:30 Close
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