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The inaugural National Infrastructure Summit 2006 Delivering & Financing Ireland's Public Infrastructure May 16 & 17, IMI Conference Centre, Sandyford Road, Dublin 16 The critical need for development and investment in Ireland's infrastructure is well documented. Decades of under-investment in the country's national infrastructure is affecting us all. Sustained strategic investment is needed to correct our infrastructure deficit and maintain our competitiveness as a world-class economy. Action has to be taken to speed up major projects which are essential to our competitiveness. In a recent report, A&L; Goodbody Consulting stated - "It is increasingly apparent that, unless the approach to the appraisal, approval, project management, procurement and financing of public capital projects is overhauled, the Irish economy may never reach its true potential." Steps in overhauling the process have included the welcome decision by the government to extend the role of the National Development Finance Agency to create a centre for excellence in delivering major projects through public private partnerships (PPPs). Another significant milestone in the process has been the recently published Strategic Infrastructure Bill, which is designed to accelerate key spending programmes without undermining the rights of objectors. The inaugural National Infrastructure Summit will examine these and other key issues facing government and the private sector in the delivery of efficient and reliable infrastructure services. The main sponsor of the inaugural summit is Project Management Group.
CONFERENCE SUMMARY The issues that matter most to policy and decision-makers will be discussed and debated -
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The summit has been researched and designed for decision-makers in the planning, delivery and financing of public infrastructure, such as -
PROGRAMME
DAY 1 - Tuesday May 16 8.00 Coffee and registration 8.45 Chairman's opening
address INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NEEDS 9.00
OPENING ADDRESS
- What are the on-going investment needs of the country?
9.35 Talking investment Ulick McEvaddy, the well-known businessman and campaigner to build a second terminal at Dublin Airport, gives his unique perspective on our infrastructure needs. DELIVERY OF INFRASTRUCTURE 10.05 Delivering public infrastructure
efficiently and effectively
10.35 Managing the delivery of a major
infrastructure project
11.05 Morning break and exhibition viewing
11.35 Case Study - Development of waste-to-energy
infrastructure in Ireland: the Meath Waste-to-Energy Plant The National Spatial Strategy identified waste management as a particularly pressing priority if improving quality of life and sustainable development goals are to be achieved. In this presentation, John Ahern explains the significant developments in waste management in the north-east region.
12.05 INTERNATIONAL
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Overdue and over
budget, over and over again Megaprojects are very large investment projects. 'Mega' also implies the size of the task involved in developing, planning and managing projects of this magnitude. The risks are substantial. Huge cost overruns are common, and substantial benefit shortfalls trouble many megaprojects. Cost overruns, combined with benefit shortfalls, mean big trouble. But a paradox exists - more and bigger megaprojects are being planned and built despite their poor performance records in terms of cost and benefits. In his presentation, Professor Flyvbjerg identifies this paradox and examines its causes and possible cures.
12.45 Lunch
2.15 Welcome back from Afternoon Chair 2.20 MINISTERIAL
ADDRESS DELIVERY OF INFRASTRUCTURE 2.45 Public infrastructure and private
sector development: myths & realities Drawing on experience in public sector and private sector projects in Ireland and internationally, Colm Moran of PM Group will examine:
3.20 The role of government in creating
supportive policy and regulation Drawing on examples from home and abroad on creative and supportive government approaches to infrastructure development proves that Ireland can develop innovative projects when there is a will to do so.
3.45 Afternoon break
4.15 LOCKNOTE
ADDRESS - International Case Study
- Ahead of schedule & under budget: Saudi-Aramco Haradh Gas Pipeline
Winner of the 2004 Project Management Institute Project of the Year, the three-year project to build a €2 billion gas terminal deep in the desert and 10 kilometres from the nearest road was completed six months ahead of schedule and 27 per cent under budget. 5.00 Chairman's closing remarks 5.10 Drinks Reception to 6pm
DAY 2 - Wednesday May 17 9.00 Welcome from the Morning Chair 9.05 MINISTERIAL
ADDRESS 9.30 Our infrastructure deficit - the
impact on Irish business
FINANCING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS 10.00 The PPP Model: is it time for a
review of the PPP process? The PPP framework has provided a way for government to engage the
private sector's expertise and finance. It is envisaged that the
private sector will play a growing role in funding, building and
operating infrastructure services. However, the planned expansion
of the PPP programme is taking place in the context of little debate
or detailed evaluation of PPP projects that have already been delivered.
10.45 Morning break and exhibition viewing
11.15 The evolving role of the National
Development Finance Agency (NDFA) in infrastructure projects
MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Lessons from the British experience of PPPs Since the early 1990s, Britain has pioneered many of the PPP structural techniques which have influenced the development of the broader PPP market elsewhere. While the British experience does not provide a template for Irish PPPs, British practitioners have gained useful experience of what works and what doesn't, which may be helpful in the ongoing development and funding of Irish infrastructure.
12.30 Lunch
1.45 Welcome back from Afternoon Chair CASE STUDIES 1.50 AFTERNOON
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - International
Case Study: Good news stories for PFI in the British health service The Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospitals development, the new Hospital for Romford and the new Queen Mary's in Roehampton are PFI landmarks. With innovative designs that will help deliver NHS reforms and high quality patient environments, each project faced complex challenges during procurement and delivery. They are striking examples of public private partnership where collaboration, flexibility and innovation overcame substantial hurdles against the odds. 2.30 Case Study - Kinnegad-Kilcock PPP
project This case study highlights the benefits of private sector involvement in addressing Ireland's infrastructure deficit through PPPs. Voted by Project Finance magazine as European Infrastructure Deal of the Year for 2003, the motorway recently opened ten months ahead of schedule and within budget.
3.00 Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
3.30 Case study: National Maritime College,
Cork The National Maritime College, which opened in October 2004, is the first third level college to be built under the government's PPP scheme. It's a state-of-the-art college and one of the most sophisticated centres for maritime education in Europe. 4.00 Critical legal issues in education,
health and justice PPPs
4.30 LOCKNOTE
ADDRESS - Dublin Metro: Easy, safe
and fast to build If there's one name on the lips of every metro advocate in Dublin, it is Professor Manuel J Melis, the President of Metro de Madrid. Consulted by the Irish government in 2003, Professor Melis believes Dublin can have a metro built in a fraction of the time and cost that was being proposed. Madrid shows that a metro system can be built quickly at a reasonable cost, but can it be done here? 5.10 Chairman's closing remarks
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