4th Annual International Conference

Slovak PPP Forum 2009

4th November 2009, Hotel Trend, Vysoká 2, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

In cooperation with:

Slovak Ministry of Finance, Slovak PPP Association and Czech PPP Association

Conference Programme

Day I – Wednesday, 4th November 2009

8:30 Registration, welcome coffee

9:00 Opening of the Conference

Chairman – Michal Luknár

Session 1 - Keynote speeches

The present and the future of PPP projects

Irma Chmelová, managing director, Slovak PPP Association

Existing and planned PPP projects in Slovakia – Slovak Ministry of Finance

Michal Gajdzica, Advisor to the Slovak MoF for PPP projects, member of the Interdepartmental Committee for accelerating the construction of superior transport infrastructure in Slovakia

Municipal PPPs – specific projects, specific approach

Peter Chovanec, Dexia Bank Slovakia

10:30 Coffee break

Session 2 - Slovak Motorways: Experience gained, lessons learned

R1 - The first motorway PPP project in Slovakia

Jan Azud, Ružička and Csekes Ltd.

Experience in procuring financing for Slovak PPP highway projects

Marcel Babczynski, director, Erste Group Bank, PPP Group, Plc.

Slovak motorway PPP projects from perspective of EU lending bank

Francois Lecavalier, country director, EBRD

12:00 – 12:45 Lunch

Session 3 - Legislative – legal framework for PPP execution in the Slovakia, projects in practise

Competitive dialogue in PPP projects

Ľubica Páleníková, CEE/SEE public procurement specialist, WOLF THEISS

Implementation of PPP projects in practice in CEE / SEE region - the legal
framework and practical experiencei

Andrea-Maria Feurstein, lawyer, WOLF THEISS

Session 4 - The Present and the Future of PPP in Slovakia and CEE

PPP projects for Science – Nano-science, nanotechnology, new materials and production technologies“ – „Co – operation”, EU development scheme no. 7

Peter Lobotka, national delegate for MNP
Dušan Janičkovič, national contact person for NMP

Repair and maintenance of roads cat. 2 and 3 as PPP*

Marek Reisinger, EUROVIA - Roads, Plc.

14:30 Coffee Break

Session 5 - Overseas experience and situation in PPP sector

Romania : PPP market booming

Livia Stan, Principal Counsel, Ministry of Finance, Romania

PPP in Poland

Bartosz Mysiorski, specialista PPP, Fundacja centrum PPP Poland

Czech Republic : PPP projects in the CR, review and prospects

Miroslav Sloup, managing director, Czech PPP Association

Car par facility in Pilsen, CR

Michal Tesař, Partner, NEWTON Business Development, a.s.

Session 6 - Selected aspects of PPP projects: arrangement, financing, structuring

The principles how to evaluate the financial profitability of PPP projects  - systematic framework and practical experience

Aleš Hasník, manager, Facility s.r.o.

Critical factors for successful PPPs development

Jaap Veenenbos, managing consultant Aon Global Risk Consultants (Netherlands)director risk consulting, Central Eastern Europe, Aon EMEA North East

PPP project financing – Czech experience

Jan Troják, head of Project Finance, CSOB Plc.

17:45 End of the Conference