Agenda
Opening Session - 9:30 AM
Event Opening and Welcome - Andrea Villanueva, Director of Communications, Secretary of Public-Private Investments
Keynote Speech: Roberto Salas, Secretary of Public-Private Investments: “New Generation of PPP in Ecuador: Institutional Framework and New PPP Regulation” (40 minutes)
First Panel - 10:10 AM
“International Best Practices in PPP Matters” (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Econ. Mario Villagómez, General Manager, IKONS ATN ECUADOR S.A.
Participants:
Boris Weber, Representative of the World Bank in Ecuador
Topic: “PPP Legal Framework”
Ancor Suárez-Alemán, Inter-American Development Bank
Topic: “Infrascopio: Assessing the Environment for Public-Private Partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean”
Second Panel - 10:50 AM
Transparency and Publicity of Information (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Gustavo Camacho - Deputy Secretary of Fiscal Programming, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Participants:
Cedric Van Riel, Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation
Topic: “SOURCE Platform”
Felipe Altamirano, Deputy Secretary of Structuring and Monitoring
Topic: “PPP Project Portfolio”
Coffee Break - 11:30 AM
Third Panel - 11:50 AM
“Gaps and Planning of Infrastructure in Ecuador” (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Leopoldo Ocampo, Chamber of the Construction Industry
Participants:
Teodoro Abdo, Infrastructure Expert
Topic: Infrastructure Gaps in Ecuador
Jean Pol Armijos, Senior Transport Specialist, IDB
Topic: “Mechanisms to Address Infrastructure Gaps and PPP Road Planning”
Fourth Panel - 12:30 PM
“Financing and Bankability: Importance and Content of PPP Contracts for Bankability” (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Econ. Santiago García, President of the Pichincha Economists Association
Participants:
Poldy Osorio, International Finance Corporation - World Bank
Topic: “Elements Strengthening Bankability in the New PPP Regulation”
John Graham, International Finance Corporation - World Bank
Topic: “Importance and Content of PPP Contracts for Bankability”
Fifth Panel - 1:10 PM
APP Regulatory Framework (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Marcelo Bodero, M. Bodero & Associates
Participants:
Juan Pablo Aguilar, Full Professor at the School of Law of USFQ
Topic: “Ordinary Public Contracting: PPP and Strategic Alliances, Comparative Analysis.”
Francisco Grijalva, Deputy Secretary of Norms and Institutional Strengthening.
Topic: Comparative Analysis, Predictability and Legal Certainty: Project Cycle in the New PPP Regulation with a Focus on Investors and the Market
Break - Lunch - 1:50 PM
Keynote Speech - 3:30 PM
Patricia Benavente Donayre, World Bank Consultant on PPP and former President of Ositran, Peru.
Topic: “Expanded Institutional Framework: Citizenship, Communities, CGE, Guilds, Other Stakeholders”
Sixth Panel - 4:00 PM
“Mechanisms for Resolving Disputes in PPP” (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Dr. Mónica Heller, President of the Quito Chamber of Commerce
Participants:
Jaime Vintimilla, Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of USFQ.
Topic: “Combined Dispute Board and International Arbitration”
Miguel Cordero, Deputy Secretary of Investment Protection.
Topic: “Role of the SIPP in Investment Protection”
Round Table - 4:40 PM
“Perspective on the Investment Climate and Challenges following the Issuance of the New PPP Regulation. Lessons Learned from a Global Perspective and the Challenges in Implementing the New PPP Regulatory Framework in Ecuador” (40 minutes)
Moderator:
Econ. Eduardo Egas Peña, Executive President of CORPEI
Participants:
José Luis Guasch, former Head of the Global Experts Unit in PPP at the World Bank.
Alejandro Hoyos, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank
Mauricio Pozo, former Minister of Economy and Finance
Event Closing - 5:30 PM
Farith Simon, Dean of the College of Jurisprudence at Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
Event Closure.
