At a time where India requires over US$488 billion in investment to develop its infrastructure to spur economic expansion, India Infrastructure Investment Congress 2008 provides a platform where global investors, financiers and developers meet Indian regulators and infrastructure owners to discuss investment, capital raising and partnership opportunities, and the emerging issues of private investment in India infrastructure sectors – roads, seaports, airports, rail lines, utilities, energy generation and distribution systems.
Indian Infrastructure Investment Congress 2008 is an event where:
• Regulators share their blueprint for infrastructure developments in the next 10 years and the forecasted investment and returns for those projects
• Infrastructure owners across different sectors including roads, power, ports, airports, special economic zones and energy gather to discuss investment and partnership opportunities with investors, financiers and infrastructure developers
• Institutional investors, fund managers, private equities, financiers and infrastructure developers share find out how they can invest in Indian infrastructure through different vehicles
• Different investment models are discussed: privatizing public companies purchased direct from governments; public private partnerships (PPPs); infrastructure funds investing in single or multiple sectors; ‘greenfield development’ including new construction of public infrastructure; and operating existing infrastructure assets such as toll roads and bridges through long-term concession agreements with public agencies.