Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium • Washington, DC • December 9-11, 2009

 

Washington, DC – November 23, 2009 - CG/LA Infrastructure LLC announced today that Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, will participate as a keynote speaker on Dec. 10th at the  3rd Annual Global Forum. “This year, Ex-Im Bank authorized more than $21 billion in support of U.S. exports, actively filling the gap in trade financing created by the global economic crisis. We are honored to host Chairman Hochberg at the Leadership Forum. His reputation as a business leader, and his commitment to and vision for infrastructure funding is essential for the creation of millions of jobs in the United States and around the world”, said Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure LLC.

The Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum brings industry leaders from key infrastructure hotspots (Including the BRIC countries and the US) to Washington, DC, over a 2.5 day period for a series of project presentations, private meetings, workshops and thought leader presentations -- all designed to increase the velocity and quality of project creation around the globe. “Ex-Im Bank is dedicated to supporting US companies and workers, including those participating in the global infrastructure build", said Chairman Hochberg. “Job creation is critical to economic stability, and this Forum focuses on the priority global infrastructure projects that will create jobs in those critical economic sectors that drive economic growth.” Joining Chairman Hochberg and strategic project developers are the following global infrastructure leaders:

-    Izumi Kobayashi, Executive Vice President, MIGA/World Bank

-    Lee Zak, Acting Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

-    Enrique Garcia, President, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)

-    Tang Hua, Director of Northeast China Regional Economic Development Agency, (NDRC)

-    Avi Dor, Deputy Accountant General, Ministry of Finance, Israel

-    Walter Pinheiro, Secretary of Planning, State of Bahia, Brazil

-    Joaquim Levy, Secretary of Finance, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

-    Marcelo Cardinale Branco, Secretary of Public Works & Infrastructure, City of Sao Paulo, Brazil

-    Wagner Bittencourt, Director of Infrastructure, National Development Bank, Brazil

-    Aurelio García Sola, General Director, Madrid Institute of Economic Development (IMADE), Spain

-    Sergei Shishkarev, Chief of Transportation Committee, Russian Parliament

-    Rene Cortes, Infrastructure Director, Department of National Planning, Colombia

Based on CG/LA's recently published Top 100 Global Projects list (total project value of US$600 billion), the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum will feature over 50 key projects in surface transportation, renewable and traditional energy, water and wastewater, urban mass transportation, high-speed rail and digital infrastructure. Featured projects include the Rio Olympic Games, 2016 (US$14 billion); Northeast China's critical ports (US$5.8 billion), Northeast China’s high speed rail and urban mass transit initiatives (over US$40 billion); the Ashalim Solar Thermal Plant in Israel (US$402 million); the National Broadband Network in Australia (US$39.7 billion); and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit PPP Project (US$4.1 billion).
Sponsors of the 3rd Annual Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum include the African Development Bank, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Citigroup, ESRI, Madrid Network, Metro Madrid, Sterne Agee, TAQA - Abu Dhabi's National Energy Company, and TransGreen Energy.
CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development, created the Leadership Forum in order to bring infrastructure projects to life for equipment sellers, technology firms, service providers, EPC firms, investors, and government officials, through rapid-fire project presentations, a series of high-level keynotes, trend-spotting panel presentations, focused workshops, and pre-scheduled private meetings with project owners / operators. CG/LA hosts Leadership Forum events around the world, focused on connecting networks of infrastructure experts while facilitating project creation.

 

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