2012 Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects List Released

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Washington, DC – March 14, 2011 – CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in infrastructure project identification and development, announced the release of its annual list of the Top Infrastructure Projects in Latin America. Total project value is greater than US$200 billion, equivalent to more than 5% of the region’s GDP, and with the potential to create over 3.1 million new jobs in the region.  Key drivers are Brazil’s massive oil & gas investments, the global commodities boom, and the (finally underway) 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Brazil. 

The list was released ahead of the 9th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum (LALF9), which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 9-11. According to Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA, these projects are real, and describe what the region will look like in 10 years: “Not only are these projects strategic to the region’s growth, but for the first time you can see a coherent set of projects that will transform the region; Brazil is leading this process, growing at 4-5%, and beginning a long overdue infrastructure build that dominates the list in terms of project value.”

Strategic Infrastructure Projects: The Top list, of over 75 projects, covers 10 distinct infrastructure sectors: airports, bridges & highways, electricity generation & transmission, new infrastructure, oil & gas, ports & logistics, freight rail, urban mass transit, digital infrastructure and water & wastewater.  Each of these projects offers strong business opportunities over the next 3-12 months. Petrobras leads the list in terms of the value of projects to be presented, presenting 5 projects in its US$240 billion/ten year investment program.  Other major projects include:

- The Rio/São Paulo High Speed Train (US$18 bn),
- Costa Rica’s Port Moin Container Terminal Concession (US$992 mn),
- The Peru Gas Pipeline to Trujillo (US$1.5 bn),
- Colombia’s "Autopistas de la Montaña" (US$2 bn), and
- The Guarulhos Passenger Terminal Expansion in Brazil (US$2 bn).


To download the list: www.cg-la.com

Major Events – The World Cup & The Olympics:  “We selected Rio de Janeiro for this year’s Forum because it is a city that is re-inventing itself, going beyond tourism to the creation of a booming business environment, development as a cultural center and – the crowning achievement – hosting the 2016 Olympics. More than US$12 billion in projects will be presented from Rio alone” says Mr. Anderson.

Strategic Projects and Public Value Creation: Each year 500+ executives from throughout the Americas, and the world, come together at the Leadership Forum to move strategic projects forward. The 9° Annual Latin American Leadership Forum is hosted by Eduardo Costa Paes, Mayor of Rio, and Luciano Coutinho, President of Brazil’s National Infrastructure Bank (BNDES).  The Forum will take place at the world famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. 

Sponsors for the Leadership Forum include: Platinum Sponsors CAF (Andean Development Bank), IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), and Scotia Capital. Gold Sponsors include: Banco de Córdoba, Banka (formerly Caja Madrid), Citi, CH2M Hill, ESRI, ProMéxico and the sponsors of Guatemala’s premier hydroelectric project.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington, D.C., with offices in São Paulo, Brazil, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to increase productivity, competitiveness and opportunity creation.  We host annual Global, North American and Asian Leadership Forum events, along with our original Latin American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum. 

For more information please visit http://www.cg-la.com

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CG/LA Infrastructure Announces Top 100 North American Infrastructure Projects

 

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Washington, DC – July 22, 2010 – CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in infrastructure project identification and development, announced the release of the Top 100 Infrastructure Projects in North America. The total estimated value of these projects is nearly $465 billion with a potential to create nearly 7 million full-time employment positions over the coming 5 years. Projects are focused on the long-term competitiveness of North America, and were identified through a participatory process with industry professionals. The Top 100 list is released prior to CG/LA’s 2nd North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, which will be held September 29-October 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. Thomas Friedman will speak at the Leadership Forum’s policy day, organized jointly with the Progressive Policy Institute.

“The 2nd North America Leadership Forum highlights those projects that will anchor our region’s long-term competitiveness,” said Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure. The Leadership Forum will host not only the top projects in the US, but also leading initiatives in Canada and Mexico. “When it comes to infrastructure, North America requires vision, public sector excellence and persistent, effective, leadership – the Obama Administration has made a great start, with a series of innovative financing mechanisms that will be featured at the Forum.”

Top 100 Infrastructure Projects in North America:

Projects included in the Top 100 list cover 10 distinct strategic infrastructure sectors: Airports (US$28 bn), Digital (US$21 bn), Electricity (US$78 bn), High Speed Rail (US$60 bn), Oil & Gas (US$13 bn), Ports & Logistics (US$3 bn), Renewable Energy (US$19 bn), Surface Transportation (US$50 bn), Urban Mass Transit (US$132 bn), and Water & Wastewater (US$5 bn). Projects were selected and scored based on the following criteria: (1) contribution to local economic productivity, (2) contribution to global competitiveness, (3) reliable projections as to opportunity/jobs creation, (4) business opportunity creation over the next 3-18 months, and (5) energy productivity.

Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winner and author, most recently, of “Hot, Flat & Crowded,” leads a program full of high-level speakers from industry, politics and policy including Joe Boardman, CEO and President of Amtrak; Alfredo Elías Ayub, CEO of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and others from throughout North America. The audience will consist of 500+ infrastructure leaders from finance, engineering/ construction, equipment/ technology, policy and federal infrastructure programs. A selection of 50 of the Top 100 projects will be presented at the Leadership Forum. These include: the Chicago to St. Louis High Speed Rail project; California’s Ivanpah Solar project; the CSX National Gateway project; and the Federal Transit Administration’s innovative State of Good Repair program.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington DC, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive. CG/LA hosts Leadership Forum events around the world focused on building value in the nearly US$1 trillion global infrastructure marketplace.

To download the Top 100 list or for more information, please visit: http://www.cg-la.com/nalf2

 

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CG/LA releases the Top 50 Infrastructure Projects of the Americas

8° Annual Latin American Leadership Forum
“Building Innovation & Opportunity Across The Americas”

 

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Washington, DC – March 23, 2010 – CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development, announced the release of its Top 50 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America 2010. The total estimated value of the projects is US$68 billion, equivalent to almost 2% of Latin American GDP, and with the potential to create over 1 million new jobs in the region. The list was released ahead of the 8th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum (LALF8), which will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, April 21-23.

According to Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA, these projects are critical to Latin America’s future: “The region is moving towards a public leadership model of infrastructure investment, with very dynamic participation from the private sector – increasingly we see improved performance from the public sector, which is creating much higher levels of private sector participation.” Under this new model, sectors that should particularly benefit include mass transit (both urban and interurban), as well as water & wastewater.

Strategic Infrastructure Projects:  World-class projects are drawn from eight infrastructure sectors, including the top 5 projects in ports & logistics, oil & gas, water & wastewater, electricity generation, urban mass transit, surface transportation, and renewable energy. Projects represent 12 countries, and include Rio’s 2016 Olympics infrastructure investment (US$14b); Colombia’s Ruta del Sol Section 3 (US$2.5b); Mexico’s Water Efficiency Investment Program  (US$2b); Panama’s Metro (US$1b); and Peru’s Santa Maria Desalination Plant (US$160m).  A disaster relief workshop will highlight innovations that will benefit Chile and Haiti as they rebuild infrastructure affected by recent earthquakes.

Regional Leadership: President Alvaro Uribe will deliver the luncheon keynote address on April 22nd at the 8th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum, addressing an audience of 500+ global infrastructure leaders community, including executives from finance, policy, engineering/construction, equipment and technology. Top executives participating from the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Export Development Canada (EDC), Madrid Network, Scotia Capital – and others from more than 30 countries – are driving to double the level of infrastructure investment in the region. 

The Future is Now! Each year the Americas come together at the Leadership Forum, in a different city, to prioritize, structure and finance critical projects.  The Top 50 projects are presented this year in Bogota under the banner of “Building Innovation & Opportunity Across The Americas.”

Sponsors for the 8th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum include: Platinum Sponsors CAF (Andean Development Bank), IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), the Madrid Network for Economic Development, and Scotia Capital. Gold Sponsors: Aggreko, Banco de Córdoba, Banco Davivienda, Caja Madrid, Camp Dresser McKee, CEPM, Citi, CH2M Hill, Corficolombiana, CSA Group, EGE Haina, ESRI, Export Development Canada, Grupo Bancolombia, IE Singapore, PanProjects, PISA, ProMéxico, SNC Lavalin Construction, and TBS Shipping. Colombia’s National Department of Planning (DNP) is the anchor Leadership Forum sponsor.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington D.C., focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive in areas of strategic advantage.

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Houston, TX – April 6, 2009 – The 7° Annual Latin American Leadership Forum, announces the Top 50 infrastructure projects in Latin America, to be presented by project developers from throughout the Americas on April 27-29, in Houston, TX. Total project value exceeds $50 billion, across 10 infrastructure sectors, with total job creation of 2 million jobs / year.  VIP’s from around the region are participating, including the governor of São Paulo, Brasil, and the CEO of the Panama Canal Authority.

“What we are seeing is an explosion of infrastructure project opportunities in the region,” according to Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure, the Leadership Forum organizer. “The public and private sectors throughout the region are making a serious decision to double the level of infrastructure investment, and build their way out of the crisis.” The 500+ executives participating in the Forum include executives from leading oil & gas firms, including Pemex and Petrobras, along with global engineering/construction and technology/equipment firms.  “The Forum is specifically designed to bring them all together,” according to Anderson.  

Top Projects from the 10 Critical Infrastructure Sectors:

Project selections are based on two fundamental criteria: They must present specific business opportunities over the next 3-12 months; and must be critical to the country or region’s competitiveness.  The 10 critical infrastructure sectors are:

1.    Strategic/Transformational - US$10.17 billion, Including the $5.2 billion Panama Canal Expansion, presented by Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority;
2.    Electricity Generation - US$11.63 billion. Including CFE’s cogeneration projects in Mexico (Salamanca Plant) and Brazil’s CPFL investment program;
3.    Oil & Gas - US$14.73 billion.  Including the $3.5 billion PEMEX Chicontepec exploration project, and exploration opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Guatemala;
4.    New Generation- US$316 million. Including more than $500 million in wind opportunities in Mexico, and additional projects from the Dominican Republic;
5.    Water & Wastewater Treatment - US$1.319 billion. Including major wastewater treatment projects in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Brazil.
6.    Urban Mass Transit - US$3.21 billion.  Including major projects from Mexico, San Jose’s Metropolitan Electric Train (Costa Rica) and Brazil’s World Cup projects;
7.    Ports & Logistics - US$2.27 billion.  Including the development of Mexico’s Multimodal Corridor covering the entire extension Mazatlan - Durango – Matamoros;
8.    Highways - US$4.78 billion. Including two $1.5 billion highway concessions from Brazil and Mexico, and two world-class concessions from the Dominican Republic;
9.    Digital Infrastructure/Smart Grid - US$654 million – Including a complete electrical transmission system expansion within Guatemala;
10.    Tourism - US$1.39 billion. Including the ambitious Huatulco Project in Mexico.
This year’s Leadership Forum registrations are up 40% over last year, with Houston proving to be an ideal host for the Forum, given the city’s dynamic and creative infrastructure culture. To view the LALF7 experience, click here.

Leadership Forum Sponsors:
Sponsors of the 7th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum are leading infrastructure, finance, and equipment/technology firms worldwide, including – Platinum sponsors: CAF (The Andean Development Bank), IDB (The Inter-American Development Bank), Bancolombia, and Patriarch Partners; Gold sponsors: Banco de Cordóba, Citigroup, IE Singapore, MIGA-World Bank, Panprojects Panalpina, ProMéxico and the Port of Houston Authority; Silver sponsors: Aggreko, Ansaldo, Denali Inc., MD Helicopter, Oasis Inc, Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Works and Communications, and Snelling.  The Government of the Dominican Republic through the CEI-RD, Secretaría de Estado de Turismo, and Secretaria de Estado de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (SEOPC) are the exclusive Platform Sponsor for the Leadership Forum.

The Region’s Global Network for Competitiveness & Equity
CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development (www.cg-la.com), created the Leadership Forum in order to bring infrastructure projects to life, for equipment sellers, technology firms, service providers, EPC firms and investors, through more than 60 discrete presentations, a series of high-level keynotes, trend-spotting panel presentations, 6 workshops, and more than 2,500+ pre-scheduled private meetings.  CG/LA also manages the North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum and the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum. 

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Washington, DC – March 12, 2009 – CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development, released the list of the Top 100 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America.   The total estimated value of the projects is $64.6 billion, equivalent to almost 2% of Latin American GDP, and total job creation is projected at 2.8 million. The Top 100 list was released ahead of the 7th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum (LALF7), which will take place in Houston, Texas, April 27-29.

According to Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA, these projects are critical to Latin America’s future:  “Investing in infrastructure is central to protecting the region’s real economies from the financial crisis, seizing the ‘opportunity in the crisis’ to build productivity and competitiveness.” According to Anderson, these countercyclical projects will double the region’s investment in infrastructure, immediately creating needed new jobs throughout the region.

Strategic Infrastructure Projects:  World class projects are drawn from eight infrastructure sectors, including top 5 projects in ports & logistics, oil & gas, water & wastewater, electricity generation, urban mass transit, digital infrastructure, new energy and highways. Projects are drawn from 12 countries, including the Panama Canal Expansion ($5.2 Bn); The Eastern Aqueduct in the Dominican Republic ($1 Bn); the Metropolitan Electric Train in Costa Rica ($520 MM); Sao Paulo’s ‘Metropolis’ project (US$1.2 Bn); and the transformative Multimodal Corridor Mazatlan-Matamoros in Mexico ($1.4 Bn).

Regional Leadership: The audience consists of 600 leaders of the infrastructure community in the Americas, infrastructure executives from finance, policy, engineering/construction, and equipment/technology. Participating in the forum are prominent Latin American leaders including Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority, Eddy Martinez, the Executive Director of the Dominican Republic’s Infrastructure Cabinet, Ismael Hernandez, Governor of the state of Durango, and 50 of the region’s project leaders.  “As the global financial crisis expands to Latin America, these projects – and the men and women who lead the infrastructure build – will show the region the path out of the crisis, generating jobs and creating critical competitiveness for future generations", expressed Anderson.  Top officials from the Andean Finance Corporation (CAF), the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the Export-Import Bank of the United States will participate – catalyzing project development and finance. 

The Future is Now! Each year the Americas comes together at the Leadership Forum, always in a different city, to prioritize, structure and finance critical projects.  The Top 100 projects – and the 50 projects selected for presentation at the Forum – are Latin America’s answer to the global financial crisis. 

The LALF7 sponsors include:  Platinum Sponsors the Andean Development Corporation (CAF, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bancolombia and Patriarch Partners. The Dominican Republic is the anchor Leadership Forum sponsor.  Gold Sponsors include: Banco de Cordoba, CitiGroup, ESRI, MIGA-World Bank, Panalpina Group’s Panprojects, CEI-RD, and the Dominican Republic’s Secretariats of Tourism and Public Works. Aggreko is the LALF7 Silver Sponsor.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington DC, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive in areas of strategic advantage.

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January 7th, 2009

Washington DC, Jan. 7, 2009.  CG/LA Infrastructure announces the results  of their 3rd Annual Rankings on Infrastructure Competitiveness in Latin America. 

The project was completed in partnership with AmericaEconomia, with original maps illustrating the Ranking results produced by ESRI.  http://www.cg-la.com/rankings/3rd-annual-rankings
Results: In spite of the strategic advances this year in countries like Colombia, Panamá and Perú, this year marks widepspread posteponment of infrastructure projects in all 23 countries ranked.  Which sectors will drive innovation and growth throughout the region in 2009?  According to Norman Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure, “Digital Infrastructure is the sector that we are focusing on in 2009.  The public sector needs to focus on transformative rather than traditional infrarstructure development, moving towards interconnectivity, broadband internet access, and projects that will create jobs in the long term”.

In this year’s Rankings, the regional leaders were Chile (67.96), Panama (63.93), and Mexico (63.57); though it’s important to note that Chile scored 12.5% lower than Spain (77.63) – and, quite surprisingly, 4% higher than the United States (65.71).  In addition to measuring current infrastructure data, the Rankings also weighed CG/LA Infrastructure’s trademarked “Capacity to Build Future Infrastructure”, which considers each country’s ability to work towards a common vision of infrastructure development, and the ability for that country’s government and private sector to implement that vision through strong leadership and great infrastructure projects among other metrics.  The countries in Latin America that promote this forward-thinking, transformative infrastructure development include Panama (56), Chile (48), Trinidad & Tobago (47), Mexico (47) and Colombia (46).  The results inidicate that for Latin America, significant investment by the public sector in transformative infrastructure development could insulate the real economy from the severe effects of the financial crisis.

Overall Leadership:  Chile remains in first place, despite its 11 point decline since last year’s Rankings.  Peru, with a score of 55.69, moved into the top 10 regional leaders, and Panama, with the expansion in the Panama Canal and investments in Electricity generation, demonstrates serious dedication to improve its infrastructure competitiveness.  Mexico (3rd), Colombia (4th) and Brazil (5th) continue to act as regional leaders, despite delays in implementing aggressive infrastructure plans.

2009 will be a year of low economic growth for Latin America, and the effects that this will have on Infrastructure development could be severe, though CG/LA projects that multilateral development banks will play a leading role in financing key infrastructure iniviatives while commercial banks back away from the spotlight. Each country’s success this next year will be measured by its ability to finance and build transformative infrastructure amidst a global economic environment that will pose significant challenges each step of the way.

CG/LA Infrastructure announces the 7th Annual Latin American Leaership Forum, which will present the Top 50 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America.  (Houston Texas, Westin Galleria, April 27th – 29th, 2009) http://www.cg-la.com/lalf7
 

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Five Are Among Hundreds of World’s Most Significant Infrastructure Leaders Coming to Washington For Key Meeting Confronting Worldwide Economic Crisis

Washington DC – December 1, 2008 – CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development, announced today the selection of five ‘Champions who are Re-Making our World.’  The five Champions—  Alfredo Elias Ayub, Eike Bautista, Quentin Kopp, Peter Barker-Homek and Peter Bezukladnikov—will be honored at the 2° Annual Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum, taking place from December 10-12 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.

“These are the people whose imagination, hard work, creativity and professional capacity build the projects that define our world, they are truly extraordinary,” says Norman Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure and the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum.

The 2nd Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum will host in Washington, DC, at a time of severe financial crisis, the top 100 global infrastructure projects, and the people behind those projects.  More than 100 project sponsors will take the stage, and receive pre-scheduled private meetings with participants.  
“These infrastructure champions are the men and women who are going to build us out of our current difficulties -- the people with the vision, the drive, the imagination and the persistence to get things done, around the world,” said Mr. Anderson.  

A Marketplace for Global Projects: The Global Forum is an infrastructure marketplace, bringing the Top 100 global projects together with 500-600 infrastructure executives -- from finance, policy, engineering/construction, and equipment/technology.  Participating countries include the US, the BRIC countries, and infrastructure hot spots like Vietnam, and key countries in the Middle East and Africa.   Projects have been confirmed across 17 countries, and 8 sectors, including ports & logistics ($24 billion); oil & gas ($37 billion); strategic ($48 billion); water & wastewater ($5 billion); electricity generation ($6 billion); urban mass transit ($45 billion); digital infrastructure ($3.7 billion); and highways ($6 billion). The total estimated project value will be $175 to $200 billion.

The Five Global Forum Champions:  The five champions come from Russia, Mexico, Brazil, the US and Abu Dhabi. 

 
Alfredo Elias Ayub – CEO of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission, for the last 10 years he has overseen the steady growth in Mexico’s power sector, and specifically in terms of generation matrix.  CFE provides service to more than 26 million customers throughout Mexico.  They have been ranked #1 in Latin America for the last three years by the AmericaEconomia-CG/LA Infrastructure Rankings.

Eike Bautista – One of the world’s visionary infrastructure project developers, he is developing two major ports in Brazil, a major oil company and a series of critical power projects.  

Quentin Kopp – Chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority, he successfully negotiated the approval of a $10 billion bond approval for the project.  Among key infrastructure developments is the extension of San Francisco’s BART metro, including an extension to the San Francisco airport.

 
Peter Barker-Homek – CEO of the TAQA, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund focused on energy and renewable energy projects.  In two years he has built TAQA into a global enterprise with 2800 employees.  

Peter Bezukladnikov – Director General, Group E4, the Russian Federation’s largest engineering company.  E4 Group comprises 13 holding companies and 50 business units employing more than 17,000 specialists in 25 regions and in all federal districts of the Russian Federation.

Global Forum Sponsorship: Patriarch Partners is the Global Forum’s exclusive Platinum Sponsor; Gold Global Forum sponsors include:  ACEA, the Rome water utility; ACS, the Spanish infrastructure operator; Alliant (Blackstone Group); The Andean Development Corporation – CAF; ESRI; Leica Geosystems; MIGA-World Bank Group; Metro de Madrid; Sterne Agee; Trimble; and the US Department of Energy/Renewables Group.
CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington, DC, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive in areas of strategic advantage.

In order to access the Leadership Forum web page please go to: http://www.cg-la.com/global2

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - October 16, 2008) - CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure project identification and development, announced today the selection of the Top 100 global infrastructure projects, to be presented by their sponsors at the 2nd Annual Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum. Focused on physical infrastructure opportunities around the world, the GILF2 will take place at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC.

"At a time of severe global financial crisis, the infrastructure sector is the one sector that can insulate the real economy from the worst effects of the crisis -- an additional 1% of GDP, invested globally, would increase investment from the current level of $1 trillion to nearly $1.3 trillion annually, creating more than 40 million direct jobs, and pumping real value directly into the global economy," says Norman Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure and the Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum.

A Marketplace for Global Projects: The Global Forum is an infrastructure marketplace, bringing the Top 100 global projects together with 500-600 infrastructure executives -- from finance, policy, engineering/construction, and equipment/technology. Key countries include: the US, the BRIC countries, and infrastructure hot spots like Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam as well as key countries in the Middle East and Africa. Projects have been confirmed across 17 countries, and 8 sectors, including ports & logistics ($24 billion), oil & gas ($37 billion), strategic ($48 billion), water & wastewater ($5 billion), electricity generation ($6 billion), urban mass transit ($45 billion), digital infrastructure ($3.7 billion), and highways ($6 billion). The total estimated project value will be $175 to $200 billion.

Critical Players: The Global Forum's theme is "The Champion's that are Remaking our World," and leading the Forum are 'champions' like the Managing Director of JBIC, Masaki Omura; Alfredo Elias Ayub, the CEO of Mexico's national electricity company; Peter Barker-Homek, the CEO of Abu Dhabi's national energy company; and John Mizroch, the US Undersecretary of Energy for Renewables.

More than 100 project sponsors will take the stage, and host pre-scheduled private meetings with participants. "These infrastructure champions," according to Mr. Anderson, "are the men and women who are going to build us out of our current difficulties -- the people with the vision, the drive, the imagination and the persistence to get things done, around the world."

Strategic Projects: Each of the projects presented offer strong business opportunities over the next 12 months, thus providing participants with a window on the infrastructure world for 2009. Strategic projects include:

--  the Iskandar Regional Development project, a $47 billion development
    project in Malaysia;
--  the SEACOM Project, a pan-African submarine cable project valued at
    over $600 million;
--  the Vadinar Port Development Project, a $2 billion project in India;
--  the California High-Speed Rail Project, valued at over $40 billion;
    and
--  the Gold Horn Bay Bridge project, a $700 million BOT project in
    Vladivostock, Russia.
    

Strategic project workshops will be presented by Vietnam; the Philippines; the Andean Development Corporation; Russia - the Sochi Olympics; Mexico; and Brazil. A Strategic US Projects Roundtable will be hosted by key US political figures supporting the creation of the $60 billion National Infrastructure Bank.

Global Forum Sponsorship: Gold Global Forum sponsors are ACS (the Spanish infrastructure operator), Alliant (Blackstone Group), The Andean Development Corporation - CAF, ESRI, MIGA-World Bank Group, Metro de Madrid, Sterne Agee, Trimble, and the US Department of Energy/Renewables Group.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington, DC, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive in areas of strategic advantage.

In order to access the Leadership Forum web page please go to: http://www.cg-la.com/global2

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TOP 50 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA ANNOUNCED
Business Opportunities Greater than $40 Billion across 17 Countries
"Building the Region's Global Network for Competitiveness & Opportunity"


Washington, DC – February 28, 2008 – The 6° Annual Latin American Leadership Forum, featuring the top 50 infrastructure projects in Latin America, with a total enterprise value of nearly $40 Billion, and bringing together 500 of the world’s top infrastructure executives, will be held in Miami, from April 1-3, 2008.

“Latin America has grown at an average rate of nearly 5% for five years in a row, and we believe that the region is ready to – and must – triple its investment in infrastructure over the next few years,” said Norman F. Anderson, President & CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure, the Leadership Forum’s organizer. “As the world globalizes, these are the projects that are going to make Latin America ever-more successful in the global economy – and what better way to emphasize this progress than in Miami, the crossroads of Latin America.” Major infrastructure initiatives are underway in Mexico and Brazil.

Projects, Keynotes and Great Firms: 50 project developers from 17 countries will travel to Miami to present the best projects in the region, and to meet with finance, engineering/construction and technology/equipment executives. Along with project presenters, keynote speakers include,
Leaders of multilateral investment banks:
• Enrique Garcia, Executive President, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
• Harry Brautigam, President, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
• Yukiko Omura, Executive Vice President & Head, MIGA/World Bank Group, and
• Steven Puig, Vice President for the Private Sector, Inter-American Development Bank
Government officials:
• Eddy Martinez, Secretary for Export Promotion & Investment, Dominican Republic
• Karla Gonzalez Carvajal, Minister of Public Works & Transport, Costa Rica, and
• Carolina Renteria, Director General, National Planning Department, Colombia
• Stephen Poloz, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs & Chief Economist, Export Development Canada

A Dynamic Forum: The Leadership Forum brings projects to life for equipment sellers, technology firms, service providers, EPC firms and investors through more than 40 discrete sessions; 2,500+ pre-scheduled private meetings; 4 workshops; 1 CEO/Minister breakfast (hosted by MIGA), and two receptions. Project presentations include ten individual infrastructure sectors: energy; oil & gas; ports & logistics; water/wastewater; urban mass transit, mining & logistics; tourism; highways; digital infrastructure; and strategic projects – those that transform regional or state competitiveness.

Forum Sponsors: The 6th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum is sponsored by leading infrastructure, finance, and equipment/technology firms worldwide, including: Platinum sponsors Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), the Dominican Republic and Autopistas de Nordeste; Gold sponsors include: Banco do Brasil; CitiBank; Control Risks; Conduit Capital Partners; Export Development Canada (EDC); ESRI; MIGA/World Bank Group; NewLink Communications; Odebrecht; PanProjects, ProMéxico and the US Department of Energy.

To see the full agenda and participants’ roster, please click on: http://www.cg-la.com/lalf6.php.