Port Finance International Mexico 2015

Day 1 – Tuesday 16th June 2015 

• 08.30 - Registration & Welcome Coffee 
• 09.20 - Welcome Remarks 
• 09.30 - Opening Keynote Speech 
  • Guillermo Deister, Director of the Strategic Planning Unity for Ports & Maritime, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & TRANSPORT (SCT) 

SESSION 1: TRANPORT, PORTS AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 

• 10.00 - Regional Situation in Port Logistics, Competitiveness and Infrastructure 
  • Jorge Duran, Chief of the Secretariat, INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON PORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 
• 10.30 - State of Latin American & Caribbean Ports: Integration and Logistic Collaboration, Challenges, Barriers and Regional Case Studies  
  • Octavio Doerr, Port Specialist – Infrastructure Service Unit, ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (UN-ECLAC) 
• 11.00 - Recent Trends Observed in the Shipping and Port Industries 
  • Michel Donner, Senior Advisor, DREWRY 
• 11:30 - Coffee Break Kindly Sponsored by Miranda & Estavillo 

SESSION 2: MEXICAN PORT DEVELOPMENTS & INVESTMENTS 

• 12.00 - Keynote: Vision for Mexican Ports and the Ports Sector
  • Fernando Gamboa, Director of Development & Ports Administration, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & TRANSPORT (SCT) 
• 12.15 - Matamoros Port Terminal: Key to Strengthen Mexican Ports Infrastructure & Economy  
  • Vicente Saint Martin, General Director, TAMAULIPAS PORTS AUTHORITY 
• 12.35 - Port of Veracruz Expansion & the Importance for the Development of the City and the Region  
  • Jorge Antonio Miranda, Director of Project Engineering, VERACRUZ PORT AUTHORITY  
  • Jorge Enrique Baños, Assistant Director of Project Development and Execution, VERACRUZ PORT AUTHORITY 
• 12.55 - Development & Infrastructure of the Port of Manzanillo 
  • Jorge Bustos Espino, General Director, MANZANILLO PORT AUTHORITY 
• 13.15 - Port of Chiapas, Challenges & Opportunities, The Way for he Especial Economic Zone & Agropark 
  • Edgar Reyes Gonzalez, General Director, MADERO (CHIAPAS) PORT AUTHORITY 
• 13.35 - Discussion – Q&A 
• 13:45 - Lunch Break 

SESSION 3: INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AND INVESTMENTS 

• Moderator: Stefan Blum, Director Representative Office Mexico, DEG 
• 15.00 - Case Study: The IFC Experience
  • Diana Ruan, Investment Officer, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC) 
• 15.20 - Market Demand & Port Connectivity Infrastructure Requirements – APP Investment Opportunities 
  • Jaime Aguilar, General Director, ATOP 
• 15.45 - Future Investment Challenges for Mexico  
  • Sergio Montano, Executive Director, MCBAINS COOPER Mexico 
• 16:10 - Coffee Break Kindly Sponsored by Miranda & Estavillo 
• 16.30 PANEL DISCUSSION 
  • Alternative Financing Schemes 
  • Applying PPP Schemes for Port Financing 
  • Development Capital Certificates (CKD) 
  • Moderator: Stefan Blum, Director Representative Office Mexico, DEG 
    • Othon Perez, Infrastructure Director, CH2M 
    • Ignacio Garcia de Presno, Partner – Infrastructure & Project Financing, PWC Mexico 
    • Luis A. Arizaga, Head of Acquisitions, MACQUARIE MEXICAN INFRAESTRUCTURE FUND 
    • Carlos Mier y Terán, Deputy Director of Ports, Airports and Tourism Projects,BANOBRAS 
• 17.30 - Q&A – Discussion 
• 18.00 - Summary Notes and Close of Day 1 followed by Networking Drinks Reception until 19.00 

Day 2 – Wednesday 17th June 2015 

• 08:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee 
• 09.10 Welcome Remarks 
  • Moderator: Rodolfo Sabonge, Independent Expert Consultant, MCKINSEY & COMPANY 

SESSION 4: IMPACT OF THE ENERGY REFORM, PORT DIVERSIFICATON & CONNECTIVITY 

• 09.15 - Challenges faced by Mexico in the Exploitation of Deepwater Hydrocarbons
  • Oscar Valle Molina, Program Coordinator for Exploitation of Deep Water Fields, Alianza FiiDEM 
• 09.45 Update on Pemex, the Energy Reform and Impact on Port Needs 
  • Javier Vergara, Advisor – Office of the CEO, PEMEX 
• 10.15 - Development of Port Infrastructure and Operations 
  • Julio Martinez, President, AMIP 
• 10.45 - Ports’ Growth & Logistic Worth of Off-Dock infrastructure 
  • Arturo Cors, Business & Institutional Relations Director, CICE GROUP 
• 11.15 - Interconnectivity: Rail Services to the Mexican Ports  
  • Iker de Luisa Plazas, General Director, MEXICAN RAIL ASSOCIATON (AMF) 
• 11:45 - Coffee Break 

SESSION 5: COMMERCIAL & LEGAL ASPECTS 

• 12.15 - The New Mexican Ports Regulatory Structures & Regulatory Risks
  • Hugo Cruz Valdés, Attorney and Institutional Liaison – Assistant General Director, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & TRANSPORT (SCT) 
• 12.45- Cabotage Navigation Activities which Support the Energy Sector & the Related National and Foreign Investments and Tax Aspects  
  • Cristina Sánchez Urtiz, Partner, MIRANDA & ESTAVILLO, S.C. 
• 13.15 - The Shipping Agents Vision of the Mexican Ports 
  • Francisco J. Orozco Mendoza, President, AMANAC 
• 13:45 - Lunch Break 

SESSION 6: REGIONAL MEGA & SPECIAL PROJECTS 

• 14.45 - Maritime Infrastructure Development in the Central American Region and Caribbean 
  • Rodolfo Sabonge, Independent Expert Consultant, MCKINSEY & COMPANY 
• 15.15 - New Canal & Corridor Projects 
  • Mexico’s Transoceanic Corridor: It’s Importance for Mexican Foreign Commerce and for the economic and social development of the region 
  • Infrastructure & Development of the Logistic Corridor of the Tehuantepec Isthmus: The Salina Cruz Port Perspective 
  • Panama Canal Further Expansion 
    • Ovidio Noval Nicolau, General Director, COATZACOALCOS PORT AUTHORITY 
    • Angel Perez Cantu, General Director, SALINA CRUZ PORT AUTHORITY 
    • Luis Ferreira, Supervisor & Specialist in Communications and Historic Documentation, Vice-presidency of Engineering and Programs Administration, PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY 
• 16:45 - Discussion – Q&A 
• 17:15 - Summary Notes and Close of Conference