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Financial Times Asia Infrastructure Summit

ADB is pleased to be a Supporting Partner of the Summit, which will discuss the massive infrastructure challenges facing emerging and developed economies in Asia and the impact of the financial crisis on strategy, financing, and public-private partnerships.

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A decade of sustained growth and rapid urbanization in Asia has placed increasing strains on infrastructure in the region. According to various estimates, Asian countries will need to spend US$300 trillion to US$400 trillion between now and 2020 to address the growing demand for roads, ports, power generators, water and sanitation systems and other facilities.

As the financial crisis begins to slow down economic growth, governments in Asia are responding with new stimulus plans that place substantial emphasis on infrastructure development as a means to stave off recession.

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With an impressive line-up of infrastructure specialists, including ADB Vice-President Bindu Lohani, as well as senior FT journalists, the Asia Infrastructure Summit provides an unrivalled opportunity to network with key players in the infrastructure space, and explore and debate some of the most pressing issues of the day.

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Senior regulators, developers, investors, bankers, and planners

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• Carrie Lam, Secretary for Development, Hong Kong, China Government
• Bindu Lohani, Vice-President for Finance and Administration, ADB
• Anil Ahuja, Managing Director and Co-Head Asia, 3i
• Evan Auyang, Associate Principal, Travel, Infrastructure and Logistics,
• McKinsey & Co
• Indresh Batra, Vice Chairman, Jindal ITF
• Joe Chang, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
• Ameet Desai, Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Mundra Portand
• Special Economic Zone
• John Dorrian, Head of Infrastructure Investments, Asia Pacific, RREEF
• Daniel Liew, Asia Managing Partner, SJ Berwin
• Richard Little, Director, Keston Institute for Public Finance and
• Infrastructure Policy, University of Southern California
• Satish Mandhana, Managing Director, IDFC Private Equity
• Vijay Pattabhiraman, Managing Director, Asian Infrastructure Group, JP
• Morgan Asset Management
• Alejandro Perez, Senior Investment Officer, Infrastructure Department, IFC
• David Pilling, Asia Editor, Financial Times
• David Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Aedas
• Alan Schiffman, Partner, Project Finance, Energy and Infrastructure
• Development, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Anoop Seth, Co-Head of Asian Infrastructure, AMP Capital Investors
• Sharad Somani, Executive Director, Global Infrastructure & Projects Group,
• KPMG Corporate Finance
• Lynn Tho, Director, Project Finance, HSBC Singapore
• Andrew Yee, Co-Chief Executive, Standard Chartered IL&FS Infrastructure
• Growth Fund

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