PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE 2008

PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
23–24 JANUARY 2008
SHAPING OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
A WARM WELCOME TO THE SHOW
Knowledge and contacts – PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE is the leading
event for practitioners and players in the public and private infrastructure
sector. At the premiere of PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
in September 2006 a line-up of 140 speakers and 60 exhibitors
attracted an audience of more than 1,000 politicians, public administrators
and business leaders.
The themes for January 2008 are as follows:
Innovative strategies and solutions
for the fi nancing, construction, management and operation
of public infrastructure projects
Together with our sponsoring partners we warmly invite you to join
us in January.
HERE YOU’LL MEET DECISION-MAKERS AND MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONALS FROM
Local authorities
– Council leaders, mayors
– City managers and treasurers
– Heads of department
National and regional government
– Ministers, secretaries of state, heads of department
(Transport, Finance, Economic Affairs, Environment, etc.)
Muncipal undertakings (local public transport, utilities and
waste disposal)
Construction industry
Auditors and management consultants
Financial service providers and lawyers
Engineers and technical service providers
BY PRACTITIONERS, FOR PRACTITIONERS
Civil
engineering projects
Event organizer:
Road
construction projects
THE CONGRESS PROGRAM
Strategy
COME AND HEAR TOP-NOTCH SPEAKERS SUCH AS
Peer Steinbrück, Federal Minister of Finance
Ulrich Potthast, Director of Finance of the Joint Local Government
Agency for the Simplification of Administrative Procedures (KGSt)
Roland Schäfer, Vice President of the German Federation of
Municipalities (DStGB), Mayor of the City of Bergkamen
Stephan Weil, President of the Association of Municipal
Undertakings (VKU), Mayor of the City of Hannover
Hans Rat, President of the International Union of Public
Transport (UITP)
Experts from administration, science and academia and the
private business sector
Politicians from Europe and the Russian Federation
MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST FOR CONGRESS
PARTICIPANTS IN 2006
83 %
Public Private Partnership
49 %
Optimizing the management of public infrastructures
33 %
Making contact with potential business partners
43 %
Establishing new business relationships
Local public transport
Optimization of management and operation
PPP and private infrastructure financing
International infrastructure solutions and projects
Partner:
Platinum sponsor: Gold sponsor:
Utilities and
waste disposal
100 %
100 %
100 %
100 %