Project Finance: The Tutorial
July 18-19, 2005 - Park Avenue Tower - New York, NY
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The Best Available Introduction to Project Finance for Developers, Lenders and Other Project Participants

• How should you identify, evaluate and allocate the risks in your project to maximize its financeability?

• Structuring projects to maximize your flexibility, liquidity and profits

• Getting the information, support and the deal you need from engineers, construction firms and environmental permitting experts

• Sourcing your project?s debt?understanding the risk appetites and requirements of commercial banks, export credit agencies and the international capital markets

• Get the benefit of real world experience via case studies of power financings

Project Finance: The Tutorial has been rated for a decade as the best introductory course on project finance available to developers, financiers, attorneys, utility representatives and vendors. Revamped for the new realities of 2005, it offers in-depth sessions on today?s hottest financing trends and risk management strategies for financing energy and other projects. Hearing the lessons learned by active participants in many of the top project financings of 2004 and 2005 enhance the learning experience. Register today!

Topics Include:

• Risk Identification and Project Structure
• The Fundamentals of Project Finance
• The Contractor's Perspective On Construction, Completion and Performance Risk
• Fixed-price turnkey construction contracts?what kind of pricing and other terms can you expect in today?s market?
• The Due Diligence Process: The Role Of The Independent Engineer In Project Financings
• Environmental Review Process
• Creating A Successful Project Structure: Identifying and Mitigating Risk
• Helpful Hints In Structuring Your Project and Getting Financed
• Financing Renewable Projects
• Project Financing Case Study II - Choloma III ?Setting the New Standard?
• Issues in Sourcing Capital and Financial Analysis
• Loan Requirements & Today's Commercial Bank Lending Environment
• Role of Private Equity
• Utilizing Insurance Products To Facilitate Financings
• Role of Credit Ratings In Project Financed Transactions

Distinguished Speakers:

Dino Barajas, Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
David Williams, Director, Sales, Power Business Line, Fluor Corporation
Hope Hartley Slidstone, Executive Consultant, Stone & Webster Mgmt. Consultants, Inc.
Maria Mato, Latin America Development Manager, Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Cheryl Karpowicz, Vice President, Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Terry A. Newendorp, Chairman and CEO, Taylor-DeJongh, Inc.
Anthony Ianno, Managing Director, Co-Head of the Americas, Energy & Utilities, HSBC
Gregory Tan, Senior Attorney, Shearman & Sterling
Christopher Stolarski, Senior Vice President, Project Finance, UFJ Bank
Christopher J. McCall, Vice President, Fortis Capital Corp.
Peter Capitelli, Sr. VP - Project & International Finance, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Stephen Schaefer, Managing Director, Riverstone LLC
Bob Percopo, Senior Vice President, Investments, AIG Global Energy
Terry Pratt, Dir., Standard & Poor?s US Utilities, Energy & Project Finance, S & P
Gary Coppedge, President, IBC Ltd., Inc.

Post-Conference Workshop

Post-Conference Workshop - Developing a Financeable International Project - Tuesday, July 19 - 1:00 - 5:00 pm

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