CG/LA - Infrastructure - Global Infrastructure and Competitiveness Leadership

6th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum
"Building the Region's Global Network for
Competitiveness & Opportunity"
April 1st - 3rd, 2008
Miami, FL

The Top 50 Strategic Infrastructure Projects in Latin America!

Platinum Sponsor:

"CABEI is the bank of the Central-Americans, integrated by regional and non-regional member countries, who promote the progress and integration of the region in order to contribute to the conformation of a highly productive group of nations that can be positioned in a competitive and successful way into the new international economic order”, says Doctor Harry Brautigam, president of CABEI.

El centro de exportación e inversión de la republica dominicana tendrá como misión la promoción y fomento de las exportaciones dominicanas y las inversiones, a fin de impulsar la inserción competitiva del país en los mercados internaciones de bienes y servicios.

Gold Sponsors:

Citi Agency & Trust offers a full spectrum of corporate trust services including Accounts Bank, Security Trustee, Collateral Agent and Distribution Agent to support project finance transactions, regardless of funding source, in a wide variety of geographies. Project finance and infrastructure development deals place huge demands on sponsors, developers, suppliers and financiers. The support of an experienced corporate trust provider is vital. Our unique combination of local presence, global capabilities and unrivaled transaction expertise ensures the efficient execution of project finance transactions of all kinds.

With a skilled and highly cohesive unit in place, the formation of Conduit Capital Partners became the natural platform to ensure a smooth transition for clients and continue a commitment to Latin Power investing. After establishing a reputation in the Latin American power industry and posting over ten year superior performance record, Conduit is poised to build on its record and pursue additional opportunities with a heightened sense of pledge and purpose.

Control Risks is an independent, specialist risk consultancy with 18 offices on five continents. We provide advice and services that enable companies, governments and international organisations to accelerate opportunities and manage strategic and operational risks.

EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, offering innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC’s knowledge and partnerships are used by 6,400 Canadian companies and their global customers in up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is financially self-sustaining and is a recognized leader in financial reporting, economic analysis and has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for seven consecutive years.

ESRI designs and develops the world's leading geographic information system (GIS) technology. GIS is an important tool—one that helps shape the world around us.

As a member of the World Bank Group, MIGA's mission is to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries to help support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives.

Odebrecht is a Brazilian business conglomerate with international standards of quality. Founded in 1944, the Group is present in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. In 2005 the Group had recorded revenues of R$ 23.4 billion.

A highly effective public relations and communications firm, NewLink Communications Group offers strategic counseling, expertise and unsurpassed results in multicultural environments across the Americas.

Panalpina is one of the world’s leading providers of forwarding and logistics services, specializing in intercontinental air freight and ocean freight supply chain management solutions.