Venue
Hilton Nashville Downtown
Hilton Nashville Downtown, 121 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201, US

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Event Date Tue May 21 EDT - Wed May 22 EDT (7 months ago)
Location Hilton Nashville Downtown
121 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201, US
Region Americas
Details

If you're seeking a streamlined route to discover fresh opportunities and forge new deals within the realm of US Infrastructure, then look no further. This year’s event boasts three streams, covering social and transportation infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and energy infrastructure across the United States. Enlist yourself amongst 300+ market leaders from developers, government entities, DOTs, institutional investors, banks, legal firms, and financial backers deeply entrenched within the US Infrastructure arena, and ensure 2024 is your most successful year yet. Expect to:

Identify deal opportunities: With key updates from lenders as interest rates level out, plus a closer look at how state DOTs are focusing their efforts in 2024

Maximise origination opportunities: Gain actionable recommendations to support your company strategy and get ahead of competitors. Find out what assets have profited the most from government support and subsidy over the last year

Connect with the right people, all in one-business trip: we curate event attendee lists with the most active dealmakers in US infrastructure finance plus our dedicated networking concierge provides personalised introductions to your most compatible partners

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Toks Omishakin
Secretary, CalSTA - California State Transportation Agency

Russell McMurry
Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation

Butch Eley
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Transportation

Reed Singer
Managing Director, Ullico Infrastructure Management Co.

Sia Kusha
Senior Vice President, Group Head Business Development & Partnering, Plenary Americas

Neil Shah
Executive Vice President - Major Projects, Keolis

Stephen Brich
Commissioner, Virginia Department of Transportation

Marlon Smith
Managing Partner, JLC Infrastructure

Beau Memory
President, Transurban - North America

Lawrence Cyrlin
Managing Director, KKR Capital Markets

Andrew Lin
Senior Director, Project Finance & Infrastructure, KBRA

Steven Carlini
Vice President, Innovation and Data Centers, Schneider Electric

Adam Hesketh
CEO, SH 130 Concession Company

Michael Obhof
Senior Managing Director, Ardian

Spencer Zakarin
Principal, Palistar Capital

Dolly Mirchandani
Partner, White & Case LLP

Matt Chambliss
Senior Vice President, Finance, Aligned Data Centers

Fritz Lark
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Brad Hardin
President, Diode Ventures

Noah Jolley
Director - Advisory, HNTB

Ricardo Bosch
VP NA, Cintra

Mehdi Khalili
Investment Strategist, Legal & General Investment Management

Yael Hayim
Director, ING Bank

Alex Bertram
Infrastructure Finance, Managing Director, ING Bank

Morteza Farajian
Executive Director, U.S. DOT - Build America Bureau

Neha Jatar
Managing Director, EQT Partners

Bob DeSantis
Chief Executive Officer, 365 Data Centers

Sameera Gadiyaram
Associate Director, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Jillian Ashley
Partner, A&O Shearman

Benjamin Krause
Partner, North America, 3i Group

Shannon Dominguez
Vice President, Carlyle

Paige Shapiro
Technical Assistance Advisor, US Department of Commerce

William Parry
Director, Infrastructure Investments, Fengate

Emeka Chinwuba
Partner, Cahill

Dhaval Shah
Director, Americas Financials, Infrastructure, and Alternative Assets Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Gregory Tan
Partner, Paul Hastings

Nicolas Rubio
Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Americas, Meridiam

Ryan Mallory
Chief Operations Officer, Flexential

Lorne Potash
Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Noah Tulsky
Partner, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Juan Macias
CEO, AlphaStruxure

Roelof Steenekamp
Managing Director - Global Infrastructure and Project Finance, Fitch Ratings

Cathy Basquel
Vice President, Tiger Infrastructure Partners

Jeremy Wolfe
Managing Director Technology, Media & Telecom Finance, First Citizens Bank

Victor Leung
Senior Vice President, Sector Lead, Project Finance, Morningstar DBRS

Anthony Phillips
Senior Managing Director, John Laing

Charles-Henry Lecointe
Head of Infrastructure Debt, North America, Legal & General Investment Management

Manoj Patel
Chief Financial Officer, The New Terminal One at JFK International Airport

Nanda Kamat
Managing Director - Project Finance, MUFG

Anthony Omokha
Managing Director, Ares Management

Amit Rikhy
President & CEO, CAG Holdings

Daniel Seltzer
Managing Director, MUFG

Aman Sareen
Vice President, Brookfield

Samuel Drummond
Vice President, Ares Management

Varun Sablok
Director, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Dan Watts
CEO, US Signal

Mark Schneider
President - East Region, Cordia Energy

Yeganeh Pakdaman
Senior Director, Infrastructure Debt, SLC Management

Saavan Gatfield
Managing Director, Business Development, Fitch Ratings

Allison Wisniewski
Vice President, Carlyle

Brett Lindsey
Chief Executive Officer, InVolta

Maura Murphy
Head of Production, Proximo

Tom Nelthorpe
Editor at large, Proximo

Thomas Hopkins
Deputy Editor, Proximo

Steven DeWitt
SVP BD, ACS Infrastructure Development

Jeff Ferry
Board Member, Elea Digital

Eddy Frances
Principal, Ares Management

David Strauss
Principal, Broadband Success Partners

Joel MacMillan
Chief Financial Officer, Boldyn Networks

Ayo Ayodele
Private Infrastructure, Partners Group

Syed Ahmed
Director, Metlife Investment Management

Brian Lash
Vice President, Grain Management

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

SPONSORS:
• A&O Shearman
• Cahill
• CIBC Capital Markets
• ING Bank
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Morningstar DBRS
• MUFG
• Paul Hastings

SUPPORTER:
• Altus Group
• Assured Guaranty
• CSC
• First Citizens Bank
• Fitch Ratings
• HNTB
• KBRA
• S&P Global
• White & Case

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• AIAI
• JSA
• Women's Infrastracture Network
• YPI