Infrastructure PPPs Responding to Socio-Economic Demands
- Day 1, Monday, September 14, 2026
- 09:00-09:30
Registration and Networking
- 09:30-10:15
Opening Ceremony
- Opening Remark Hyungtai Kim, Senior Vice President, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Welcome Remark Jaesin Ko, Director General for Fiscal Investment, Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPB) of the Republic of Korea
- Keynote Presentation Bambang P. Brodjonegoro, Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
- Group Photo Session
- 10:15-10:30
Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:40
Session 1. Guest Presentations
- Moderator Jay-Hyung Kim, Visiting Senior Fellow, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Invited Guest Presentation 1 Paulo Magina, Head of Division, Infrastructure and Public Procurement, Directorate for Public Governance, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Invited Guest Presentation 2 Jae Hyung Kwon, Senior Country Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Korea Office
- Floor Q&A
- 11:40-12:40
Session 2. Korea’s Policy Direction for PPP Investment
- Moderator Kiwan Kim, Executive Director, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Presenter Sook Jin Kim, Director, PPP Policy Division, Ministry of Planning and Budget (MPB) of the Republic of Korea
- Discussant 1 Sangho Choo, Professor, Hongik University
- Discussant 2 Jeehyung Park, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
- Floor Q&A
- 12:40-14:00
Luncheon
- 14:00-15:30
Session 3. Infrastructure PPPs Responding to Socio-Economic Demands
- Moderator Hyeon Park, Professor, International School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul
- Presenter 1 Sungmin Han, Director, Division of Public-Private Partnerships, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Presenter 2 Rizza Blanco-Latorre, Undersecretary and Executive Director, Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines
- Presenter 3 Zeynep Ulas, Department Head of PPP Projects, Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Republic of T？rkiye
- Q&A and Open Discussion
- 15:30-15:50
Coffee Break
- 15:50-16:50
Session 4. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) PPP
- Presenter Helen Steward, Principal Markets Development Advisory Specialist, Office of Markets Development and Public-Private Partnership (OMDP), Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Q&A and Open Discussion
- 16:50-17:00
Wrap-up Day 1
- Moderator Kiwan Kim, Executive Director, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Day 2, Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- 09:00-09:30
Networking
- 09:30-10:30
Session 5. Mobilizing Private Investment for Emerging Infrastructure Priorities: The Role of Risk Mitigation and Guarantees
- Presenter Kyoung-ho Park, Head of Korea, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
- Q&A and Open Discussion
- 10:30-12:00
Session 6. Infrastructure PPPs as Governance Mechanisms That Create Long-Term Public Value
- Moderator Sidong Kim, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
- Presenter 1 Yu Namba, Professor, Toyo University, Japan
- Presenter 2 Govind Raj Pokharel, Professor and Former Vice-Chair, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal
- Presenter 3 Hyunki Yoon, Head Officer, Educational Research and Management Center (EDUMAC), Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI)
- Q&A and Open Discussion
- 12:00-13:00
Luncheon
- 13:00-14:30
Roundtable Discussion. Is PPP a Good Tool for Responding to Socio-Economic Infrastructure Demands?
- Moderator Byungsik Jung, Deputy Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
- Panelist A.M.P.C.T. Bandara, Chairman, National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB), Sri Lanka
- Tuon Sopheaphala, Deputy Director, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia
- Muhamadzarif Sharifzoda, Deputy Chairman, State Committee on Investments and State Property Management, Republic of Tajikistan
- Dina Irvina, Senior Public Finance Specialist, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
- Altai Khangai, Acting Director, Public-Private Partnership Center, Mongolia
- Hammad Shamimi, Secretary / Head, Ministry of Privatisation, Pakistan
- 14:30-14:50
Closing
- Concluding Remarks Takeo Koike, Head, Office of Markets Development and Public-Private Partnership (OMDP), Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Kiwan Kim, Executive Director, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- Byungsik Jung, Deputy Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
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