Conference program
Please find below the provisional conference program
Wednesday 20th January 2010
08.00 - 09.00 Participant registration and Seats to be taken for Opening Ceremony
09.00 – 10.00 Arrival of VIP
10.00-10.15: Official Opening ceremony Arrival of Representative of Head of State
Session 1: Plenary Opening Remarks - Key Speakers:
- Welcome speech and sector issues by H.E. Michael Ngako Tomdio, Minister of Energy and Water Resources
- Development Vision for Cameroon by H.E. Minister Motaze of The Economy, Planning and Development
- Financing issues for the Government and lenders:
- H.E. The Minister of Finance – Macroeconomic Policy facilitation and incentives for infrastructure investments in Cameroon
- Senior representative of the AfDB
- Senior Representative of the World Bank Group (IBRD/IDA/IFC)
- Senior representative of EximBank China
- Solemn address by The Representative of The Head of Sate of The republic of Cameroon
- H.E. The Minister of Finance – Macroeconomic Policy facilitation and incentives for infrastructure investments in Cameroon
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
11.00- 12.30: Session 2 Investments & outlook for Cameroon Power sector Generation, Transmission and Distribution Presentations on:
- Framework for Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
- Investment opportunities in Mega power projects (planned and ongoing)–
- Hydro Power (EDC, MINEE, Rio Tinto Alcan)
- Gas to Power (SNH/KPDC, EUROIL LTD)
- Transmission and Distribution (MINEE, ARSEL, AER, AES SONEL)
- Regional interconnection/power pools (MINEE, etc)
- The case for the renewable/green power (Biofuels and grid connected opportunity) - The MOST ETHANOL Ltd & MINEE 30.
Lunch break
13.45 – 15.30: Session 3 – Investment outlook on water projects
- PPP in water sector:
- Status of Privatization of Public Utility Company
- Investments in Urban sector envisaged under PPP
- Rural water policy and Investment opportunities
- Experience in other regions of Africa: SADC, MENA
15.45 -16.00: Coffee break
16.15 -17.30 Session 4 Summary of first day / Questions and answers
17.45 End of day 1
20.00 Evening and Gala Dinner offered by The Government of Cameroon (on invitation only)
Thursday 21st January 2010
09.00 Chairman opening remarks
9.15 – 11.30 Session 5 Upstream Oil & gas Cameroon Opportunities and Practice (MINIMIDT, SNH, OPERATORS - TOTAL, PECTEN, RUROIL LTD, etc
- Update on Cameroon E&P sector (policy, exploration and production)
- Technologies, human capacity (local) and costs associated with increasing production from mature fields
- Gas to market Development strategy/options for Offshore Cameroon
- Opportunities for new entrants into oil and gas (power, LNG, fertilisers, etc)
- Social/Corporate responsibilities - Delivering Social and local content responsibilities
11.30-11.45: Coffee break
11.45-12.30 Session 6: Performance of Transnational projects – lessons learned from Chad Cameroon Pipeline project (local capacity involvement, environmental/social monitoring, revenue to Cameroon; etc)
12.30-13.30: Lunch break
13.45- 15.00 Session 7: Developing suitable financing mechanisms for Cameroon Energy & Water Infrastructure
- Estimate of financing requirements for energy and water (low vrs. High economic growth)
- Options for financing and policy support
- Experience of fund mechanisms (Development Banks)
- The role of financial markets
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.45-16.00: Session 8: Round Table Discussion: the Policy options for Cameroon Energy & Water development
16.00-16.30 Press conferences on Closing remarks and concluding remarks and next steps
19:00-22:00 Closing Gala / Cocktail