Program

Day 1

Welcome and opening remarks

Message from PNG High Commissioner

• His Excellency John Ma’o Kali, PNG’s High Commission to Australia

Opening address

• The Hon. James Marape MP, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea*

Keynote address

• Saul Eslake, Economist, on global trends in trade an investment and how they will affect  Papua New Guinea. Includes Q&A with online audience.

Economic update

Papua New Guinea’s foreign investment regime/FDI update

• Clarence Hoot, Managing Director, PNG Investment Promotion Authority*

Mining update

• Craig Jones, Chief Operating Officer PNG, Newcrest Mining

Interactive Panel: Understanding PNG’s investment climate

• Wayne Osterberg, Director, Advisory Services, KPMG
• Ian Tarutia, CEO, Nasfund
• Robin Fleming, CEO, BSP Financial Group

Running a business in PNG: the voice of experience

• Stan Joyce, Chairman, SP Brewery
• Syd Yates, Managing Director, Kina Asset Management Ltd

Agribusiness opportunities in PNG’s Markham Valley

• Christian Reichel, Operations Officer, IFC

Day 2

Welcome and opening remarks

Keynote address

• Alfonso Garcia Mora, Vice President — Asia and Pacific, IFC

Telecommunications: what’s next?

• Ronald Prasad, Chief Commercial Director, Vodafone Fiji, on the company’s rollout plans in Papua New Guinea
• Paul Komboi, CEO, PNG Dataco — update on PNG’s national telecommunications infrastructure

Connect PNG: PNG’s national infrastructure project

• David Wereh, Secretary, Department of Works and Implementation*

A new strategy for Papua New Guinea’s ports

• Fego Ota Kiniafa, Managing Director, PNG Ports

Turning Lae into a regional shipping hub

• Robert Maxwell, CEO, ICTSI South Pacific

Developing infrastructure in PNG’s provinces

• John Byrne, President, Lae Chamber of Commerce (Morobe), on infrastructure development in Lae
• Peter KenGemar, Project Director, Ihu Special Economic Zone

Trends in PNG’s real estate sector

• Mathew Care, Managing Director, Digital Classifieds Group/Haus Ples

Interactive Panel: Investing in infrastructure in PNG

• David Hill, PNG Country Director, Asian Development Bank
• Robert Jauncy, Chief Investment Officer, Australian Infrastructure Finance Facility for the Pacific
• David Hatch, Juliette Bayking (Senior PPP/Project Finance Advisor) and Brian Tarmey (Lead Finance Specialist and Transaction Advisor), USAID — PNG Electrification Parnership)

Day 3

Welcome and opening remarks

Oil and gas: the major projects

• Wapu Sonk, Managing Director, Kumul Petroleum*
• Peter Larden, Managing Director, ExxonMobil PNG*

Keynote address

• Wayne Gerard, (Chief Entrepreneur for Queensland) and Barbara-Anne Bensted (KPMG Australia’s Partner Digital Delta), on how large corporates and SMEs can work successfully together.

Electricity: new regulator, new opportunities

• Managing Director, PNG Power
• National Energy Authority Representative*

Case study

• Michael Uiari, CEO, Niupower, on being an independent power producer for PNG

Towards 2050: the rising importance of renewable energy

• Solar Industry Association Representative
• Sean Whitaker, Principal Renewable Energy Specialist, IFC

Interview: Innovation and leadership in the time of COVID-19

• Greg Pawson, CEO, Kina Bank

Expanding Papua New Guinea’s capital markets

• David Lawrence, Chairman, PNGX

Interactive Panel: the development of PNG’s SME’s sector

• Mahesh Patel, Director, CPL Group
• Sylvia Pascoe, Pascoe Promotions
• Vani Nades, Managing Director, Emstret Holdings

Closing remarks

* Invited