2025 Visions, Insights & Perspective (VIP) Infrastructure

June 10 - 12, 2025 | Revere Hotel | Boston, MA

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VIP Infrastructure brings together institutional investors and investment managers who are actively investing in the infrastructure asset class or are exploring it for the future. The event will offer exclusive content, expert analysis and insightful perspectives.

VIP delivers a quality agenda that is marketing-free. IREI does not permit any side meetings, at any time during our scheduled program. Additionally, the attendee list shall not be utilized for marketing purposes, of any type, nor should it be used for distribution. These are both a violation of IRE's events policy and we reserve the right to rescind any future attendance. We trust you understand that these (and our related event policies) have always been designed to ensure we can create the kind of unique, special experience for all attendees we’ve always been known for.

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Registration Information:

Investment managers, & others: $3,495
Qualified Institutional Investor, Government Official & Consultants: Complimentary**

**The Qualified Institutional Investor registration category is reserved for individuals employed by a public, corporate or union pension fund organization, a foundation or endowment, or an insurance company with responsibility for infrastructure investment strategy or decision-making. A government official is defined as a federal, state, local or city-level government employee focused on the policy making, planning, and/or funding/financing of infrastructure projects, as well as legislators and their staff. This definition does not include pension/benefit plan administrators.

Investors interested in attending can contact Jorge Fernandez at j.fernandez@irei.com or +1 925-244-0500 Ext. 271.

IREI reserves the right to review the credentials and employment status of anyone registering for VIP Infrastructure. If an individual does not meet our criteria for any of the registration categories, we reserve the right to decline registration or enforce an additional registration fee. Registrations are not confirmed until a payment has been received where applicable.

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Cancellation Policy: All refund requests must be made in writing to Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI), directed via e-mail to IREI at events@irei.com. Cancellations received on/before May 1, 2025 are eligible for a full refund, less a $350 processing fee. Cancellations received between May 2, 2025 and May 15, 2025 are eligible for a 50% refund. Cancellations received after May 15, 2025 are not eligible for a refund. IREI does not offer credit to future events for the unrefunded portion of the registration fee unless you are a current sponsor of an IREI publication. If IREI decides to cancel this conference, IREI does not accept responsibility for airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants. If you selected an activity, the cost is included in your registration fee. Therefore, no additional cancellation fees are incurred for the activity when canceling registration.)

Agenda

*Preliminary agenda. Subject to change.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
3:00 pm	Registration opens
4:00 pm	Investor fireside chat mixer An interactive investor panel with speakers reviewing their investment programs and sharing what emerging trends they are focusing on. Moderator(s): Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Loren de Mey, CFA Senior Portfolio Manager, Strategic Investments, State Board of Administration of Florida Todd Lapenna Partner, StepStone Group
5:00 pm	Welcome reception light dinner/small plates
7:00 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
7:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am	Welcome and overview Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Tom Parker Executive Vice President and Publisher, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
9:00 am	A global perspective: The world as our readers see it A review of key themes and insights from our global editorial board meetings, which will set the stage for a panel discussion to examine global infrastructure trends and kick off our event. Moderator(s): Geoffrey Dohrmann Chairman & CEO, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Renaud de Matharel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cube Infrastructure Managers Ross Israel Head of Global Infrastructure, QIC David Son Head of Infrastructure Client Solutions, CBRE Investment Management
9:45 am	A global perspective: Roundtable discussions and group leader reports Each table will have a group leader as a facilitator and will have the option of picking one of several topics with related questions to discuss and examine global infrastructure trends. Moderator(s): Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
10:45 am	Break
11:15 am	Emerging U.S. federal government political trends: Defining new opportunities and risks for U.S. and global infrastructure Within the United States amid evolving political trends, what sectors and strategies will be new winners, and which ones are most at risk? Two big sectors we will examine include transportation and energy transition. We will touch on trends related to interest rates, costs and valuations How might U.S. political and policy trends impact global infrastructure investment opportunities? What are common global characteristics of investments of assets that will thrive in the world moving forward? Moderator(s): Geoffrey Dohrmann Chairman & CEO, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Gordon Bajnai CEO & Global Head of Infrastructure and Energy Transition, Campbell Lutyens Emil W. Henry, Jr. Founder & CEO, Tiger Infrastructure Partners John D. Porcari Managing Director for Public Policy & Partnerships, Investcorp Corsair Infrastructure Partners
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Lessons learned across strategies and sectors: Digital, energy, social infrastructure, transportation What are examples of investments that came up short of expectations? Where did things go wrong, and why? What red flags got missed? How are investors and managers approaching and managing these types of strategies and investments differently? Moderator(s): Aaron Vale, MFin, CFA, CAIA Instructor, Schulich School of Business, York University Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Alex Greenbaum Partner and Head of Active Core Infrastructure, EQT Infrastructure Omar Jaffrey Founder & Managing Partner, Palistar Capital LP Allison Kingsley Founder & Partner, NOVA Infrastructure John Ma Partner, Co-Head of North America, Igneo Infrastructure Partners
2:00 pm	Global capital flow trends: Impact on markets, funds and investors In a world dominated by megafunds, what are the unique opportunities and risks for middle-market assets and managers? Has the megafund market peaked? Why or why not? What do IRE.IQ data illustrate about investor allocations and future market trends? What risks might be over appreciated or underappreciated that investors might want to reconsider, and why? What are some of the best strategies and sectors moving forward, and why? Moderator(s): Tom Parker Executive Vice President and Publisher, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Mark B. Florian Partner – Head of GIP Mid-Market Funds, Global Infrastructure Partners, a Part of BlackRock Irene Mavroyannis Managing Director, Co-Global Head of Business Development for Infrastructure, Partners Group Hillary Ripley Head of Infrastructure Business Development - North America, Schroders Greencoat George So Managing Partner, Instar Asset Management Inc.
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Debt trends: Financing and emerging trends for investors How do investors feel about alternative financing models such as net asset value financing (NAV loans), subscription line financing and GP-led secondaries? What are the benefits and risks of such financing models? Are they helping investors achieve meaningful liquidity? Given political, economic and inflation uncertainty in today’s markets, what types of debt strategies should investors consider, and why? What role is structuring playing in providing new capital to funds and increasing investor participation in debt and equity strategies? Moderator(s): Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Nick Cleary Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure Reynold Martin, CFA Founder & Managing Partner, Percival Oak Advisors, LLC Desi Perez Mayo Executive Director, Head of Fund Finance CBA Americas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Albert Tan Partner and Co-Head of Fund Finance, Haynes Boone
4:00 pm	Wrap-up Tying the day’s themes, trends and insights together to prepare for the final day. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
4:15 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Depart hotel for off-site reception & dinner Reception & dinner 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday, June 12, 2025
8:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Evaluating opportunities in co-investments and secondaries Compare and contrast tradeoffs between co-investment options and secondary investments: A look at the benefits and conflicts of each approach What are the benefits and trade-offs of co-investment and secondary approaches? What are common co-investment structures and terms, and how to they compare with emerging trends in secondaries related to pricing, size and liquidity in the secondary market? What are some of the best practices to evaluate co-investment and secondary strategies? Moderator(s): Mark Weisdorf Managing Partner, Mark Weisdorf Associates Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Ryan Barnes Managing Partner, ERA Partners LLC Kevin J. Chang Partner, Infrastructure Secondaries, Ares Management Melissa Ding Director, BlackRock
9:45 am	Evaluating opportunities in co-investments and secondaries: Roundtable discussions and group leader reports Moderator(s): Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
10:30 am	Advisory board and program wrap-up A summary of themes, trends and insights for you to reflect on from this event. Moderator(s): Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Ying Lin Principal, Stepstone Group Loren de Mey Senior Portfolio Manager, Strategic Investmentsr, State Board of Administration of Florida
10:45 am	Closing remarks & thank you Speaker(s) and Panelist(s): Geoffrey Dohrmann Chairman & CEO, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Jorge Fernandez Managing Director, Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Kali Persall Editor, Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
11:00 am	Adjourn