Verein PPP Schweiz

Topics of Interest

I. Financing Policies

Overall financing mechanisms
Impact of financial crisis on financing policies
Strategies to cope with financial crisis
Trend of revenues for infrastructure
Future directions of infrastructure financing

II: Financial Viability and Risk Analysis of PPP Projects

Criteria for financial viability
Risk sharing and robust maintenance policies
Impact of uncertainties
Life-cycle costs analysis
Optimization of toll rates
Risk sharing and robust maintenance policies

III: Design, Construction, and Operation of Infrastructure

Feasibility study
Design standards
Construction of managed lanes with existing right-of-way
Traffic control and management
Toll collection methods and facilities
Traffic prediction
Transportation logistics

IV: Legal Issues Related to PPPs

Review of existing laws and regulations for consistency with PPPs
Legal implications of PPPs
Changes needed
Issues pertinent to specific regions/countries

Important Dates

10/15/2012 Abstract due
10/31/2012 Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts
12/31/2012 Full paper due
02/15/2013 Notification of acceptance or rejection of papers

Call for Abstract

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of 300-500 words through the conference website. Any inquiries should be addressed to:

Dr. Zhong Wang
Email：ppp-china@dlut.edu.cn

For any further information, please visit the Conference Website or read the attachment: