In these keynote interviews, hear from a range of CEOs as they discuss their vision, strategies, and institutional challenges. The session will also delve into the evolution of export, development and project finance markets, the role of new market entrants and partnerships, the integration of sustainability and ESG in financing decisions, and innovations in technology frontier financing and new financing structures.

This session will analyse the latest trends and innovations around project structures and discuss the perceived imbalance between infrastructure demand and capital supply:

• What challenges do local currency finance present?
• Are there any new technologies available to streamline deal flow?
• How can multilaterals work alongside the private financing sector to help better align pools of capital?

This session gathers DFI executives to consider how DFIs can better attract institutional investment in emerging markets, the role of innovative financing in bridging the infrastructure funding gap, and the impact of interest rates and inflation on development and impact finance. The session will also highlight practical case studies of successful private capital mobilisation in sectors such as climate finance, energy transition, social infrastructure, digital connectivity, and emerging market infrastructure.

In this keynote, Denmark’s Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs will share the nation’s vision for driving economic growth, advancing international trade, and accelerating the energy transition

·       Examining the current state of the market

·       Understanding key investment drivers and barriers

·       Analysing the evolution of policy and regulation under the new administration

We examine the growth of private market insurance and reinsurance in development finance, with particular focus on innovative risk transfer mechanisms and portfolio syndication platforms. We consider a multitude of products, from credit and political risk insurance to partial risk guarantees and climate risk insurance. 

Join us for a hands-on workshop where we unpack how artificial intelligence is reshaping workflows, credit analysis, and decision-making across export, development, and project finance. Drawing from real-world experiments and industry use cases, we’ll explore how to get the most out of AI tools—starting with how to write better prompts.
This session shares first-hand findings on using AI to streamline operations, enhance customer interactions, and support complex assessments in emerging markets. Together, we’ll test what works (and what doesn’t), explore prompt structures that yield actionable insights, and build confidence in applying AI responsibly across compliance, ESG, and risk review processes. We’ll also take a hard look at what not to automate—discussing data privacy, model bias, and the human judgment still needed in this evolving space. Whether you're an AI novice or already experimenting, come prepared to learn, question, and try your hand at practical prompting for real-world challenges.

Denmark is a small, open economy. The country's renewable energy, shipping, and niche manufacturing sectors are global leaders, generating over 95% of revenue internationally. This session will explore how Danish companies have scaled globally, rebalanced shifting geopolitical dynamics and maintained a balance between regional and global markets. Lessons from past economic challenges, such as the Cold War and the use of tariffs, will be discussed. Additionally, the session will examine Denmark’s role in strengthening energy security, securing global trade routes, and sourcing critical minerals within Europe. Lastly, the importance of finance to navigate an evolving geopolitical landscape will be highlighted.

Digital infrastructure is taking Europe by storm, with the trilogy of data centres, fibre, and towers taking centre stage. We break down this crucial sector, considering:

• Can demand for data keep up with how quickly we can deploy new assets?
• Are telecom companies having issues with raising debt?  Size matters: evaluating the hyperscalers vs co-location data centers
• Finding megawatts: navigating the bottlenecks around availability and price of electricity. Examining the state of data center PPA’s
• How do the issues around net zero and sustainability affect investor outlooks?
• Will we see a fiber market consolidation? What are the trends around asset valuations?
• What are the key takewayays from towers maturing as an asset class that we can extrapolate to fiber and data centers?
• Examining recent tower and fiber M&A and refinancings
• Evaluating the role of PPP’s in the future of fiber investment

In these exclusive interviews ECA CEOs share their strategic priorities, coverage updates, and innovation within in export finance. Key topics will include the role of ECAs in supporting renewable energy projects, financing structures for new technologies, emerging support, and the shift towards financing in high-income countries.

We gather leading investors in the project finance space to consider:

• How do investors view the evolution of risk/reward dynamics across different asset classes?
• What role do infrastructure funds have to play in the sustainable and green energy transition? What are the key opportunities private investors should be stepping in to support?
• How do investors approach varying geographical markets?
• Examining the investor view and appetite for US renewables
• Has fundraising become harder? If so, why?

This focused roundtable brings together key stakeholders from Team Sweden to explore innovative approaches to export, project and development finance, infrastructure development, and international collaboration.

The cruise industry once again tops the export finance activity charts, riding waves of innovation and record-breaking deals. With multi billion ECA-backed deals on the horizon, we explore how the evolution of export finance is transforming the cruise industry.

Türkiye's leaders share insight into international trade and infrastructure development, focusing on financing opportunities, cross-border partnerships, and inbound investment potential. Key areas include major infrastructure initiatives such as railway projects and urban development, international trade and project finance, and Türkiye's integration with regional trade corridors and logistics networks.

As mandates increasingly align towards ESG projects, climate finance and UN SDGs, the convergence between ECAs and DFIs has never been more critical. This session explores how enhanced collaboration between these institutions is revolutionizing project and development finance.

Shipping is essential to global trade but also a major emitter—if it were a country, it would rank sixth in global emissions. As fossil fuels remain central to the sector, the challenge is clear: how can shipping transition to greener practices without sacrificing profitability? This session explores how economic interests and sustainability goals can align, focusing on ECA-based financing as a practical tool. It will spotlight real-world efforts like the Blue Astra Maritime project, showing how green shipping can be both achievable and economically sound. Join this candid discussion on financing solutions and collaborative strategies for a sustainable shipping future.

Pangea-Risk's CEO opens Day Two with an interactive country risk workshop on some of the world's most dynamic markets for export, development, and project finance. 

- What is the impact of shifting western foreign & trade policies for Frontier & Emerging Markets? 

- Which of these markets are proving more resilient and offer sustained commercial opportunities? 

- How can we implement effective strategies to mitigate against country risks around the world? 

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We explore the convergence of climate finance, net zero strategies, and energy transition with C-level executives from DFIs, ECAs, government representatives, secretaries of state, and leaders from climate funds and philanthropic organizations. The panel will look at collaborative strategies driving sustainable change, identifying effective tools and frameworks for achieving net zero targets and driving the global energy transition.

Evaluating transactions in the last year: structures, deal volume, key players

• How do investors see new energy carriers? At what point will they start getting comfortable with the risks?
• What role do ECAs and DFIs play in covering in technology risk?
• What levels of institutional commitments and guarantees can the industry expect going forward?
• How do you provide cover and what kind of cover product can ECAs offer to enable the progress Can these technologies co-exist with batteries in the long term, or is it one or the other? 
• Examining emerging offtake markets for new fuels, and exploring the risks around transportation and storage

This high-level session brings together ministers and leaders from Africa and the Middle East, alongside DFIs and ECAs, to drive transformative change across both regions. We emphasise the integration of local partners, considering key priorities from project pipelines to critical infrastructure. The panel is tasked with building practical, replicable solutions to enhance project bankability and advance sustainable infrastructure development across Africa and the Middle East.

This session considers the key macro themes in core infrastructure: infra modernization, rapid urbanization, policy and regulation trends, themes around sustainable development, green and resilient infrastructure:

• Evaluating the current project landscape
• Analysing innovative financing models and trends around structures and financial instruments employed to finance projects
• How do debt and equity players currently see infrastructure?
• Discussing the role of international cooperation and DFIs in the global infrastructure development landscape

In these keynote interviews, hear from a range of CEOs as they discuss their vision, strategies, and institutional challenges. The session will also delve into the evolution of export, development and project finance markets, the role of new market entrants and partnerships, the integration of sustainability and ESG in financing decisions, and innovations in technology frontier financing and new financing structures.

We Examine key macro trends (energy demand, power prices, interest rates, data centres, electrification, grid capacity/transmission, push for energy independence) and their impact on project economics:

• Are lenders on a trajectory of getting comfortable with merchant risk?
• What does growing power demand mean for meeting net zero? Who can provide cover for PPAs with non-investment grade offtakers?
• What innovative products can lenders offer developers to help offset the lengthening supply chain lead times? Do supply chain pains call for supply chain finance and project finance convergence?
• We examine the latest trends in renewables M&A

We turn the spotlight onto the evolving landscape of climate and development finance in emerging markets, focusing on innovative financial structures and mechanisms that accelerate climate action, net zero, and SDGs. Key topics include opportunities for impact investment in EMs, challenges that investors face when entering these markets, solutions for climate and development financing, and the critical role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) when mobilising private capital into EMs. 

The borrower’s forum is an invite only discussion conducted under Chatham House Rules. We will focus on best practices for leveraging ECA products, navigating regulatory challenges, and balancing risk and return in project finance. Additionally, we will explore innovative financing solutions, including blended and green financing options, while analysing current market trends and the economic outlook.

In these exclusive interviews, ECA CEOs share their strategic priorities, coverage updates, and innovation within in export finance. Each interview offers a deep dive into the leader’s approach to overcoming market challenges and their vision for the future of export finance.

In this session, we focus on the Nordic offshore wind sector, evaluating trends around non-recourse financing and considering the impact of global supply chains, interest rates and commodity prices on project economics:

• How do equity investors and lenders see the sector?
• Evaluating trends around non-recourse financing
• Examining the impact global supply chains, interest rates and commodity prices have on project economics
• What impact do increasing project lifecycles have on long-term lending?
• Floating vs fixed: examining advantages, challenges, and potential
• What’s next? Identifying the key new growth markets for offshore wind development

This panel explores how ECAs, DFIs, private market insurers, commercial banks, and project developers can collaborate to unlock critical infrastructure projects in emerging markets. We will focus on innovative financing solutions, practical approaches to overcoming barriers to financial close, and mobilising private capital through blended finance and new partnership models. We highlight the role of insurance and reinsurance in syndications and liquidity provision. Concluding with an assessment of the growing convergence between export, project, and development finance asset classes - and what this means for future deal structuring and collaboration across the ecosystem. 

We gather active dealmakers to discuss their projects and opportunities across Africa, showcasing key critical infrastructure projects, power sector reforms, renewable energy developments, transport and logistics, water, health, social and digital infrastructure. We discuss the latest on the 95% cover rule and what it means for project viability and local banks, alongside collaboration between African DFIs and international EDCs and MDBs.