Paving the Roads to Socio Economic Growth 20th July 2012, New Delhi

May 31, 2012

Paving the Roads to Socio Economic growth

20^th July 2012, New Delhi

Roads & Highways scenario

Roads and highways is more than an identifiable thoroughfare, route, way or path to connect between places; it is a corridor with the ability to bring about social, political and economic change. Achieving sustainability and capitalising on the vast investment, social and commercial opportunities by examining conceptual and technological advancements for future development to encompass today’s changing world, its growing diversity and complexity.

Theme:

Roads for inclusive development

Objectives of the conference

EPC World Media group is organising the one day conference with the objectives to guide, promote, share and highlight the strategies and opportunities in planning, construction, financing and managing the road network to maintain the much needed connectivity to growth. The conference will have presentations by the industry leaders, policy makers and decision makers on the following topics:

Key topics during the conference

Session – 1 Policy & land acquisition

National Highways Development programme – NHDP
Ambitious road development vision (Target v/s achieved)
Trends in road development
Expenditure in terms of Road revenue for Roads & Highways
Capacity augmentation and skill development for trained and skilled manpower
Contractual conditions & Model Concession Agreements (MCA)
Synergy of efforts for land acquisitions between state government and NHAI
Delay in project award and implementation due to existing environmental policy

Session – 2 Intelligent transportation system, sustainable design & construction technology

Roads & Highways designing (design & load planning)
Traffic modeling (routing, operation & Road Safety)
Safety management techniques & speed management
Traffic engineering innovations, road design and behavioral issues
Integrated toll management system
Construction products & raw material (Bitumen, Modified bitumen, Geosynthetic etc.)
Road construction equipment
Specification & best construction practices
Smart & green road technology
Utilization of alternate & sustainable materials in road construction
Sustainable & high performance roads

Session – 3 Public Private Partnerships & financing initiatives

Making cost estimation more realistic
Funding options & constraints (state funding, debt, equity, PPP)
Road asset management (ownership & maintenance)
Planning, financing and economics of low-volume roads
Impact of foreign direct investment in road development sector
Legal issues & challenges in road projects

Who should attend the conference

Participants of Paving the Roads to Socio Economic growth conference consists of all the stakeholders representing the:

Government agencies
Policy makers
Technology developers
Service providers
Companies in Infrastructure & Construction sector
Raw material supplier
Logistics companies
Road machinery & equipment providers
Professionals & consultants
Academic and research community

Benefit of attending the conference

The technical sessions, networking opportunities serve as perfect platform for decision makers, Suppliers, user community, technology developers, service providers, contractors, researchers to:

Discuss successful case studies
Share knowledge and experiences
Financing options for the projects
Know about the emerging business opportunities
Gain first-hand information on strategic decision-making process
International norms, standard, executions and challenges etc.

Organiser

The EPC World Media group is a one stop knowledge information hub for Infrastructure, Construction and Realty sector. It strives to promote, propagate and assist the decision and policy makers from government and private organisations along with the technology developers and service providers to enhance and develop their capabilities, policies.

The EPC World Media group facilitates knowledge transfer to grassroots and strengthens their productivity and management capabilities for the benefit of society at large through its key platforms:

Print media

EPC World (monthly magazine focusing on Infrastructure & Construction sector development)
Projects World

Online media

www.epcworld.in Weekly news letters

Events

Industry recognition awards – EPC World Awards, Architects’ Choice Awards

(Recognising the Infrastructure & Construction Industry for their contribution to this sector)

B2B conference (H2O World, Metrorail World, Rail Vision 2020, Realty India 2012)

For more details on the conference please log on to the:

http://www.epcworld.in/roads

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Project Flow 2012

May 31, 2012

Project Flow 2012

– A CEO’s Conclave for Executing Projects Faster November 23, 2012 – JW Marriott Mumbai – India

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Project Flow 2012 is industry leading Global Conference on Project Execution. After 8 Successful Annual Conferences in USA, this is the first time Project Flow Annual Conference will take place in India. Realization Technologies Inc. in association with Cerebral Business Research is pleased to announce Project Flow 2012 – A CEO’s Conclave for Executing Projects Faster to be held on 23rd November 2012 in Mumbai.

While Projects are essential for any enterprise growth, they pose a huge challenge for the enterprise management. Most projects are late, risking ROI while draining management’s attention and causing everyone to multitask between ongoing operations and project management.

This Conclave bring together leaders from industry sectors like Infrastructure, Energy, Aerospace & Defense Maintenance, Consumer Electronics and IT from across India at one Platform to discuss these challenges and review case studies of companies in India and around the world which solved this problem by implementing Synchronized Project Management.

Synchronized Project Management is an emerging standard in project execution. It helps organizations run projects 20-50% faster than industry norms. It has already been implemented by 200+ organizations worldwide such as Boeing, NASA, Lufthansa, HP and SAP, and by Indian companies like Dr. Reddy’s, L&T, Trident, TATA Steel, Vardhman and now across all infrastructure Projects in the state of Bihar, and generated $ 3.5 Billion in cash and profits.

This will be the first of its kind international initiative in India wherein role of top management in Project Management will be discussed in detail. It will also be an opportunity to setup 1-1 meetings with executives who already implemented Synchronized Project Management and achieved dramatic improvement in their projects performance.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

- Key Note Session

- Introduction to Synchronized Project Management

- International and Indian Companies case studies

- Project Management Scenario – Thoughts of Indian Industry Leaders

- One to One Meetings

- Media Briefing and Interviews

- Networking Dinner

Industry sectors include

Critical Chain
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals
Project Execution
Project Management
Faster Projects
Refinery Expansion
Defense and Aerospace Maintenance

Please visit www.cerebralbusiness.com/projectflow for details on the event.

FOR SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

Please get in touch with
Chander Kant Verma
Email: [email protected]
Call: +91 95409 91011

FOR REGISTRATION / PARTICIPATION

Please get in touch with:

Meghana Vyas
Email: [email protected]
Call: +91 95409 91022

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Roads And Highways In INDIA, Stratergising Growth And Empowerment

May 31, 2012

Infraline Energy Research & Information Services, an accredited premier service provider of critical business information, industry databases, business intelligence and related services in the energy and infrastructure sector is coming up with second annual edition of conference on the subject Roads and Highways in India: Strategising Growth and Empowerment, on June 28, 2012 at New Delhi.

The conference will provide a platform to discuss the issues on

infrastructure quality,
quality consultants & contractors, financing,
reliability,
technology,
issues and challenges and
way forward for the Roads and Highways industry.

The conference has received support from the National Highway Authority of India and Mr. S K Puri, former Director General & Special Secretary MoRTH will be the Conference Chairperson.

The conference also plans to throw light on issues such as:

Current status of Roadways Progress in India
Key growth trends in road development
Lack of trained and skilled manpower
Major acts impacting the sector
Bidding process
Project scheduling and inherent challenges of execution
Risk-return dynamics– Driver for investments
Trends in financing road projects
Viability Gap Funding
Challenges in financing of road projects
Effectiveness of EPC vs. PPP mode of awarding projects
Upcoming Opportunities in OMT Contracts
Mega Highway Projects- Boom or Bust in Indian outlook
Emerging concept of equipment rental
NHAI’s Plan & Initiative
Opportunities in the sector in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period

The conference is targeted at National and State Roads Authorities, Construction Companies, Technology Providers, Regulatory Agencies, Equipment Manufacturers, EPC Contractors, Consultants, Banks and Financial Institutions, Suppliers, Designers, etc.

To register contact:
Kumar Saurabh
Mobile: +91 98998 66251
Email: [email protected]

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News from Intertraffic as it happens

March 29, 2012

Dear reader,

A major attraction on day 2 of Intertraffic was the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development, Dr Sudhir Krishna who indicated that his country was set to invest over US$78bn into transport-related investment over the next five years, and US$506bn over the next two decades.

In addition to this news, the huge number of visitors were able to see the very best technology in the sector. Below are just some of the examples.

Yours faithfully

James Foster

	Indian minister explains future transportation opportunities at Intertraffic With US$78bn of transport-related investment expected over the next five years and a massive US$506bn anticipated over the next two decades, India is a hugely important potential market for those companies which can provide the right transport technology and expertise, Dr Sudhir Krishna, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development, told an audience here at Intertraffic yesterday. Read more..

	International Road Dynamics showcases weigh-in-motion solutions International Road Dynamics (IRD), a global supplier of weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems will be presenting WIM controllers, WIM scales, portable scales, traffic classifiers, and WIM system applications on its stand at Intertraffic. The company will also be focusing in particular on its iSINC (intelligent Sensor Interface and Network Controller) Read more..

	Jenoptik show enforcement solutions at Intertraffic Visitors to Jenoptik’s stand in Hall 1 at Intertraffic will notice the enforcement specialist is not aligned or wedded to any one particular type of sensor or vehicle detection technology. The key message from Jenoptik, says the firm’s director of sales Ralf Schmitz, is that Jenoptik is a ‘provider of complete systems solutions’. “There are all manner of different enforcement applications, depending on various road layouts or traffic Read more..

	Telvent showcases total city management solutions The future for transport in cities is more intelligence and not necessarily more roads, says Telvent. With this in mind, the company is showcasing its SmartMobility Integrated City Management (ICM) solution at Intertraffic for the first time. Although ICM can be applied across all domains of a city, such as utilities and communications, it is the mobility aspects which are being emphasised here in Amsterdam. Read more..

	Kria launches OEM version of T-EXSPEED camera Kria is exhibiting a new OEM version of its T-EXSPEED camera at Intertraffic. Suitable for a variety of fixed and mobile applications, the new OEM version consists of the same technological platform as the company’s T-EXSPEED V2.0 but can be adapted or built up as a modular system to suit customers’ specific requirements. Kria is also presenting a new solution to face recognition – mandatory in some European markets Read more..

	Designa shows how modern design works with parking pay stations Eye catching modern design meets 60 years of parking management experience on the Designa stand in Hall 3 at Intertraffic. Visitors may notice a distinctive feel to the design ethos at Designa: Two years ago Designa teamed up with Frog Design – brainchild of Hartmut Esslinger, creator of the ‘snow white design language’ (which was applied to Apple Mac products from 1984 to 1990). The result was a sleek and simplistic look to Designa’s parking pay stations, matching the company’s aims to produce machines that are straightforward and logical Read more..

	Thales machines demonstrate transport interoperability at Intertraffic Interoperability and efficiency of transport and parking operations have been targeted and achieved by Thales with its range of ticket machines on display at Intertraffic 2012. Central to Thales’ exhibit is its full option RFID ‘wave and pay’ parking machine developed for the Dubai Metro system. This machine (30 of which have been installed in Dubai) issues parking and metro tickets and features an internal web camera and proximity RFID card reader. Similar machines have been installed in Le Mans and at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris Read more..

	Metric Group launches Elite version of Aura pay and display terminal Metric Group is renowned for developing machines to meet or exceed market requirements and on show at Intertraffic 2012 things are no different. The company has launched the ‘Elite’ version of the Aura model, the flagship in its range of pay and display terminals. Increased functionality will be on show, including full registration entry along with all payment options, driven by the requirements of ANPR Read more..

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Indian Highways Summit 2012

March 15, 2012

Dear Reader,

Greetings from Infrastructure Markets.

India has the second largest road network in the world estimated at 3.34 million kilometers. As per present estimate, road network carry nearly 65% of freight and 85% of passenger traffic. Traffic on roads is growing at a rate of 7 to 10% per annum while the vehicle population growth is of the order of 12% per annum.

In order to give a boost to the economic development of the country, the Government had embarked upon a massive National Highways Development Project (NHDP) in the country which has seen the number of projects grow significantly y-o-y.

For the national highways sector, 2011 was a defining year and saw the continuity of the momentum built in fiscal 2010-11, when 5,083 km of highway development projects were awarded. Apart from implementation of some processes that increased transparency in the sector, this year has already seen the awarding of 4300km of National Highways out of the proposed target of 7300km. Another 1,000 km of the bids are in the pipeline either in evaluation or the bids have to come shortly and 2,000 km of 14 projects are in various stages of evaluation and approving process.

Date & Venue Indian Highways Summit 2012

Date: April 10th & 11th,2012

Venue : New Delhi

This year has seen significant improvement in participation of private players in the sector which has seen an increased market competition.

This conference will specifically focus on the growth and development of National Highways in India and will provide the best platform for discussing the growing business opportunities in the sector. The conference will see key industry experts discussing issues, challenges, potential and opportunities in the sectors and see participation of over 200 key delegates from the industry.

Key Confirmed Event Speakers:

The event will see key speakers from

> Central and State Governments(MORTH &NHAI)

> Leading Project Developers

> Leading Industry Consultants

> Key EPC Players

> IT, Automation and Operation Experts

> Project Consultant and Advisors

> Project Financers

And other dynamic experts from India’s Roads and Highways sector.

Reserve Your Delegate Seats:

We invite you to be a part of this event and participate in this most crucial infrastructure conference of the year. Reserve Your Seats Today! REGISTER NOW! Click Here To Visit Website

To establish your company as a Leading Player in India’s Infrastructure Industry, join the conference as Sponsors! Build Partnerships, Foster Investments, Grow Your Business!

For Sponsorship Opportunities and Exhibition Spaces, contact:
Events Team, Infrastructure Markets
T: +91 99 20917191/ +91 22 27717150
E-mail: events@infrastructure-markets.com

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Unveiling ID India Expo 2012 Conference Program

January 30, 2012

The program of related events at ID India Expo is every bit as innovative and forward-looking as the exhibition itself. It features events that are designed to promote your business, give you access to valuable knowledge and sharpen your eye for new and unusual prospects.

Conference Agenda

The conference is a leading business forum for government officials, industry professionals, academia, and students. Interact with industry leaders from around the globe to share experiences, learn what works and meet the leading experts at the most important event in digital security covering Smart Cards, RFID, NFC, Biometrics and e-Payments.

View the agenda

Speakers

Meet and know our international panel of experts from around the globe.

More about the speakers

Delegate Fee & Registration

Learn to profit by hobnobing and networking with the international leaders in identification technologies. Have a one-to-one dialogue with the industry experts. Participate in the conference and don’t miss out this annual event.

Speaker Information is available on

http://idindiaexpo.com/conference/conference.html

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Engineering Procurement Construction Conference

January 27, 2012

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that “Cerebral Business Research”, is organizing the EPC Sphere Delhi to be held on February 17 -18 February, 2012 at Le Meridian.

EPC Sphere Delhi 2012 conference looks set to be a houseful event with highly-influential speakers and participants bringing together all of the key industry players. EPC Sphere – Regional & Annual Conferences will be attended by senior management, from large domestic and multinational EPC / Infrastructure companies & owner companies in India. The purpose of the ERS is to network, discuss and debate key opportunities and issues along with focus upon latest technologies/ solutions and services for the sector. Theme for the conferences will be Excellence in Delivering EPC and Infrastructure Projects for various sub sectors like Airports, Ports, Railways, Marine, Power, Logistics, Oil & Gas and Energy. Conference is expected to be attended by 150 + senior level delegates. Please visit www.cerebralbusiness.com/epcsphere for more details on the events.

Date & Venue of Engineering Procurement Construction Conference

Date: February 17-18, 2012
Venue: Le Meridian, New Delhi

Key Subjects

Public Private Partnership in India – Government Approach
EPC Contracting in India – Vision 2030
Typical Challenges in Projects around the World
Local Conditions in Projects Implementations – State Government’s Perspective
Latest EPC Contracting Formats – A Perpetual Improvement Process
Updates on Latest Technology for Infrastructure Sector
Updates on Latest Solutions for Infrastructure Sector
Traditional Project Management Flaws Intensify the Problems – How?
Fixing Project Management Flaws using Dr. Goldratt’s “Critical Chain” Project Management -
Panel Discussion on “Shifting focus from Established Markets to Global Markets”
Panel Discussion on:”Successful EPC Business Scenario with Respect to Indian Conditions”
CEO’s Panel on Preparing for Future and Excellence in Delivering EPC / Infrastructure Projects
“Critical Chain” Practical implications and Case Studies
Case Study on Doing Projects Right
Key Legal, Taxation and Regulatory Issues
Risk Management
Project Financing – Opportunities and Challenges in current Economic Scenario

EPC Sphere Advisory Board

N Kannan, CEO, Shapoorji Pallonji EPC Group
Sunil Shinde, MD & CEO, Welspun Projects
Arun Karambelkar, President & Whole Time Director, HCC Limited
Russell Waugh, Managing Director, Welspun Leighton Contractors
Syed Rizvi, Senior Advisor, IDFC Projects (E&C) (Former , ED – BHEL)
Anil Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Power & Special Projects, Atha Group
Anirudh Ray, Chief Executive Officer, Steiner India – 100 % subsidiary of Steiner AG, Switzerland
Sanjeev Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Realization Inc., USA
DP Misra, Head Marketing & Business Development (Former Dy. MD Jacobs Engineering)

For more details on Speaking / Sponsoring / Exhibiting / Registering please contact Meghana Vyas
Email: [email protected] | Handheld: +91 95409 91022

Team Cerebral Business Research | www.cerebralbusiness.com

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2nd Annual Metro Expansion India

January 23, 2012

India is developing a number of urban transport projects across many of its larger cities. The Indian government has already invested Rs 80,000 crore in different cities for construction purposes and forecasted a further spend of Rs 200,000 crore for additional metro projects.

Date & Venue 2nd Annual Metro Expansion India

Date: February 23-24 ,2012
Timings: 10:00 AM onward
Venue : Radisson Blu Paschim Vihar, New Delhi, India

Event Brochure

Following the success of IQPC’s Metro Expansion India summit held last year, IQPC is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Metro Expansion India conference. The event will take place in from 23 – 24 February 2012 at the Radisson Blu Paschim Vihar in New Delhi. The conference will feature international case studies, local project updates and new developments addressing the challenges facing metro development and expansion in India today.

Visit our website at: http://bit.ly/yF1zWC

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Infrastructure Project Management and Delivery

January 20, 2012

Theme: Spearheading efficient project management, effective utilisation of skilled labour and resources for successful project delivery and spend efficiency.

As per the planning commission, India plans to spend up to $1 trillion between 2012 and 2017 fixing infrastructure, which economists estimate shaves two percentage points from annual economic growth. With huge emphasis on infrastructure growth, successful project delivery and spend efficiency is imperative to realise the desired growth and consequent benefits.

While modest strides have been made in enhancing project delivery, projects are still burdened by serious time and cost overruns, misconduct, wastage, all within an inflationary environment. As per the report by KPMG and PMI, Out of 1035 infrastructure sector projects completed during April 1992-March 2009, 41 percent faced cost over-runs and 82 percent witnessed time over-runs.

Date & Venue Infrastructure Project and Delivery 2012

Date: April 11-13 ,2012
Timings: 10:00 AM onward
Venue : Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach, India

Event Brochure

Marcus evans brings its hugely successful 3rd edition of Infrastructure Project Management and Delivery conference where we would be addressing issues that the infrastructure sector is facing such as risk management, programme management, project management, inventory management, contractor relationships, funding issues and many more…

With emphasis on best practices and international case studies on project management for the infrastructure industry, the professionals will be able to take back practical examples of how to fast-track the projects and make their own projects a success-story! A conference that you definitely cannot afford to miss!

For more details, please visit http://www.marcusevansindia.com/mpit or email Ms Catherine Foo at [email protected] or call +603 2723 6757

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5th India Roads Conference 2012

January 11, 2012

Among the few that performed well in infrastructure last year is the roads sector. Inclusive growth will remain the underlying theme for the 12^th Five Year Plan. With a 4 per cent growth aimed in agriculture growth, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has announced that “In the 12th Plan (2012-17), we will pay special attention to the remote areas of our country and to rural areas. Connecting such areas by rail and road will get the top-most priority.”

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the National Rural Roads Development Agency(NRRDA) and the state road development corporations will be busy next year. A major part—about 20,000 km—of the National Highways Development Programme’s(NHDP) Phase IV will be bid out in 2012. On another front, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), targeted at covering rural habitations with motorable roads, will see a large augmentation in budgetary allocation in the 12^th Plan, and will be more aggressive. Many states have shown aggression in connecting their states, cities, towns and villages better next year.

While more projects likely to be offered next year on wards on an EPC model, experts forecast that many rural road projects may be awarded through PPP by bundling in packages: New pilot schemes including the “modified EPC basis” will be on the anvil.

How will our country achieve the objective that the Prime Minister has set? Practitioners in the roads and related industries will have a critical role to play, starting with a platform such as this conference to understand, analyse, discuss and recommend ways forward.

The 5^th India Roads Conference 2012 is scheduled to happen on 15^th& 16^th February at , New Delhi.

Theme: Connecting Rural with Urban India for Inclusive Growth.

Date & Venue of 5th India Road Conference 2012

Date: February 15-6 ,2012
Venue : The Taj Mahal Hotel , New Delhi

Contact Details:

For delegate registration and general enquires –

Saba Fulkar- [email protected] or +91 810 866 3000

For speaking opportunities –

Pooja Jaiswal- [email protected] or +91 2419 3092

For Sponsorship opportunities –

Shweta Bandivadekar- [email protected] or 0810 860 3000

www.asappconferences.com/roads

Conference Chair: Day 1

Dr. J. N Singh, Member(Finance), National Highways Authority of India
Conference Chair : Day 2

Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development , Government of India

The conference will also describe new initiatives and methods in Road sector, debate on relevant questions, and make recommendations. Some of them are:

l Looking forward to the new Five Year Plan: Issues and ways forward

l Premium bids in highways

l Rural connectivity plan analysis

l Aiming for quality construction

l Project management and monitoring processes in roads

l Financing highways and rural roads

l Viability of rural roads

l Tendering processes

l Modified EPC and other new modes of delivery

l Connectivity as enabler of cold chain and agricultural warehousing industries

l Domestic and international case studies in roads sector

l Recommendations and ways forward

Key Takeaways

l What are the lessons the policymakers have learnt from the 11th Plan in infrastructure, and how will they translate into roads sector?

l How much of the outlay can and should attract private investment?

l How will negative VGF (premium) highways fare next year?

l Should more expressways figure in future plans?

l Will “Modified EPC”, which operates like PPP, work better?

l What is the government planning to augment private participation in rural roads?

l Will rural roads projects achieve scale to attract competition from bigger players who can assure quality?

l How can the tendering process for awarding rural road projects be improved, especially as the segment is starting to attract bigger, national players?

l In what ways will enhanced connectivity multiply investments in cold chains and other rural segments?

Format

Our conference is headed by a Conference Chair, an eminent personality connected with the policymaking sphere relating to the industry. The Chair, along with Session Chairs, leads and summarizes the conference’s key points, and makes recommendations to policymakers and the industry.
ASAPP Conferences believes that interactivity at conferences results in better spread of understanding ground issues as well as in involving our delegates in discussions in regards to operations, technology and policy. Such interactivity also helps in evolving critical issues and taking them further in the form of recommendations. Consequently, the conference is replete with panel discussions, often involving delegate participation, and exhaustive Q&A sessions.
A typical session opens with the Session Chair’s lengthy introduction to the session’s main subject. This is followed by related addresses by the panelists in that session, a panel discussion, and Q&A. The session concludes with a comprehensive summary by the Session Chair
Our typical conference includes two coffee breaks and a lunch break during the day, allowing plenty of time for business and professional networking opportunities among attendees.