Team Sweden is arranging the** Digital Construction Summit LATAM 2021** set for November 30th 2021. The first ever Regional Summit, we are combining the strengths of Swedish Financing, Swedish Technology Providers, and top Latin America Contractors under the newly launched EPC Alliance By Sweden platform.

The focus of this Regional Summit is LATAM EPCs, Swedish Financing, and Swedish Technology Suppliers.

Swedish companies provide innovative and high-quality solutions for the construction Sector, not only in Latin America but also globally. Swedish Financing, with its global outreach, supports the procurement of Swedish technologies.

The Construction Summit Latin America builds on previous years’ successful Summits across Turkey and the Iberian Peninsula, and is now offering an interactive platform, with:

Morning programme:

• Presentations from Latam and Sweden

Afternoon programme:

• B2B meetings during the remainder of the day (afternoon programme), where participants will be able to directly engage.

In ** Construction Summit LATAM 2021**, our participants will have the opportunity to:

• Get insights from key LATAM EPCs and Swedish technology suppliers – Live panel discussions with contractors in Latin America about their upcoming and ongoing international projects as well as Swedish technology suppliers
• B2B Meetings – Direct discussions via B2B meetings with Latin American contractors, Swedish technology suppliers, and financing institutions

The focus areas of the Digital Construction Summit are:

• Global footprint of Latin American contractors
• Innovative and high quality solutions by Swedish companies for construction sector
• Swedish technology & financing offer for projects in and outside of Latin America

Targeted participants are among others representatives from:

• EPC contractors with global portfolio
  • Head of Tender & Procurement and Team
  • Head of Business Development and Team
  • Head of Project Financing and Team
• Swedish technology, product and solution providers
  • Business Development Latin America
  • Regional Management Latin America
  • Engineering and consultancy companies
• Public stakeholders from Latin America and Sweden

Team Sweden consists of: Business Sweden, Consulate Embassy of Sweden in Brazil, Chile Colombia and Mexico, EKN(Swedish Export Credit Agency) and SEK(Swedish Export Credit Corporation).

Learn more about Swedish financing:

SEK - https://www.sek.se/en/financing

EKN - https://www.ekn.se/en/what-we-do/how-it-works

Agenda

Digital Construction Summit LATAM, 2021, November 30. All times UTC/GMT -5 hours, Colombia and Peru time. Event start time for Brazil and Chile UTC/GMT -3 at 12:00 hours, Mexico UTC/GMT -6 at 09:00 hours Event start time for Sweden, 16:00 CET

10:00 - 10:20

Opening Remarks

• Yazmin Maya, Project Manager, Business Sweden
• Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth
• Minister of Transport of Colombia, Ángela María Orozco Gómez
• Minister of Infrastructure of Brazil, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas

10:20 - 10:40

Swedish financing for EPC projects

• Hans-Olof Rauman, Senior Project Manager, Strategy and Business Development, Business Sweden
• *Kjell Forsberg, Deputy Director Large Corporates, EKN (Swedish Export Credit Agency) *
• Per Akerlind, Deputy CEO and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Relations, SEK (Swedish Export Credit Corporation

10:40 - 10:50

Introduction to Swedish Solutions and the EPC Alliance by Sweden

• Madelen Strömberg, Project Manager EPC Program & Smart Cities, Business Sweden

10:50 - 11:10

Future of the infrastructure sector in LATAM

Perspective on the region from Multilateral Development Bank

• Mr. Rigoberto Ariel Yépez-García, Manager of the Infrastructure Department of the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)

11:10 - 11:50

Live Panel Discussiones for the Construction Sector in LATAM and increased cooperation across the region

Moderator:

• Jenny Engström, Trade & Invest Commissioner, Business Sweden, Swedish Commercial Office in Mexico

Panelists:

• Ignacio Franch Rojo, Business Development Latin America, COMSA
• Manuel H. Ortiz Ortiz, Construction Manager, Odinsa
• Björn Tisell, General Manager CVCA Region – Epiroc
• Jose-Carlos Huesca, Transport & Infrastructure Country Manager, Mexico, ABB
• Marcelo Schumacker, General Manager – Grid Integration Latin America at Hitachi Energy

Commentary:

• Giovanny Builes, General Manager, Ingema S.A.

11:50 - 12:10

Moderated Q&A and Closing Remarks

12:10 - 12:30

Break

12:30 - 15:30

B2B Meetings

09.00 – 12.00 (Mexico time), 10.00 (Colombia time), 15.00 – 18.00 (Swedish time)

December 1

B2B-meetings between counterparts will be in their language of choice Continuation and opportunity to book B2B-meetings