The Digital Construction Summit SEA 2021 on the 10 November is organized by Team Sweden: Business Sweden, EKN (the Swedish Export Credit Agency) and SEK (the Swedish Export Credit Corporation).

This first-time regional summit will bring together EPCs from across Southeast Asia, as well as Swedish technology providers and introduce Swedish financing solutions under one EPC Alliance by Sweden.

Southeast Asia is a diverse, fast-growing region and home to over 600 million people. To maintain and accelerate growth in Southeast Asia, projects to improve the infrastructure stock in the region are being undertaken on a large scale. The Swedish ecosystem can support these projects through innovative, high-quality technology and financing solutions.

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

• Get introduced to Swedish technology and financing solutions – Explore innovative Swedish technology, find best fit solutions, and gain information about Swedish financing solutions -** Get insights from key SEA EPCs and Swedish technology suppliers** – Panel discussions with SEA contractors on their upcoming projects, the regional construction association on their vision for SEA construction sector in the future, Swedish technology suppliers on their offerings, and international commercial banks on the financing solutions
• B2B Meetings – Direct discussions via B2B meetings among SEA contractors, Swedish technology suppliers, and financing institutions

Key topics of the Construction Summit SEA 2021 cover:

• Footprint of contractors in Southeast Asia
• Innovative and high quality solutions by Swedish companies for construction sector
• Swedish financing solutions for infrastructure projects

Targeted participants include representatives from:

• SEA EPC contractors and project owners with cross-sectoral portfolios
  • Tender & Procurement team
  • Business Development team
  • Project Financing team
• Swedish technology, product and service providers
• Public stakeholders from Southeast Asia and Sweden
• Commercial lending institutions

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

Webinar duration by time zone: 14:00 – 19:10 (GMT +8) in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines | 13:00 – 18:10 (GMT +7) in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand | 07:00 – 12:10 (CET) in Sweden

14:00 - 14:05

Welcome

• Tina Del Rosario, MC, Business Sweden

14:05 - 14:15

Opening Remarks

• H.E. Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director-General and Head of Department, Department for Trade Promotion, Nation Branding and CSR, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• H.E. Marina Berg, Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia, Timor-Leste and ASEAN

14:15 - 14:35

Introduction to Team Sweden EPC Programme and Swedish Export Financing Solutions

• Hans-Olof Rauman, Senior Advisor Strategic Projects, Business Sweden
• Per Åkerlind, Deputy CEO and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Relations, SEK (Swedish Export Credit Corporation
• Kjell Forsberg, Deputy Director Large Corporates, EKN (Swedish Export Credit Agency)

14:35 - 14:50

Introduction to Swedish Solutions

• Tina Del Rosario, Consultant, Business Sweden

14:50 - 15:50

Panel Discussion

Introduction to the panel discussion and discussion areas

• Tina Del Rosario, Consultant, Business Sweden

Discussion: Future of construction in the infrastructure sector in SEA

• Nirupa Chander, Country Managing Director, Hitachi Energy
• Ihab Eldessouky, Regional General Manager, Dynapa
• Caspar Baum, Director, Surbana Jurong
• Jerome Schneider, Director, Project and Export Finance, Standard Chartered
• Moderator: Emil Akander, Trade Commissioner of Sweden to Singapore

Commentary:

• Jufli Irawan, Deputy Head of PMO, PT Waskita Karya (Persero) TBK

15:50 - 16:20

Moderated Q&A and Closing Remarks

16:20 - 16:30

Technical Break

16:30 - 19:10

B2B Meetings

Participants