The European Commission has proposed ambitious targets under the 2021 “Path to the Digital Decade” including that all European households should be covered by a Gigabit network and all populated areas covered by 5G by 2030. Achieving these goals will require EUR 200 billion of investments in new digital infrastructure.
The Commission wants to maximise investments in Europe by increasing the efficiency of public spending and leveraging and de-risking private capital. Some of the risk-absorbing measures and instruments that delivered results in the past and are still delivering results today are the digital infrastructure investment funds.
The most notable example is the Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF) which uses financial engineering to absorb the risk for greenfield investments in fibre to the home (FTTH) and successfully mobilised over 150 m of fully private capital.
This CONNECT University session will be the occasion to explore the general characteristics of equity investment funds and dive into one case study from the European Commission practice.
Agenda
Moderation: Rachele CIVITAREALE, Communication Specialist/Social Media Expert, DG CONNECT, Unit , Investment in High-Capacity Networks, European Commission
10:00 – 10:05 – Introduction
Julien BOLLATI, Policy Officer, DG CONNECT, Unit , Investment in High-Capacity Networks, European Commission
10:05 – 10:45 – The Equity Infrastructure Funds
Yves SPEECKAERT, Managing Director at EMERGY CAPITAL MARKETS
10:45 – 11:25 – The Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF)
Julien BOLLATI, Policy Officer, DG CONNECT, Unit , Investment in High-Capacity Networks, European Commission
TBC from the Cube Infrastructure Managers ("Cube IM")
11:25 – 11:40 – Q&As
9 Oct 2024 @ 10:00 am
9 Oct 2024 @ 11:40 am
Duration: 1 hours, 40 minutes
Timezone: GMT +2:00
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