Location:

Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85040

Course Description:

Register today for the 5th Annual Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Conference, hosted by the Alliance for Construction Excellence, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.

With large decreases in public spending in Arizona, government agencies and educatinal institutions are turning to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, build, finance and operate necessary improvements and infrastructure.

The day will cover:

• How to identify P3 project types
• How to manage the public process
• How to and where to find information to study finance mechanisms
• How to minimize risk
• How to build successful PPP teams
• How to lay the foundation for a PPP project

Special Session: Overview of the ACE PPP Certificate Program scheduled for spring 2012! 

Speakers and panel members to be invited from the areas of:

• K12/Higer Ed/Charter Schools 
• Public Sector
• Developers
• Financiers
• Renewable Energy
• Case studies to cover Vertical and Horizontal projects

Guest Speakers and Panel Members to include:

• Steve Nielsen, Assistant Vice President - Real Estate, ASU
• Steve Betts, Executive Director, ULI
• Thomas McDonald Esq.,Gammage and Burnham
• Jason Boyer, Cannon Design
• Leah Roberts, Arizona School for the Arts
• Glenn Way, Charter One Development Company
• Anthony Jeffers, LEED AP, Adolfson & Peterson
• Dimitrios Laloudakis, City of Phoenix
• Sue Pierce, Washington Elementary School District
• Sandy Werthman, Solar Wing
• Gail Lewis, ADOT
• Eric Anderson, Maricopa Association of Governments
• Wylie Bearup, City of Phoenix
• Pamela Bailey Campbell, Jacobs Engineering