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Connecting for Tomorrow

The 2020 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Annual Meeting will bring together AIIB’s Governors and Senior Management in a virtual session to connect stakeholders and experts to discuss how to build a more inclusive and resilient tomorrow.

Originally planned to be held in-person, the virtual Annual Meeting will be the first for AIIB and is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for continued dialogue with its stakeholders. The various sessions will drive discussions on the importance of partnerships to connect markets, build greener economies, close the digital divide and navigate the challenges ahead.

 

Day One: July 28, 2020

Opening Ceremony

July 28, 2020, 5:00-5:30 p.m. (GMT+8)

The 2020 AIIB Annual Meeting Opening Ceremony will be livestreamed.

Agenda:

• His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
• Remarks by Mr. Jin Liqun, President, AIIB
• Remarks by U Soe Win, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, AIIB & Union Minister for Planning and Finance, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
• Remarks by Hon. Bjarni Benediktsson, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, AIIB & Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Republic of Iceland
• Welcome Address by H.E. Liu Kun, Chair of the Board of Governors, AIIB & Minister of Finance, People’s Republic of China
• Master of Ceremonies: Sir Danny Alexander, Secretary of the Board of Governors & Vice President, Corporate Secretary, AIIB

Session 1: Closing the Digital Divide: Infrastructure and Technologies

July 28, 2020, 6:00-6:45 p.m. (GMT+8)

This webinar will discuss the importance of digital infrastructure and closing the digital divide between regions, demographics, and sectors. It will start with a discussion on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) approach to investing in digital infrastructure, in light of its newly approved Digital Infrastructure Sector Strategy, and how it hopes to close digital divides and foster the uses of digital technologies in all infrastructure sectors. A panel of leading experts from across the world will share their views on the key characteristics of the digital divide—access, affordability, awareness, and ability—and the most influential and ready applications that can digitalize infrastructure and make it more efficient and resilient. The webinar will also share suggestions, concrete steps and initiatives that multilateral financial institutions such as AIIB can promote to improve digital infrastructure.

Session 2: Private Equity for Emerging Markets Infrastructure During Crisis

July 28, 2020, 7:15-8:00 p.m. (GMT+8)

This webinar will discuss AIIB’s vision on private equity and the promotion of private equity investments in infrastructure. Joined by AIIB representatives and other leading experts, this session will look at the participation of multilateral financial institutions in private equity funds and how these funds can be a vehicle to catalyze private capital into infrastructure investments in emerging markets. In addition, experts will discuss opportunities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as growing interest from institutional investors in Asian private equity.

 

Day Two: July 29, 2020

Session 3: AIIB—the Establishment of a 21st Century Development Bank

July 29, 2020, 4:45-5:30 p.m. (GMT+8)

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) began operations in January 2016 with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes by investing in sustainable infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia. 

On the occasion of AIIB’s fifth Annual Meeting, this event will bring together key figures in the negotiation process that led to the establishment of the Bank. Panelists will discuss the key aspects of AIIB governance that contributed to its success and the innovative features that make AIIB a modern and unique institution.

Session 4: The Future of Regional Connectivity

Date: July 29, 2020, 6:00-7:00 p.m. (GMT+8)

Regional connectivity is central to Asia’s economic development, yet improving connectivity is an area that suffers from vast underinvestment.

This webinar will discuss how countries can get the most from regional connectivity projects and make them work in a post-COVID-19 era. It will also explore how economies can help to reconcile current needs with opportunities for innovation and adaptation created by the crisis.

Session Five: Investing in Climate Action

Date: July 29, 7:30-8:30 p.m. (GMT+8)

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has made substantive efforts to include climate change priorities in its decision-making processes across its operations. Among its initiatives are the Asia Environmental, Social and Governance Enhanced Credit Managed Portfolio, and the Asia Climate Bond Portfolio in partnership with Amundi, the largest asset management company in Europe.

In this webinar, Sir Danny Alexander, AIIB Vice President and Corporate Secretary, together with AIIB Governors, prominent climate action expert Lord Nicholas Stern, and Amundi CEO Yves Perrier, will discuss the concrete steps undertaken by different actors to support the involvement of private capital in climate action and the opportunities ahead.

Session Six: In Conversation with AIIB President Jin Liqun

Date: July 29, 2020, 9:00-9:45 p.m. (GMT+8)

In this live webinar, we will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of multilateral development organizations as vehicles to respond to urgent global crisis. The conversation will also touch upon the importance of establishing cooperation frameworks to tackle long-term challenges in the next decades. Fulfilling the targets outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals would not be possible without a coordinated effort that includes emerging donors and the diversification of existing financing tools and cooperation mechanisms.

Please click here for further details and register to the 2020 AIIB Annual Meeting.

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