PRIF Week 2024

PRIF Week 2024: Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in the Pacific

8th to 11th October 2024

Building robust infrastructure—better energy telecommunications, roads, ports, and water infrastructure—across the Pacific is critical for economic development, increasing employment opportunities, attracting investment into new industries, and enabling Pacific countries to participate in the global economy. At the community level, climate-resilient infrastructure will allow remote Pacific communities to access essential services.

The virtual conference will present unique opportunities to share initiatives to deliver more effective and efficient infrastructure investment across the Pacific, mainstreaming climate disaster resilience into infrastructure planning, design and financing, innovative solutions to transferrable projects, building local capacity and new capabilities, and investment opportunities. The event will also share insight on inclusive infrastructure and digital transformation.

The conference will bring together development partners, Pacific infrastructure practitioners, Pacific government officials, private sector, regional organizations, professional associations, and academia.

The key conference topics include:

Partnerships, Private Sector and Inclusiveness
National Infrastructure Investment Planning/Public Finance Management and Maintenance
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Infrastructure Design
Digital Resilience

Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Time	Session Title	Speaker	Presentations
11:00am - 11:10am	Welcome Address	Robert Guild. Team Leader, PRIF Coordination Office
11:10am - 12:30pm	Inclusive Infrastructure, Gender and Development	Sam Barr, Infrastructure Specialist, World Bank Uzma Altaf, Gender Specialist, ADB Rhema Misa, Lavame'a Ta'eiloa Disabled People Association, Tonga Telesia Kobiti, Programme Officer, Tarusila Bradburgh, Partnerships and Coalition Facilitator	Day 1 Session 1 - Rhema Misa (PPTX)16.12 MB Day 1_Session 1_Inclusive Infrastructure13.06 MB Day 1_Session 1_Inclusive Infrastructure6.51 MB
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Partnerships for Private Sector Development for Inclusive Infrastructure	Angela Waradi, Engineer, WOmen in Engineering, Fiji Vaine Wichman, President, Cook Islands National Committee for Women Sarah Boxall, Gender Specialist, PSDI Caterina Meloni, Managing Partner, Connecting Founder	Day 1_Session 2 presentation 5.8 MB Day 1_Session 2 presentation_Meloni1.26 MB

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Time	Session Title	Speaker	Presentations
10:00am - 10:45am	Global Livestream Launch of World Bank "Guide to Mobility for Livable Pacific Cities"	An official side event to PRIF Week 2024
11:00am - 11:10am	Welcome and Overview	Robert Guild, Team Leader, PRIF Coordination Office
11:10am - 12:30pm	Infrastructure Pipeline	Jim Binney, Infrastructure Economist, PRIF Coordination Office Mollie Matich, Head of Policy and Research, Infrastructure Partnerships. Australia	Day 2 Session 1 - Jim Binney (PPTX)1.27 MB Day 2 Session 1 - IPA ANZIP (PPTX)18.07 MB
12:30pm - 02:00pm	Developing Local Content Opportunities & Enhancing Capacities	Emma Tiaree, Local Content Development Lead, AIFFP Jenny Chu, Procurement Specialist, ADB Amin Saskai, Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank Tim Houghton, Australian Trade Commissioner for the Pacific and Timor-Leste Benoît Cambier, Representative for the Paific, EIB	Day 2 Session 2 - WB Final (PPTX)2.81 MB Day 2 Session 2 - WB Final 2 (PPTX)6.23 MB Day 2 Session 2 - AIFFP (PPTX)12.07 MB

Thursday, 10 October 2024
Time	Session Title	Speaker	Presentations
11:00am - 11:10am	Welcome and Overview	Robert Guild, Team Leader, PRIF Coordination Office
11:10am - 12:30pm	Filling the gaps - Data and expertise for risk informed planning	Belinda Hewitt, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist Moirah Matou, KIRAP Project Manager, Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department Raviky Talae, KIRAP Infrastructure Sector Coordinator, Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-Hazards Department Chris Saili, Managing Director, Kahuto Pacific John Fegan, Managing Director, JF Consulting Nancy Wells, Senior Country Officer, Vanuatu, ADB	Day 3 Session 1 - Belinda Hewitt (PPTX)11.64 MB Day 3 Session 1 - Raviky Talae (PPTX)19.94 MB Day 3 Session 1 - Filling the Gap (PPTX)59.73 MB
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Promoting resilience through building codes – Legislation, Compliance and Costs	Richard Sharpe, Engineer, BECA Frances Sullivan, Programme Manager, Pacific TA, Local Government New Zealand Fred Kalkaua, Construction, Materials, and Quality Controls Specialist, Vanuatu Shane Rosenthal, Regional Director, PLCO, ADB	Day 3 Session 2 - Richard Sharpe (PPTX)16.76 MB Day 3 Session 2 - Frances Sullivan (PPTX)5.36 MB

Friday, 11 October 2024
Time	Session Title	Speaker	Presentations
11:00am - 11:10am	Welcome and Overview	Robert Guild, Team Leader, PRIF Coordination Office
11:10am - 12:30pm	Digital connectivity in the Pacific	Phillip Henderson, Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association Peter Nicholls, ICT Specialists, ADB Pamela Currie, Director Cable Connectivity and Resilience Centre Suzanne Bent, Director, Telecommunications Unit, AIFFP Bipin Solanki, Kacific Broadband Satellites	Day 4 Session 1 - Digital connectivity in the Pacific22.57 MB Day 4 Session 1 - Telco Unit Comms4.67 MB
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Digital Transformation in the Pacific	Tait Brimacombe, GEDSI Advisor, AIFFP Michael Crowe, Regional Security Advisor, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Benoît Cambier, Representative for the Pacific, EIB Shivnesh Roynendra Prasad, Digital Development Specialist, World Bank	Day 4 Session 2 - GEDSI and Digital Reslience - Tait Brimacombe1.22 MB