Back by popular demand, this session allows ECAs from across the world to update exporters, lenders and borrowers on their latest products and innovations. We invite the panel to cross examine each other and the audience to ask probing questions on ECA responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, coverage, direct lending, national interest, pricing, ECA reinsurance, local content, the OECD Consensus, ‘shopping lines’, untied finance and sustainability

Although most governments have had to focus on direct provisions surrounding the Coronavirus crisis this year, Asia’s need for infrastructure has not diminished. It is therefore likely that we will see an infrastructure boom over 2021 as governments look to re-invigorate their economies. This panel sets its eyes on the future, considering:

• The end of 2020 will be crucial for lining up these projects. Where should ECAs and banks look to sniff out next year’s large capex deals?
• Will we see governments changing the type of projects they mandate? Will they re-focus around social infrastructure and energy transition given this year’s happenings?

The Oxford Style Debate is back, pitting industry leaders against each-other in a battle of opinions. Our teams take on some of the hottest debates facing the global market today. The winners? That will be for you to decide.

• Will ECAs respond to the Coronavirus crisis in the same way that they reacted to the Global Financial Crisis?
• Should low income countries in Asia be more coordinated with their borrowing? Should banks be more careful when lending to countries that could find themselves in debt distress?
• Is the industry really taking sustainability seriously?
• Is the OECD consensus fit for purpose, and is the US seriously blocking progress on the matter?