Business Advantage International has announced new speakers and the final sponsors for the 2023 Papua New Guinea Investment Conference.

The organisers 2022 PNG Investment Conference reported an improvement on pre-COVID numbers at this years years conference. Credit: Stefan Daniljchenko/BAI

With just three months to go until PNG’s premier international investment event, the program is starting to take shape.

Speakers recently added include:

• Marcel Schroder, the Asian Development Bank’s PNG Country Economist, who will deliver an economic update on PNG.
• The IFC’s Jeffrey Tan will lead a session on opportunities from decarbonisation.
  KPMG Australia’s National Oil and Gas Lead Jonathan Peacock will talk about the global trend towards greater ESG requirements.
• ExxonMobil’s Peter Larden will participate in a special session, ‘Papua LNG and beyond: PNG’s gas-led decade’.

The full draft program for this year’s event is now available here.

Day One will also include a keynote address by respected financial commentator and broadcaster, Alan Kohler, while Day Two will have a strong focus on infrastructure and transport. A bonus Pacific Islands Business Briefing will provide high-level updates on PNG’s neighbouring economies.

The aim of the conference is to promote business opportunities in PNG to a global audience so we’re delighted that our sponsors include some of the world’s best-known corporate brands (scroll down to see this year’s full roster).

• To keep up to date with the program or register your interest in attending click here. Registrations will open at the end of this month.
• We are now taking bookings for Expo Plus. All booths have premium position but availability is limited. To register your interest in exhibiting at this prestigious event email events@businessadvantageinternational.com.

Speakers include

• Keynote speaker Alan Kohler, Financial Commentator & Broadcaster
• Steven Matainaho, Secretary (Head of Department) at the PNG Department of ICT
• Peter Larden, Chairman & Managing Director, ExxonMobil PNG
• Jonathan Peacock, National Sector Leader, Oil & Gas, KPMG Australia
• Jeffrey Tan, Senior Investment Officer, IFC
• Clarence Hoot, Managing Director, Investment Promotional Authority of PNG
• Zanie Theron, Partner in Charge, KPMG South Pacific Practice
• Marcel Schroder, Papua New Guinea Country Economist, Asian Development Bank

Sponsors

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