Program · September 21–23, 2027
Two days.
One Declaration.
Plenaries, ministerial roundtables, the Project Pipeline Deal Room, and curated working sessions across ten infrastructure tracks — culminating in the signing of the CIPWS '27 Declaration on Day 2.
Day 1 · September 21, 2027
The Capital-to-Project Gap — Bankability, PPP Design & the Pipeline
- 08:30Convening
Host Nation Welcome
Chair · Government of Antigua & Barbuda
- 09:00Keynote
Build to Last — Closing the Caribbean Infrastructure Gap
Chair · Opening plenary · CIPWS '27 Convening Council
The capital exists. The pipeline does not. Why the Caribbean spends ~2% of GDP on infrastructure while losing 2.13% annually to climate damage — and what changes here.
- 10:00Plenary
Track 1 — Project Preparation & Bankability
The PPIAF diagnosis, the World Bank Project Preparation Facility, and the Caribbean Project Preparation Playbook. Where capital meets shovel-ready projects.
- 11:30Plenary
Track 2 — PPP Design, Legal Frameworks & Risk Allocation
T&T's 2024 reforms, DR's Punta Cana template, Jamaica's NROCC experience. Building the Caribbean PPP Legal & Regulatory Standards framework.
- 12:30Reception
Heads of Delegation Lunch
Chair · By invitation
- 14:00Breakouts
Concurrent — Roads · Ports · Airports · Water Utilities
Four parallel sector breakouts. Rapporteurs feed directly into the Declaration.
- 15:30Plenary
Track 4 — The Caribbean Port Race
Westlands, Caucedo, Georgetown. Coordinate as a regional nearshore logistics hub or compete as 15 national ports.
- 16:30Deal Room
Project Pipeline Deal Room — Sovereign Sponsors & DFIs
Chair · By invitation — CDB, IDB, World Bank, GCF, EU CIF, Afreximbank
- 19:00Awards
CIPWS '27 Infrastructure Leadership Awards · Dinner
Ten categories across the full infrastructure spectrum — from PPP transaction of the year to hurricane-resilient build standard breakthrough.
Limited delegate allocations