September 21–23, 2027 · AUA Conference Center, Antigua
Caribbean Infrastructure & Public Works Summit
Build to Last. Financing, Delivering & Climate-Proofing Caribbean Infrastructure.
Infrastructure ministers, public works directors, contractors, DFI lenders, PPP specialists, disaster recovery experts, and construction engineers — in the same room to close the Caribbean infrastructure investment gap.
Countdown to convening
September 21–23, 2027 · AUA Conference Center, Antigua
The Mandate
Four pillars.
One mandate.
CIPWS '27 is the Caribbean's authoritative annual summit spanning the full infrastructure pipeline — from project preparation and PPP structuring through construction delivery, climate-proofing, disaster recovery, and the public procurement reform that makes all of it buildable.
Pillar I
Close the Capital Gap
Commercial banks are highly liquid, DFIs have mandate to lend, climate funds are positioned. The bottleneck is bankable, climate-proofed projects — not capital.
Pillar II
Deliver the Build
Roads, ports, airports, water, energy and digital infrastructure — moved from feasibility to procurement to ribbon-cutting on a regional cadence.
Pillar III
Climate-Proof It
Beryl then Melissa proved the rebuild cycle is shorter than recovery. Build standards, hurricane clauses, and parametric insurance are the new architecture.
Pillar IV
Reform Procurement
T&T's 2024 PPP reforms, Jamaica's NROCC, Guyana's first PPI since 2002. The institutional plumbing that makes capital deployable across CARICOM.
Convening the region
Participating nations.
CARICOM member states, OECS territories, and regional secretariats sending delegations to St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda.
Convened with
Supporting institutions.
Venue
AUA Conference Center
An academic and diplomatic campus venue on the American University of Antigua in St. John's — capable of hosting plenary, ten concurrent tracks, the Project Pipeline Deal Room, ministerial side-rooms, awards dinner, and accredited media in a single secured perimeter.
- Plenary hall with simultaneous interpretation (EN/ES/FR/NL)
- Six concurrent breakout rooms for the 10-track programme
- Dedicated Project Pipeline Deal Room
- Awards dinner pavilion with capacity for 600
Getting there
- V.C. Bird International Airport (ANU) — direct service from Miami, NYC (JFK), Atlanta, Toronto, London (LGW), Frankfurt, San Juan, and the wider Caribbean
- Delegate transfers coordinated by the Summit Secretariat
- Diplomatic protocols arranged through the Office of Protocol
Accommodation
- Curated room blocks at St. James's Club, Royalton Antigua, Hodges Bay, and Sandals Grande Antigua
- Concierge desk for accredited delegations
- Heads-of-Delegation residences arranged on request
On-site facilities
- Plenary hall with simultaneous interpretation
- Ministerial side-rooms with secure perimeter
- Project Pipeline Deal Room and signing chamber
- Press accreditation suite and broadcast feeds
- Awards dinner pavilion and reception spaces
Accreditation now open