11th Global Infrastructure Initiative Summit
20–22 April 2027, Rome
The Infrastructure Supercycle
Infrastructure is entering a defining era. An estimated $106 trillion in investment is needed through 2040 to meet the world’s growing infrastructure needs across energy, transport, digital, and defense. Private capital is responding at record pace, with infrastructure fundraising reaching $200 billion in 2025. But capital alone will not be enough. The imperative now is to translate investment into infrastructure at the speed, scale, and productivity the moment demands.
The 11th Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII) Summit will bring together 200 senior executives from across the public and private sectors to explore what it will take to deliver on this opportunity. Held in Rome from 20–22 April 2027, the Summit will convene executives, investors, policymakers, and innovators for 2.5 days of site visits, plenary discussions, roundtables, and peer-to-peer exchange.
Summit themes
The 11th GII Summit will explore the infrastructure supercycle through five critical themes shaping the sector’s next chapter:
- Funding infrastructure: Mobilizing public and private capital: With private infrastructure assets under management tripling to $1.5 trillion over the past decade, investors are increasingly moving up the risk curve. How can the industry unlock capital at the scale and speed required? Where will attractive returns emerge, and what happens when the cycle turns?
- Powering growth: Delivering energy access at speed and scale: Data centers, semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industry are driving unprecedented demand for power at a time when grids are already facing significant capacity constraints. How can leaders accelerate generation and grid expansion to deliver the reliable energy needed to power the next wave of economic growth?
- Rewiring infrastructure: Accelerating technology and AI to boost productivity: AI agents, generative scheduling, digital twins, and autonomous systems are advancing rapidly—yet infrastructure has largely struggled to move beyond pilots and translate these tools into consistent productivity gains at scale. How can leaders bridge the gap between promising technology and measurable, portfolio-wide impact?
- Securing the future: Strengthening resilience and supply chains: Rising defense investment, geopolitical realignment, supply chain disruption, and workforce constraints are reshaping infrastructure priorities. How can leaders build the resilience needed to deliver and protect critical infrastructure in an increasingly uncertain world?
- Regulatory frameworks: Enabling investment, delivery and collaboration: Regulation can accelerate the infrastructure supercycle or constrain it. How can regulatory frameworks unlock investment and enable the industry to build while meeting the highest standards of delivery?
The infrastructure built in this cycle will shape economic growth, competitiveness, energy access, and resilience for decades to come. The 11th GII Summit will bring together the leaders shaping that future to examine not only where the opportunity lies, but what it will take to deliver it.
