2010 Annual Meetings, Washington D.C.
Boards of Governors

International Monetary Fund
World Bank Group
2010—Washington D.C.
Annual Meetings

Tentative Schedule of Events

Last Updated: October 9, 2010
Events open to all Annual Meetings attendees.

Tuesday, October 5
Time Event Venue
8:00 a.m. Press Room Opens IMF Headquarters
9:00 a.m. Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability (GFSR) Report by José Viñals, IMF Financial Counsellor and Director of Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Webcast | Transcript | Summary Video
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
Monday, October 4
Time Event Venue
8:00 a.m. Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens World Bank's H Building Lobby (G Street between 19th and 20th Streets)
Wednesday, October 6
Time Event Venue
9:00 a.m. Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department
Webcast | Transcript | Summary Video
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Press Briefing: Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Outlook with Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Manager, External Affairs, Latin American and the Caribbean Region, World Bank
World Bank I Building, Room 2-220
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Adolescent Girls Initiative: Where We Are
Panel event hosted by World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and the Nike Foundation, with supermodel and maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns; actress Anne Hathaway; and musician and former child soldier, Emmanuel Jal

Key Participants: Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, Managing Director World Bank Group;Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs; Maria Eitel, President and CEO Nike Foundation; Adolescent girls from developing countries
Webcast
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
Thursday, October 7
Time Event Venue
8:45 a.m. Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Webcast | Transcript
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. WBI Development Debate on Re-Thinking Globalization How to Manage Capital Flows?

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Preston Auditorium
9:30 a.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick
Webcast
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. IMF Asia and Pacific Department Seminar: Transforming China's Economic Development Model

Speakers include: Anoop Singh, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF; Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China; Menzie D. Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin
Webcast | Presentation by Menzie D. Chinn
HQ1- R-710 (Auditorium)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. IMF Statistics Department Seminar: Financial Stability—The Data Challenge (Open access)
Moderator: Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Speakers: Darmin Nasution, Governor, Bank of Indonesia; Agustín Carstens, Governor, Banco de México; Philipp Michael Hildebrand, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank; Taoufik Baccar, Governor, Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Tunisia)
IMF HQ1-B-702
10:45 a.m. G-24 Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building) Conference Hall 1, IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. World Bank Group Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency and the South Asia Region Report Launch: Expanding Housing Finance to the Underserved in South Asia

Speakers include: Janamitra Devan, Vice President and Head of Network, Financial and Private Sector Development, World Bank Group; HE Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, Governor, Da Afghanistan Bank; HE Shahid Hafeez Kardar, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and R.V. Verma, Chairman, National Housing Bank, India
World Bank J Building, Room J 1-050
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Seminar: Open Development: Empowering Individuals to Change The World
Session launches the World Bank's Open Forum special event moderated by Caroline Anstey, Vice President External Affair, World Bank Group

Panelists: Vivek Kundra, Chief Information Officer, White House, United States; Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor International Affairs, The New School; Rakesh Rajani, Founder and Head, Twaweza Tanzania, Tanzania; Hans Rosling, Director Gapminder Foundation, Sweden

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Seminar on the Natural Resource Charter

Topic 1: Savings/Investment
Proposed panelists: Timor Leste Minister of Finance Emilia Pires; Andres Velasco (former Minister of Finance, Chile)

Topic 2: Discovery/Deals
Proposed panelists: Professor Paul Collier (Discovery); Iraqi Oil Minister; Hussain Al Shahristany (Iraqi Service Contract model)
Discussant: Michael Keen, on the recent IMF book on resource taxation
Moderator: Guillermo Ortiz, Former Governor of Central Bank of Mexico
Webcast
HQ1 R-710 (Auditorium)
12:45 p.m. Press Briefing: G-24 Meeting
Webcast | Communiqué | Transcript
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. World Bank Africa Region Seminar: Eliminating the Budget Execution Deficit

Invited Speakers: Professor Benno Ndulu, Governor, Bank of Tanzania; Nawai Gebre-Ab, Chief Economic Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dr. Min Tang, Deputy Secretary General of China Development and Reform Foundation; Nguyen Xuan Tu, Director of the Department of Investment Appraisal and Supervision, Vietnam; James Brumby, Sector Manager, World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Vice Presidency
World Bank Main Complex, Room MC4-800
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. World Bank Open Forum Seminar: Jumpstarting Jobs and Productivity in an Uncertain World
Moderated by Adrian Wooldridge, Wilson Columnist and Management Editor, The Economist

Speakers: Olesegun O. Aganga, Minister of Finance, Nigeria; Byron G. Auguste, Director, Social Sector Office, McKinsey & Company; Božidar Djelić, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development; Denis O’Brien, Chairman, Digicel Group, Ireland

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency Seminar: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs – Mobilizing Women’s Economic Potential
Opening remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank Group

Speakers: Cherie Blair, Founder, The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women; Leslie Lane, Vice President & Managing Director, Nike Foundation; John Rwangombwa, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
Moderator: Andrée Simon, President, Women For Women International

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1 R-710 (Auditorium)
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Green Growth and Development: Opportunities, Challenges, Experiences

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Advance Film Screening: National Geographic Film "Great Migrations"By Invitation Only
Speakers include World Bank President, Robert Zoellick; President and CEO of National Geographic Global Television, Tim Kelly; and celebrated actor and environmentalist, Pierce Brosnan

Screening will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, The Heinz Center, and University Professor at George Mason. Panelists include Her Excellency Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar, Ambassador of Tanzania to the U.S; Rintaro Timaki, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Government of Japan; Stuart Pimm, Conservation Ecology Professor, Duke University, and member of the National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative Advisory Board; and Inger Andersen, Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
Friday, October 8
Time Event Venue
10:00 a.m. Annual Meetings Plenary Session

Speakers include: Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga (Segun), Chairman of the 2010 Annual Meetings, Minister for Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, IMF; and Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group
Webcast | Presentation by Robert B. Zoellick | Webcast of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Speech
DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. BBC World Debate: Stimulate or Consolidate: How to Secure a Robust Global Recovery?

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. World Bank Africa Region Seminar: Can Africa Trade With Africa?

Invited Speakers: Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance South Africa; Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission; Tony Elumelu, Former Chief Executive, United Bank for Africa; Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University; Rosa Whitaker, President, The Whitaker Group; William Egbe, President of Coca Cola, South Africa
World Bank Main Complex, MC 13-121
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere by Nicolas Eyzaguirre, IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Press Briefing Room HQ2-3-748
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Structural Reforms: Effective Strategies for Growth and Jobs
Webcast

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Low Income Countries: How to Become Tomorrow's Emerging Economies

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-B-702
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Fiscal Policies: Effective Strategies for Stability and Growth

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ2 Second Floor
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Europe and Central Asia - Regional Economic Update

Speakers include: Philippe Le Houerou, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia; World Bank, Indermit S. Gill, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Moderated by: Andrew Kircher, Communications Manager, Europe and Central Asia
IMF HQ2 3-748
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Film Screening: "The Interconnected World"
Premiere of a film about the IMF and the global financial crisis in four parts by filmmaker Christopher Hird

Watch the film trailer
IMF HQ1 Gallery
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. IMF Asia and Pacific Department Seminar: Reviving the Animal Spirits: Strategies for Promoting Growth and Stability in Japan

Speakers: Naoko Ishii, Deputy Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, Japan; Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Strategist, Goldman Sachs Japan

Roundtable Chair: Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
Discussants: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Tokyo University; Kalpana Kochhar, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF; Nouriel Roubini, Professor, New York University
Webcast
IMF HQ1-B-702
Saturday, October 9
Time Event Venue
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Small States Forum 2010: 2015 and Beyond: Prospects and Challenges for Small States
(Breakfast and registration beginning at 8:00 a.m.)
World Bank J Building, J-B1-080
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific by Anoop Singh, IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director
Webcast | Transcript
Press Briefing Room HQ2-3-748
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Accelerating Financial Inclusion - Delivering Innovative Solutions
Webcast

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
9:45 a.m. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Governors “Group Photo”
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
HQ1 Lobby
10:15 a.m. International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
HQ2 Conference Hall 1
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Middle East and Northern Africa Economic Development Prospects

Speakers include: Shamshad Akhtar, Vice President Middle East and North Africa, World Bank; Farrukh Iqbal, Acting Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Moderated by: Dale Lautenbach, Communications Manager, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Webcast
IMF HQ2, 3-748
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Investment in Conflict-Affected and Fragile Countries

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World, The Global Economy the Day after Tomorrow

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
12:30 p.m. Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers
Webcast
IMF HQ2, 3-748
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Global Economic Governance

Moderator: Maria Bartiromo, CNBC
Panelists: Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley; Choongsoo Kim, Governor, Central Bank of Korea, Republic of Korea; George Soros, Founder, Quantum Fund Chairman, Soros Fund Management; Min Zhu, Special Advisor to the Managing Director, IMF

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
HQ1 Gallery
Approximately 2:00 p.m. Press Briefing: IMFC Chair Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Finance Minister of Egypt and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Webcast | Transcript | Communiqué
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
2:45 p.m. Development Committee (DC) Photo Opportunity
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
TBA
3:00 p.m. Development Committee (DC) Meeting TBA
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Future of Global Financial and Monetary System

Moderator: Jean-Pierre Landau, Banque de France
Panelists: Afsaneh Beschloss, President and CEO, Rock Creek Group; Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, IMF; Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel, Israel; Pedro Malan, Chairman of the Board, UNIBANCO-Uniao do Bancos Brasileiros; Reza Moghadam, Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF; Edwin M. Truman, Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics; Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China, People's Republic of China

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Emerging Market Economies: Leading Global Growth and the Challenges

Moderator: Namrata Brar, NDTV Profit
Panelists: Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF; Mohammed Al-Jasser, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Saudi Arabia; Marek Belka, Governor, National Bank of Poland, Poland; José de Gregorio, Governor, Bank of Chile, Chile; Michael Spence, Professor in Economics and Business; Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University; Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, India

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-B-702
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Financial Sector: Navigating the Road Ahead

Moderator: Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Panelists: Tan Sri Dato Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara, Malaysia; Richard Bookstaber, Senior Policy Adviser to the Director, Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation Division, Securities and Exchange Commission; Viktor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank; Randall Kroszner, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Raj Singh, Chief Risk Officer, Swiss Re, Switzerland; José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ2 Second Floor
5:30 p.m. (TBC) Press Briefing: DC Chair, Minister Ahmed Al Khalifa, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
Sunday, October 10
Time Event Venue
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Per Jacobsson Lecture by Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO IFC Auditorium, 2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department Seminar: Toward a Modern Silk Road: How a Shifting Global Economy is Intensifying Economic Links between the Middle East and Asia IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
8:00 p.m. Press Room Closes IMF Headquarters
Monday, October 4
Time Event Venue
8:00 a.m. Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens World Bank's H Building Lobby (G Street between 19th and 20th Streets)
Tuesday, October 5
Time Event Venue
8:00 a.m. Press Room Opens IMF Headquarters
9:00 a.m. Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability (GFSR) Report by José Viñals, IMF Financial Counsellor and Director of Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Webcast | Transcript | Summary Video
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
Wednesday, October 6
Time Event Venue
9:00 a.m. Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department
Webcast | Transcript | Summary Video
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Press Briefing: Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Outlook with Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Manager, External Affairs, Latin American and the Caribbean Region, World Bank
World Bank I Building, Room 2-220
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Adolescent Girls Initiative: Where We Are
Panel event hosted by World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and the Nike Foundation, with supermodel and maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns; actress Anne Hathaway; and musician and former child soldier, Emmanuel Jal

Key Participants: Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, Managing Director World Bank Group;Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs; Maria Eitel, President and CEO Nike Foundation; Adolescent girls from developing countries
Webcast
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
Thursday, October 7
Time Event Venue
8:45 a.m. Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Webcast | Transcript
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. WBI Development Debate on Re-Thinking Globalization How to Manage Capital Flows?

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Preston Auditorium
9:30 a.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick
Webcast
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. IMF Asia and Pacific Department Seminar: Transforming China's Economic Development Model

Speakers include: Anoop Singh, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF; Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China; Menzie D. Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin
Webcast | Presentation by Menzie D. Chinn
HQ1- R-710 (Auditorium)
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. IMF Statistics Department Seminar: Financial Stability—The Data Challenge (Open access)
Moderator: Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Speakers: Darmin Nasution, Governor, Bank of Indonesia; Agustín Carstens, Governor, Banco de México; Philipp Michael Hildebrand, Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank; Taoufik Baccar, Governor, Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Tunisia)
IMF HQ1-B-702
10:45 a.m. G-24 Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building) Conference Hall 1, IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. World Bank Group Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency and the South Asia Region Report Launch: Expanding Housing Finance to the Underserved in South Asia

Speakers include: Janamitra Devan, Vice President and Head of Network, Financial and Private Sector Development, World Bank Group; HE Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, Governor, Da Afghanistan Bank; HE Shahid Hafeez Kardar, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and R.V. Verma, Chairman, National Housing Bank, India
World Bank J Building, Room J 1-050
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Seminar: Open Development: Empowering Individuals to Change The World
Session launches the World Bank's Open Forum special event moderated by Caroline Anstey, Vice President External Affair, World Bank Group

Panelists: Vivek Kundra, Chief Information Officer, White House, United States; Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor International Affairs, The New School; Rakesh Rajani, Founder and Head, Twaweza Tanzania, Tanzania; Hans Rosling, Director Gapminder Foundation, Sweden

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Seminar on the Natural Resource Charter

Topic 1: Savings/Investment
Proposed panelists: Timor Leste Minister of Finance Emilia Pires; Andres Velasco (former Minister of Finance, Chile)

Topic 2: Discovery/Deals
Proposed panelists: Professor Paul Collier (Discovery); Iraqi Oil Minister; Hussain Al Shahristany (Iraqi Service Contract model)
Discussant: Michael Keen, on the recent IMF book on resource taxation
Moderator: Guillermo Ortiz, Former Governor of Central Bank of Mexico
Webcast
HQ1 R-710 (Auditorium)
12:45 p.m. Press Briefing: G-24 Meeting
Webcast | Communiqué | Transcript
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. World Bank Africa Region Seminar: Eliminating the Budget Execution Deficit

Invited Speakers: Professor Benno Ndulu, Governor, Bank of Tanzania; Nawai Gebre-Ab, Chief Economic Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dr. Min Tang, Deputy Secretary General of China Development and Reform Foundation; Nguyen Xuan Tu, Director of the Department of Investment Appraisal and Supervision, Vietnam; James Brumby, Sector Manager, World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Vice Presidency
World Bank Main Complex, Room MC4-800
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. World Bank Open Forum Seminar: Jumpstarting Jobs and Productivity in an Uncertain World
Moderated by Adrian Wooldridge, Wilson Columnist and Management Editor, The Economist

Speakers: Olesegun O. Aganga, Minister of Finance, Nigeria; Byron G. Auguste, Director, Social Sector Office, McKinsey & Company; Božidar Djelić, Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development; Denis O’Brien, Chairman, Digicel Group, Ireland

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Vice Presidency Seminar: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs – Mobilizing Women’s Economic Potential
Opening remarks by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director, World Bank Group

Speakers: Cherie Blair, Founder, The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women; Leslie Lane, Vice President & Managing Director, Nike Foundation; John Rwangombwa, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
Moderator: Andrée Simon, President, Women For Women International

(This event is also part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1 R-710 (Auditorium)
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Green Growth and Development: Opportunities, Challenges, Experiences

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Advance Film Screening: National Geographic Film "Great Migrations"By Invitation Only
Speakers include World Bank President, Robert Zoellick; President and CEO of National Geographic Global Television, Tim Kelly; and celebrated actor and environmentalist, Pierce Brosnan

Screening will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Thomas Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, The Heinz Center, and University Professor at George Mason. Panelists include Her Excellency Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar, Ambassador of Tanzania to the U.S; Rintaro Timaki, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Government of Japan; Stuart Pimm, Conservation Ecology Professor, Duke University, and member of the National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative Advisory Board; and Inger Andersen, Vice President, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank
World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium
Friday, October 8
Time Event Venue
10:00 a.m. Annual Meetings Plenary Session

Speakers include: Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga (Segun), Chairman of the 2010 Annual Meetings, Minister for Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, IMF; and Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group
Webcast | Presentation by Robert B. Zoellick | Webcast of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Speech
DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. BBC World Debate: Stimulate or Consolidate: How to Secure a Robust Global Recovery?

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. World Bank Africa Region Seminar: Can Africa Trade With Africa?

Invited Speakers: Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance South Africa; Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission; Tony Elumelu, Former Chief Executive, United Bank for Africa; Paul Collier, Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University; Rosa Whitaker, President, The Whitaker Group; William Egbe, President of Coca Cola, South Africa
World Bank Main Complex, MC 13-121
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere by Nicolas Eyzaguirre, IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Press Briefing Room HQ2-3-748
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Structural Reforms: Effective Strategies for Growth and Jobs
Webcast

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Low Income Countries: How to Become Tomorrow's Emerging Economies

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ1-B-702
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Fiscal Policies: Effective Strategies for Stability and Growth

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ2 Second Floor
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Europe and Central Asia - Regional Economic Update

Speakers include: Philippe Le Houerou, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia; World Bank, Indermit S. Gill, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank
Moderated by: Andrew Kircher, Communications Manager, Europe and Central Asia
IMF HQ2 3-748
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Film Screening: "The Interconnected World"
Premiere of a film about the IMF and the global financial crisis in four parts by filmmaker Christopher Hird

Watch the film trailer
IMF HQ1 Gallery
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. IMF Asia and Pacific Department Seminar: Reviving the Animal Spirits: Strategies for Promoting Growth and Stability in Japan

Speakers: Naoko Ishii, Deputy Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, Japan; Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Strategist, Goldman Sachs Japan

Roundtable Chair: Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
Discussants: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Tokyo University; Kalpana Kochhar, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF; Nouriel Roubini, Professor, New York University
Webcast
IMF HQ1-B-702
Saturday, October 9
Time Event Venue
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Small States Forum 2010: 2015 and Beyond: Prospects and Challenges for Small States
(Breakfast and registration beginning at 8:00 a.m.)
World Bank J Building, J-B1-080
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific by Anoop Singh, IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director
Webcast | Transcript
Press Briefing Room HQ2-3-748
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Accelerating Financial Inclusion - Delivering Innovative Solutions
Webcast

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
9:45 a.m. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Governors “Group Photo”
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
HQ1 Lobby
10:15 a.m. International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
HQ2 Conference Hall 1
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Press Briefing: World Bank Middle East and Northern Africa Economic Development Prospects

Speakers include: Shamshad Akhtar, Vice President Middle East and North Africa, World Bank; Farrukh Iqbal, Acting Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Moderated by: Dale Lautenbach, Communications Manager, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Webcast
IMF HQ2, 3-748
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Investment in Conflict-Affected and Fragile Countries

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World, The Global Economy the Day after Tomorrow

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
TBA
12:30 p.m. Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers
Webcast
IMF HQ2, 3-748
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Global Economic Governance

Moderator: Maria Bartiromo, CNBC
Panelists: Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics, University of California at Berkeley; Choongsoo Kim, Governor, Central Bank of Korea, Republic of Korea; George Soros, Founder, Quantum Fund Chairman, Soros Fund Management; Min Zhu, Special Advisor to the Managing Director, IMF

** Note for journalists **

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
HQ1 Gallery
Approximately 2:00 p.m. Press Briefing: IMFC Chair Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Finance Minister of Egypt and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
2:45 p.m. Development Committee (DC) Photo Opportunity
Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks in the 3rd Floor of HQ2 building)
TBA
3:00 p.m. Development Committee (DC) Meeting TBA
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Future of Global Financial and Monetary System

Moderator: Jean-Pierre Landau, Banque de France
Panelists: Afsaneh Beschloss, President and CEO, Rock Creek Group; Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, IMF; Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel, Israel; Pedro Malan, Chairman of the Board, UNIBANCO-Uniao do Bancos Brasileiros; Reza Moghadam, Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF; Edwin M. Truman, Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics; Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China, People's Republic of China

** Note for journalists **

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IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Emerging Market Economies: Leading Global Growth and the Challenges

Moderator: Namrata Brar, NDTV Profit
Panelists: Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF; Mohammed Al-Jasser, Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Saudi Arabia; Marek Belka, Governor, National Bank of Poland, Poland; José de Gregorio, Governor, Bank of Chile, Chile; Michael Spence, Professor in Economics and Business; Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University; Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, India

** Note for journalists **

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IMF HQ1-B-702
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Financial Sector: Navigating the Road Ahead

Moderator: Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Panelists: Tan Sri Dato Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara, Malaysia; Richard Bookstaber, Senior Policy Adviser to the Director, Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation Division, Securities and Exchange Commission; Viktor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank; Randall Kroszner, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Raj Singh, Chief Risk Officer, Swiss Re, Switzerland; José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

(This event is part of the Annual Meetings Program of Seminars*)
IMF HQ2 Second Floor
5:30 p.m. (TBC) Press Briefing: DC Chair, Minister Ahmed Al Khalifa, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Main Press Briefing Room, HQ2 Conference Hall 2
Sunday, October 10
Time Event Venue
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Per Jacobsson Lecture by Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO IFC Auditorium, 2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department Seminar: Toward a Modern Silk Road: How a Shifting Global Economy is Intensifying Economic Links between the Middle East and Asia IMF HQ1-R-710 (Auditorium)
8:00 p.m. Press Room Closes IMF Headquarters