International Monetary and Financial Committee Meeting
November 17, 2001, Ottawa |
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10:00 | Conference Logistics Briefing Kelly Mounce, Media Relations Coordinator, Finance Canada Jean-Michel Catta, Finance Canada Spokesperson David Hawley, Chief Press Officer, IMF Caroline Anstey, Chief of Media Relations, World Bank To provide media representatives with details of the technical arrangements at their disposal and to explain the media opportunities that will be available during the meeting. |
Media Centre Salons A & B Ottawa Civic Centre |
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15:00 | Conference Logistics Briefing Kelly Mounce, Media Relations Coordinator, Finance Canada Jean-Michel Catta, Finance Canada Spokesperson David Hawley, Chief Press Officer, IMF Caroline Anstey, Chief of Media Relations, World Bank To provide media representatives with details of the technical arrangements at their disposal and to explain the media opportunities that will be available during the meeting. |
Media Centre Room 103 Government Conference Centre |
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13:55 | Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee
of the International Monetary Fund Photo Opportunity (Pooled). Host broadcaster will be present. Host broadcaster, pooled camera operators and photographers will be given brief access to, and escorted around, the meeting room prior to the start of the meeting. The meeting is closed to the media. |
Main Hall Government Conference Centre |
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14:00 | Start of Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee
of the International Monetary Fund Closed to Media |
Main Hall Government Conference Centre |
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18:15 | Final Press Conference by the Right Honourable Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chair of the IMFC,
and Horst Köhler, Managing Director of the IMF Mr. Brown, as Chair, will outline developments at the meeting. He will be accompanied by Mr. Horst Köhler, Managing Director of the IMF. This will be followed by a question and answer session. Open Coverage. Host broadcaster will be present. Camera risers will be located at the back of the room. Floor microphones will be in place. Sound feed and simultaneous interpretation (English/French/Spanish) will be provided. Limited seating – available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Press conference will be simulcast in both media centres and on the IMF Web site (www.imf.org). |
Sussex Room, First Floor Government Conference Centre |
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08:00 - 08:40 |
Arrival of Development Committee Governors Photo Opportunity (Pooled). Scrum Opportunities (Open Coverage). Host broadcaster will be present. Media area to be provided. |
Colonel By Drive entrance to Government Conference Centre | |
08:55 | Meeting of the Development Committee of the IMF and the World Bank Photo Opportunity (Pooled). Host broadcaster will be present. Host broadcaster, pooled camera operators and photographers will be given brief access to, and escorted around, the meeting room prior to the start of the meeting. The meeting is closed to the media. |
Main Hall, First Floor Government Conference Centre |
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09:00 | Start of Meeting of the Development Committee of the IMF and the World Bank Closed to media. |
Main Hall, First Floor Government Conference Centre |
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15:00 | Final Press Conference by the Honourable Yashwant Sinha, Minister of Finance (India) and Chair of the Development Committee; James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank; and Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Mr. Sinha, as Chair, will highlight discussions at the meeting. He will be accompanied by Mr. James Wolfensohn, President, the World Bank, and Ms. Anne Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF. This will be followed by a question and answer session. Open Coverage. Limited seating – available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Host broadcaster will be present.Camera risers will be located at the back of the room. Floor microphones will be in place. Sound feed and simultaneous interpretation (English/French/Spanish) will be provided. Press conference will be simulcast in both media centres and on the World Bank Web site (www.worldbank.org). |
Sussex Room, First Floor Government Conference Centre |