Press Schedule |
Schedule of Events |
Journalists should be advised to check this schedule regularly in the lead-up to the Annual Meetings as press events and more specific information will be added regularly. (All times are Singapore time)
| Monday, September 11 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens | Singapore City Hall, 3 Saint Andrew’s Road, Singapore 1789588 |
| Tuesday, September 12 | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report Webcast | Transcript |
Monetary Authority of Singapore Theatrette, 10 Shenton Way, MAS Building, Singapore 079117 |
| Wednesday, September 13 | ||
| 8:00 a.m | Press Room Opens | Press Center at Suntec Singapore |
| Thursday, September 14 | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); IMF Economic Counsellor and Research Department Director Raghuram Rajan Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: "World Bank support to low income countries under stress -- an Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) Report"; IEG Director General Vinod Thomas, IEG-World Bank Director Ajay Chhibber and Lead Author of the report Soniya Carvalho |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 4:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: East Asian Finance—The Road to Robust Market; World Bank Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) Region Homi Kharas and EAP Lead Economist Swati Ghosh Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| Friday, September 15 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 12:30 p.m. | Civil Society Organizations Townhall Meeting; Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato, and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Webcast | Transcript |
Suntec Singapore |
| 2:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Governance Indicators Report; World Bank Institute Director of Global Programs and Governance Dani Kaufmann Webcast |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 5:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank South Asia update; Chief Economist for South Asia Shanta Devajaran Webcast |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| Saturday, September 16 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars (Limited seating is reserved for journalists in the seminars. Press access will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Cameras are not allowed.) |
Pan Pacific Hotel |
| 9:00 a.m. | Group of 24 Ministers Meeting (Photo-op only). Contact IMF Media Relations for details. Communiqué | Webcast |
Suntec Singapore |
| 9:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Economic Update; IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Anoop Singh Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Africa Regional Economic Outlook; IMF Africa Department Director Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| The 2007 World Development Report will be available to the press on the World Bank's Online Media Briefing Center at http://media.worldbank.org on Monday, September 11, at 9:00 a.m. Singapore time under embargo for release at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16. The OMBC is a password protected website for journalists only. | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation; World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and WDR director Emmanuel Jimenez Webcast |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 2:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook; IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director David Burton Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 3:45 p.m. | Press Briefing: Chair of the Group of 24 Ministers Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| Sunday, September 17 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars (Limited seating is reserved for journalists in the seminars. Press access will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Cameras are not allowed.) |
Pan Pacific Hotel |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Africa/Asia Trade & Investment Report; World Bank Economic Advisor Harry Broadman; Africa Region Webcast |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 9:30 a.m. | Lithuania World Bank 'Graduation' Ceremony - Zigmantas Balcytis, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania; Shigeo Katsu, World Bank Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia Region; Svein Aass, Executive Director representing Lithuania at the World Bank |
Suntec Singapore |
| 10:00 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee (Photo-op only.) Contact IMF Media Relations for details. |
Suntec Singapore |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Avian Flu Update; Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza David Nabarro and Head of the World Bank's Avian Flu Taskforce Jim Adams Webcast |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 3:00 p.m. | Per Jacobsson Lecture on "Asian Integration" by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance | Marina Mandarin Hotel |
| 3:00 p.m. | Estonia World Bank 'Graduation' Ceremony - Aivar Soerd, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Estonia; Shigeo Katsu, World Bank Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia Region; Svein Aass, Executive Director representing Estonia at the World Bank | Suntec Singapore |
| 3:15 p.m. approx. | Press Briefing: IMFC Chairman Gordon Brown and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Communiqué | Transcript |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| Monday, September 18 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Annual Meetings Program of Seminars (Limited seating is reserved for journalists in the seminars. Press access will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Cameras are not allowed.) |
Pan Pacific Hotel |
| 9:00 a.m. | Development Committee (Photo-op only.) Contact World Bank Media Relations for details. |
Suntec Singapore |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: An East Asian Renaissance--
Gravity and Friction in Economic Growth and East Asian Visions--
Perspectives on Economic Development; World Bank East Asia and the Pacific Region (EAP) Chief Economist Homi Kharas, Singapore Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh; EAP Sector Manger Indemit Gill and EAP Senior Advisor to the Vice President Yukon Huang. Webcast |
Main Press Conference, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 11:00 a.m. | Seminar by the African Governors | Meeting Room 303, Suntec Singapore |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: International Finance Corporation (IFC); IFC Executive Vice President Lars Thunell |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 3:00 p.m. | Development Committee Press Briefing: Minister Alberto Carrasquilla, Chairman of the Development Committee; Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, and Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF Communiqué (pdf) | Webcast |
Main Press Conference Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 6:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Launch of Partnership between the International Finance Corporation and Hyflux; IFC Executive Vice President Lars Thunell and Chief Executive Office and President of Hyflux Ltd Olivia Lum
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Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| Tuesday, September 19 | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Annual Meetings Opening Plenary Session Webcasts: Part 1 - Part 2 |
Suntec Singapore |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Launch of two IMF books: China and India: Learning from Each Other and India Goes Global Transcript |
Suntec Singapore |
| 2:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Sub National Development Strategy; World Bank Vice President Katherine Sierra; Sustainable Development Network |
Press Briefing Room, Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
| 3:00 p.m. | Annual Meetings Plenary Session Webcast |
Suntec Singapore |
| Wednesday, September 20 | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Meetings Plenary Session and Closing Session Webcast |
Suntec Singapore |
| 3:00 p.m. | Press Reception hosted by the IMF and World Bank | Press Center, Suntec Singapore |
