Tentative Schedule of Events
Last Updated: March 18, 2019Events not open to the public
| Monday, October 15 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens |
| Venue: World Bank's H Building Auditorium (G Street between 19th and 20th Streets) | |
| Tuesday, October 16 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Room Opens |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters (Red and Blue Levels) | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) by Jaime Caruana, Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Economic Prospects of the Region with Augusto de la Torre, new World Bank Group Chief Economist for Latin America and Caribbean Region |
| Venue: World Bank I Building, 1850 I Street, Room I 5-040 | |
| Wednesday, October 17 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Simon Johnson, Director of the IMF’s Research Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Report Launch: Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century with Pamela Cox, Vice President, Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank Group; Eduardo Velez, Sector Manager; Emiliana Vegas, Sr. Education Specialist, World Bank Group |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters, Room B-610 | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Art Opening and Reception: Images from the South Photo exhibit "Development Lens on Latin America and the Caribbean" with Pamela Cox, Vice President for Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank Group |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium Lounge, World Bank Headquarters | |
| Thursday, October 18 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Townhall Meeting and Reception with Civil Society Representatives with Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group; Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and Agustín Carstens, Chairman of the Development Committee (DC) Webcast Transcript |
| Venue: Meeting Halls A & B, IMF Headquarters Media seating limited to first 10 as observers only. Please meet at IMF Red level World Bank press desk to sign up at 5:30 pm |
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| Friday, October 19 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Group of 24 Ministers 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 on the Red Level, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Meeting Hall | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Program of Seminars |
| Venue: International Finance Corporation (IFC) | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Press Briefing: Asia Pacific Economic Outlook by David Burton, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Development Report Launch by World Bank Group Chief Economist François Bourguignon, Co-Author Alain F. de Janvry, and Co-Author Derek Byerlee Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Status of Agriculture for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: World Development Report (WDR) with Alain de Janvry, WDR Co-Team Leader and Laura Tuck, Sector Director, Latin America and Caribbean, World Bank Group Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Africa and the Agriculture for Development Agenda: Ellen Johsnon-Sirleaf, President of Liberia; Robert Zoellick, World Bank Group President |
| Venue: Room MC-4-800, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 12:45 p.m. | World Finance Leaders Mobilize to Support New Financial Incentives to Accelerate AIDS Vaccine Research & Development by the Indian Finance Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, and Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO and President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| Venue: Room 2-530, IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: 31 Development Financial Institutions Launch Initiative to bring Corporate Governance to Forefront of their Operations |
| Venue: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Room 11P-142 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-24 Chair Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Euro Press Conference by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Eurogroup; Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank; and Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission |
| Venue: Room R-710 (Auditorium), IMF Headquarters | |
| Saturday, October 20 | |
| 7:00 a.m. | G-10 Ministers Meeting (Photo-Op only) Communiqué |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters 1 Building, IMF Board Room | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook by Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, Director, African Department, IMF Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:00 a.m. (tentative) | 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 on the Red Level, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: IMF HQ2, Conference Hall | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Update on Economic Developments in Latin America by Anoop Singh, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:40 p.m. | Press Luncheon with World Bank Group Chief Economist François Bourguignon |
| Venue: Room 2-530, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. (tentative) | Press Briefing: IMFC Chair and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa with Robert Zoellick, World Bank Group President; Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development; Donald Kaberuka African Development Bank President; Mulu Ketsela, World Bank Group Executive Director |
| Venue: World Bank Headquarters, Room MC4 800 | |
| Sunday, October 21 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Development Committee (DC) 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 on the Red Level, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (GEMLOC) with Michael Klein, IFC Vice President and Chief Economist; and GEMLOC advisory board members Webcast |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters, Room R-710 | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: HIPC Ministers - Debt Relief and Financing the MDGs (Debt Relief International) |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | IFC Creating Opportunity: Business in Africa Today with Mr. Jyrki Koskelo, VP, Africa and Global Financial Markets, IFC; Mr. Thierry Tanoh, IFC Director for Africa; Hon. Manuel Chang, Minister of Finance, Mozambique; and Mr. Arnold Ekpe, CEO, Ecobank |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters, Room B-610 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: A Leadership Perspective with Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters, Room B-610 | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture by Dr. Alan Greenspan, formerly Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States on "Balance of Payments Imbalances" Webcast |
| Venue: IFC Auditorium, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| 4:15 p.m. | Press Briefing: DC Chairman Agustín Carstens, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level) IMF Headquarters | |
| Monday, October 22 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Meetings Opening Plenary Session and Closing Session Webcast |
| Venue: DAR Constitution Hall and HQ2, Conference Hall | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Impact of Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium Lounge, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 10:00 p.m. | Press Room Closes |
