Tentative Schedule of Events
Last Updated: March 19, 2019Events not open to the public
| Monday, October 6 | |
| 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 7 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Room Opens |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters (Red and Blue Levels) | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report by Jaime Caruana, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department Director Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Wednesday, October 8 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counselor Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: "Why Women Matter: Agriculture Sourcebook" |
| Venue: Room B-610 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: "Impact of the Financial Crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean" with Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region |
| Venue: World Bank I Building, Room 8-200 | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Fisheries and the Sunken Billions |
| Venue: Room B-610 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Thursday, October 9 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank President Robert Zoellick Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Friday, October 10 | |
| 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Program of Seminars |
| Watch a webcast of the plenary sessions: High Oil Prices with Lawrence H. Summers The Shame of Hunger with Elie Wiesel The Food Crisis with Joachim von Braun Global Turbulence with Michael Spence Financial Turmoil with Martin Wolf |
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| 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: TBD | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook by Antoinette Sayeh, IMF Africa Department Director Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. | Launch of the Adolescent Girls Initiative: An alliance for economic empowerment, dedicated to connecting girls’ education today to quality work tomorrow |
| Venue: World Bank MC Building, Room 13-121 | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Recent developments in Latin America by IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Anoop Singh Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Press Briefing: Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Economic Update by Shigeo Katsu, ECA Vice President, Pradeep Mitra Chief Economist ECA, and Andrew Kircher |
| Venue: B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-24 Chairman Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo, Central Bank Governor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Webcast | Transcript | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 4:15 p.m. | Press Briefing: 2008 Middle East North Africa (MENA)Economic Developments and Prospects: Regional Integration for Global Competitiveness chaired by Daniela Gressani, World Bank Vice President MENA Region; Ritva Reinikka, Director Social and Economic Department, MENA Region; Farrukh Iqbal, World Bank Sector Manager Economic Development, MENA Region |
| Venue: B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Euro Press Conference Jean-Claude Juncker, Eurogroup Chairman; Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank; Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs |
| Venue: R-710 (Red Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 7:15 p.m. | Minister Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney will be available to the media |
| Venue: Room R-620 (Red Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Saturday, October 11 | |
| 10:30 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 on the Red Level, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: IMF HQ2 Meeting Hall | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Comprehensive Follow-up Report on Implementation of the FSF Recommendations on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience hosted by the Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum and Governor of Bank of Italy, Mario Draghi |
| Venue: R-710 (Red Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Signing ceremony of the original Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation IFC) on behalf of Sao Tome and Principe by Her Excellency Angela Maria da Graca Viegas Santiago, Minister of Planning and Finance of Sao Tome and Principe. |
| Venue: World Bank Building, Room MC13-301 (Board Room) | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: The Climate Resilient Cities Report - EAP |
| Venue: B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Launch of South-South Facility featuring Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank Group President, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank Group Managing Director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala plus seven ministers |
| Venue: B-610 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. approx. | Press Briefing: IMFC Chair and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Transcript | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Doing Business in Africa |
| Venue: World Bank MC Building, Room 4-800 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Signing ceremony to mark Qatar's membership in IFC with IFC Executive Vice President and CEO Lars Thunell and Qatar Minister of Finance and H.E. Youssif Hussain Kamal. |
| Venue: World Bank MC Building, Room 13-301 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Press Briefing by the International Working Group on Sovereign Wealth Funds (IWG) on the Santiago Principles Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Group of Twenty (G-20) 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:TBD | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Group of Twenty (G-20) Chairman and Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega Webcast (in Portuguese) | Transcript |
| Venue:Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Sunday, October 12 | |
| 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: World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: HIPC Finance Ministers |
| Venue: B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Banque de France - Financial Stability Review on Valuation: Panel discussion with Christian Noyer, Jaime Caruana, Hugo Banziger, Philipp Hildebrand, Avinash Persuad, José Viñals |
| Venue: R-710 (Red Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Per Jacobsson Foundation: Panel Discussion on "The Role and Governance of the IMF: Further Reflections on Reform", with Stanley Fischer, Trevor Manuel, Jean Pisani-Ferry, and Raghuram Rajan, chaired by Andrew Crockett Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: IFC Auditorium, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: DC Chairman Agustín Carstens, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Program of Seminars: : Turmoil in Global Financial and Commodities Markets – Prospects and Policies |
| Introductory Remarks by John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF; Moderator: Martin Wolf, Associate Editor, The Fianacial Times; Panelists: Lewis Alexander, Chief Economist, Citigroup; Christine M. Cumming, First Vice President, The Federal Reserve System; Mohamed El-Erian, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Investment Officer, PIMCO; Roger Ferguson, former Governor and Vice Chairman, The Federal Reserve System; George Soros, Chair, Soros Fund Management Webcast |
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| Monday, October 13 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Annual Meetings Opening Plenary Session |
| Venue: DAR Constitution Hall | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Annual Meetings Closing Session |
| Venue: IMF HQ2, Conference Hall | |
| 10:00 p.m. | Press Room Closes |
