Schedule of Events
April 12-13, 2008 - Washington, D.C.
Events not open to the public| Monday, April 7 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens |
| Venue: World Bank's H Building Auditorium (G Street between 19th and 20th Streets) | |
| Tuesday, April 8 | |
| 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, Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Monitoring Report by Zia Qureshi, Senior Advisor and Lead Author, World Bank; Alan Gelb, Acting Chief Economist, World Bank; and Mark Plant, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund Webcast | |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Launch of LAC Remittances Book - Participants: Pamela Cox, Regional Vice Presdient, Humberto López, Lead Economist and PREM Sector Leader for Central America, Pablo Fajnzylber, Senior Economist, and Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director of the Pew Hispanic Center. Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Communications Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean (LCR) |
| Venue: World Bank I Building, Room 1-200 | |
| Wednesday, April 9 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: The US slowdown and economic perspectives for Latin America - Participants: Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for LCR. Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Communications Advisor for LCR Note: this event will be in Spanish, whispered interpretation in English will be available |
| Venue: World Bank I Building, Room 8-200 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | The Global Economy and its Effects on Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Countries - Participants: Shigeo Katsu, Pradeep Mitra, Paloma Anos Casero, and Andrew Kircher |
| Venue: Room B-610, IMF Headquarters | |
| Thursday, April 10 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Award Ceremony of “Getting the Facts Right” and Reception, an award to the best innovation in statistics work in the region Poverty Reduction Economic Management (PREM) Participants: Pamela Cox, Regional Vice Presdient, and Marcelo Giugale, Director of PREM in LAC. Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Communications Advisor for LAC |
| Venue: World Bank I Building, Room 2-Foyer | |
| Friday, April 11 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook by IMF Asia Pacific Department Director David Burton Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Group of 24 Ministers Meeting Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript Photo Pool (please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the Main Press Briefing Room, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters |
| Venue: Meeting Hall, IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press briefing: Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook by IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Anoop Singh Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press briefing: World Development Indicators by Shaida Badiee, Director, World Bank Development Data Group; Eric Swanson, Program Manager, World Bank Development Data Group, and Alan Gelb, Acting Chief Economist Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-24 Chair Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Ways to Bridge Gender Gaps |
| Venue: MC 4-800, World Bank Main Complex | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Canada –G7 |
| Venue: IMF Room B-620, IMF Headquarters | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian Finance Minister. Please gather at 6:20 p.m. at the press desk to be escorted to the meeting room |
| Venue: IMF Room HQ1 5-108, IMF Headquarters | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Euro Press Conference Jean-Claude Trichet, President of ECB Joaquín Almunia, Commisioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Jean-Claude Juncker, Chairman of the Eurogroup |
| Venue: IMF Room R-710, Auditorium, IMF Headquarters | |
| 7:00 p.m. | The Honorable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Mr. Mark Carney, Bank of Canada Governor will be available to the media. |
| Venue: IMF Room B-620, IMF Headquarters | |
| Saturday, April 12 | |
| 10:30 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks on the Red Level, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Meeting Hall | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Governor Mario Draghi in his capacity as Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum |
| Venue: Room B-610, IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | IFC Signing Memorandum with the Arab Monetary Fund - Participants: Mr. Lars Thunell, IFC Executive Vice President, Dr. Jassim Al Mannai, Director General of the Arab Monetary Fund and Mr. Michael Essex, IFC Director for the Middle East and North Africa. |
| Venue: World Bank Main Complex, Room MC8-744 | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Press Briefing on "Financing Climate Change" with Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary and Katherine Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank |
| Venue: Room R-620, IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Press briefing: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Recipient Country Policies |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Harnessing the Opportunity of the Commodities Boom for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries - Moderated by Eric Chinje, Manager, World Bank Africa Region External Affairs |
| Venue: Room R-710, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: IMFC Chair, Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Photo Pool: Meeting with Managing Director, Mr. Strauss-Kahn and Australian Finance Minister. |
| Venue: Photographers should assemble in the press room at 7:00 p.m. | |
| Sunday, April 13 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Development Committee (DC) Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks on the Red Level, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: DC Chair, Minister Agustín Carstens, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| TBA | Press Room Closes |
