Tentative Schedule of Events
Last Updated: March 20, 2019Events not open to the public
| Monday, April 20 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens |
| Venue: World Bank's H Building Lobby (19th Street between F and G Streets) | |
| Tuesday, April 21 | |
| 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 José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Press Background Briefing: Proposed Increase in IMF Resources, SDR allocation, Concessional Financing by senior IMF officials |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Wednesday, April 22 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counselor and Director of the IMF's Research Department Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Thursday, April 23 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank President Robert Zoellick Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Friday, April 24 | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Press Briefing: Europe by Marek Belka, IMF European Department Director Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 8:45 a.m. | G-24 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, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: IMF HQ2 Conference Hall | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Monitoring Report by Justin Lin, WB Chief Economist; Zia Qureshi, WB Senior Advisor and Lead Author; and John Lipsky, IMF First Deputy Managing Director and Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook by Antoinette Sayeh, IMF African Department Director Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Debt Sustainability: Joint Commonwealth and Francophonie Finance Ministers |
| Venue: HQ1, Room R-710 (Auditorium), IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Europe & Central Asia Economic Update with Shigeo Katsu, Vice President, ECA Region and Indermit Gill, Chief Economist, ECA Region Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere by Nicolás Eyzaguirre, IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Regional Forum: Latin America and the Caribbean and the Global Crisis (with media escort) |
| Venue: World Bank H Building Auditorium, 600 19th Street | |
| 2:45 p.m. Approx. | Press Briefing: G-24 Chairman Webcast | Transcript | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 4:45 p.m. | Euro Press Conference with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Eurogroup; Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank; Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner for the Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission |
| Venue: HQ1, Room R-710 (Auditorium), IMF Headquarters | |
| Saturday, April 25 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Ministerial breakfast meeting on education in times of economic crisis and the role of the Education for All – Fast Track Initiative (with media escort) |
| Venue: The World Bank Main Complex - Room: MC2-800 | |
| 10:00 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, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: IMF HQ2 Conference Hall | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Bridges to the Future: Infrastructure Investments in Times of Crisis with World Bank President Robert Zoellick; Kathy Sierra, VP Sustainable Development Network; Lars Thunell, Executive VP International Finance Corporation, (IFC Infrastructure Crisis Facility Launch) - (with media escort) |
| Venue: IMF Board Meeting Room, HQ1, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00 p.m. | IMF Seminar: Financial Stability Frameworks and the Role of Central Banks |
| Venue: HQ1, Room R-710 (Auditorium), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. Approx. | Press Briefing: IMFC Chair, Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Webcast | Transcript | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| Sunday, April 26 | |
| 9:45 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, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Background Press Briefing: Update on Fiscal Stimulus and Financial Sector Measures by Mark Horton and Manmohan Singh Kumar, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:30 p.m. Approx. | Press Briefing: DC Chair, Minister Agustín Carstens, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Webcast | Communiqué |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters | |
| TBA | Press Room Closes |
