Tentative Schedule of Events
Last Updated: April 9, 2010
Events not open to the public
| Monday, April 19 | ||
| 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 20 | ||
| 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 | Summary Video |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 1:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: World Development Indicators 2010; by Justin Lin, World Bank Chief Economist and Snr. VP, Development Economics and Shaida Badiee, Director, Development Data Group Webcast |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| Wednesday, April 21 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department Webcast | Transcript | Summary Video |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: From Global Collapse to Recovery: Economic Adjustment and Growth Prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish with English translation available); by Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) |
Venue: World Bank I8-300 Conference Room, I Building |
| Thursday, April 22 | ||
| 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 |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lecture: Imbalances, Global Financial Stability and Growth in a Post-crisis World, with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley | Venue: World Bank Main Complex, Room MC2-800 |
| 11:45 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank President Robert Zoellick | Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 2:45 p.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: Conference Hall 1, IMF Headquarters (HQ2) |
| 5:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-24 Meeting Webcast | Communiqué | Transcript |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| Friday April 23 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Seminar: The Transformational Power of ICT in Africa N. Okonjo Iweala, World Bank Managing Director; J. Ping, Commission of the Africa Union, Chairperson; O. Ezekwesili, World Bank Africa VP; S. Pradhan, World Bank Institute Vice President; B. Ndemo, Kenya, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication; S. Chandrasekhar, India, Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Info Technology Media escort required. |
Venue: World Bank: JB1-075 |
| 9:30 a.m. | G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors 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: Meeting Hall, IMF Headquarters (HQ1) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Global Monitoring Report 2010; by Murilo Portugal, IMF Deputy Managing Director; Justin Lin, WB Chief Economist and Snr. VP, Development Economics; Hugh Bredenkamp, IMF Deputy Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department; Delfin Go, WB Lead Economist and lead author, GMR Webcast |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 11:30 a.m. | G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (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: Gallery, IMF Headquarters |
| 12:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Europe and Central Asia Economic Update; Philippe Le Houerou, Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia and Indermit Gill, Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia Region | Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 12:30 p.m. | Seminar: Making Higher Education Work for Africa’s Competitiveness O. Ezekwesili, World Bank Africa VP; J. Pare, Burkina Faso, Higher Education Minister; O. Mugenda, Kenya, Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University; P. Awuah, Ghana, President Ashesi University. Media escort required. |
Venue: World Bank: JB1-075 |
| 2:00 p.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 |
| 2:00 p.m. | Presentation: Europe & Central Asia - "Lights Out? The Energy Outlook in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union"
Philippe Le Houerou, World Bank ECA VP; Peter Thomson, World Bank ECA Sustainable Development Director Media escort required |
Venue: World Bank: Room MC 13-121 |
| 2:00 p.m. | Round Table Discussion: LAC Beyond the Crisis: Blessed or Cursed by Commodity Wealth? Introductions by Pamela Cox, World Bank Vice President LAC, Presented by Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for LAC; Panelists: Andres Velasco, Chile’s Former Minister of Finance; Pedro Sampaio Malan, Chairman, International Advisory Board, Itau Unibanco and Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development at Harvard University. Moderated by Javier Blas, Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times | Venue: World Bank J1-050 Auditorium, J Building |
| 4:30 p.m. | Roundtable Discussion: Fiscal Strategies After the Global Crisis, chaired by Carlo Cottarelli, Fiscal Affairs Department Director, with Servaas Deroose, Acting Deputy Director General, European Commission, Pier-Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary General, OECD, Douglas Elmendorf, Director, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, David Romer, University of California, Berkeley and Research Department, IMF, Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo | Venue: IMF HQ2 Building, Conference Hall 2 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Discussion and Reception: World Bank Energy and Environment Strategies: Ways of Seeing
Katherine Sierra, World Bank Vice President Sustainable Development; Hamed Diane Semega, Mali Minister of Equipment and Transportation; Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch Institute President; Jamal Saghir, World Bank Director, Energy, Transport, & Water; Warren Evans, World Bank Director Environment Media escort required |
Venue: World Bank, JB1-080 |
| 5:20 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-20 Meeting with Mr. Yoon Jeung-hyun, Minister of Finance, South Korea; Mr. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Canada; Moderator: Ms. Jie Ae Sohn | Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| Saturday, April 24 | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Seminar: Private Public Partnerships: A Future for Africa O. Ezekwesili, World Bank Africa VP; J. L. Guasch, World Bank Public Private Partnerships; T. Thahane, Lesotho Ministry of Finance and Development Planning; M. Mukhtar, Nigeria Ministry of Finance Media escort required. |
Venue: World Bank: J1-050 |
| 9:15 a.m. | Press Briefing: Haiti and the Haiti Reconstruction Fund; Introduced by Pamela Cox, World Bank Vice President for LAC; Presented by Yvonne Tsikata, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean and Alexandre Abrantes, World Bank Special Envoy to Haiti; Moderated by Sergio Jellinek, World Bank External Affairs Manager, LAC | Venue: IMF Press Briefing Room HQ1 B-610 (Blue level) |
| 9:15 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (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 Headquarters (HQ2) |
| 9:40 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Opportunity at the beginning of IMFC Meeting (This photo op will start right after the Group Photo session.) | Venue: IMF Headquarters (HQ2) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific by Anoop Singh, IMF Asia and Pacific Department Director 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 |
| 12:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere by Nicolás Eyzaguirre, IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Webcast | Transcript |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| 12:30 p.m. | Seminar: Africa Can… Meet the Millennium Development Goals O. Ezekwesili, World Bank Africa VP; D. Go, World Bank Lead Economist; S. Mukherjee, UNDP Sr. Economist; S. Shetty, Millennium Campaign, Director; T. Sitimawina, Malawi Permanent Secretary. Media escort required |
Venue: World Bank: JB1-050 |
| 12:30 p.m. | Seminar: Transformational Priorities for Africa in a Changing Climate O. Ezekwesili, World Bank Africa VP; D. Kaberuka, African Development Bank President; D. Ogunlande, Sierra Leone Energy Minister; I. Andersen, World Bank Africa Director Sustainable Development Media escort required. |
Venue: World Bank: MC4-800 |
| Approx. 2:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: IMFC Chair, Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Communiqué | Webcast | Transcript |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| Sunday, April 25 | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Greek Finance Minister Mr. George Papaconstantinou Webcast |
Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702 (Blue Level), IMF Headquarters |
| Approx. 9:15 a.m. | Development Committee Group Photo [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (photojournalists should assemble by 9:00 in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks on the Red Level, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters) |
Venue:IMF Headquarters (HQ2) |
| Approx. 9:30 a.m. | Development Committee (DC) Meeting Start [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity at the beginning of the DC meeting. This will start immediately following the group photo. |
Venue: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters |
| 12:45 p.m. | Development Committee Press Briefing: DC Chair, Minister Ahmed Al Khalifa, 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 |