2005 Annual Meetings Boards of Governors
World Bank Group International Monetary Fund SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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Tentative Schedule of Events |
Events are not open to the Public |
Monday, September 19 | ||
8:00 a.m. |
Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens |
World Bank H Building |
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Technicians Set-Up |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building (Red and Blue levels) |
Tuesday, September 20 | ||
10:00 a.m. |
Press Briefing: World Development Report (WDR) 2006, Equity and Development; World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and WDR lead authors Francisco Ferreira and Michael Walton
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World Bank J Building ( 701 18th St., NW) Room J1-050 |
Wednesday, September 21 | ||
8:00 a.m. |
Press Room Opens |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building (Red and Blue levels) |
9:00 a.m. |
Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); IMF Economic Counsellor and Research Department Director Raghuram Rajan |
Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
11:00 a.m. |
Press Briefing: International Finance Corporation Annual Report 2005; IFC Vice President, Operations and Acting Executive Vice President Assaad Jabre |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, Room R-710 |
Thursday, September 22 | ||
8:30 a.m. |
Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
World Bank F Building 2121 Pennsylvania Ave. NW |
9:00 a.m. |
Press Briefing: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz |
Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
10:30 a.m. |
Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato
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Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
Friday, September 23 | ||
8:30 a.m. |
Annual Meetings Program of Seminars |
World Bank F Building |
9:00 a.m. |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, Meeting Hall |
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10:15 a.m. |
IMF Press Briefing on Latin America - Anoop Singh, Director, Western Hemisphere Department
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IMF Headquarters 1 |
10:30 a.m. |
IMF Press Briefing: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook - Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, Director, African Department |
IMF Headquarters 1 |
12:00 p.m. |
Press Briefing: World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region; World Bank Vice President for the MENA region Christiaan Poortman, MENA Chief Economist Mustapha Nabli, and Iraq Country Director Joseph Saba |
IMF Headquarters, Room R-710 |
1:15 p.m. |
World Bank Media Luncheon/Briefing on Latin America and the Caribbean; World Bank Vice President for Latin America Pamela Cox, and Chief Economist for Latin America Guillermo Perry |
WB I Building, Room I8-300 1850 I (Eye) St |
1:30 p.m. |
Press Briefing: Europe and Central Asia's progress on the Millennium Development Goals; World Bank Human Development Manager for the (ECA region) Arup Banerji |
IMF Headquarters, Room R-620 |
2:30 p.m. |
Press Briefing: Chair of the Group of 24 Ministers |
Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
Saturday, September 24 | ||
8:30 a.m. |
Annual Meetings Plenary Session |
DAR Constitution Hall |
11:30 a.m. |
International Monetary and Financial Committee (Photo-op only) |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, Meeting Hall |
11:30 a.m. |
Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, Room B-702 |
Approx. |
Press Briefing: IMFC Chairman Gordon Brown and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato |
Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
Sunday, September 25 | ||
7:30 a.m. |
G-10 Ministers Meeting (Photo-Op only) |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, IMF Board Room |
9:00 a.m. |
Development Committee (Photo-op only) |
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium |
10:30 a.m. |
Presentations on African Issues - Mr. Don Marcelino Owono Edu, Minister of Economy and Budget, Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Mr. Adboulay Diop, Minister of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Republic of Senegal; Mr. Charles P. McPherson, Senior Adviser, Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department, World Bank |
IMF Headquarters 1 Building, Room R-710 |
3:00 p.m. |
Per Jacobsson Lecture: Mr. Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director, IMF, on "International Financial Institutions: Dealing with New Global Challenges" |
Grand Ballroom (3rd Floor) The Marvin Center at George Washington University, 800 21st St. N.W., Washington, D.C. |
3:15 p.m. |
Development Committee Press Briefing: Minister Trevor Manuel, Chairman of the Development Committee; Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank; Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the IMF
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Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters 1 Building |
4:00 p.m. |
Annual Meetings Plenary Session |
IMF Headquarters 2 Building, Conference Hall |
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