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Tentative Schedule of Events

Events 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
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