Schedule of Events
April 22-23, 2006 - Washington, D.C.
Events not open to the public| Monday, April 17 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens |
| Venue: World Bank's H Building Auditorium (G Street between 19th and 20th Streets) | |
| Wednesday, April 19 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Press Room Opens |
| Venue: IMF Headquarters (red and blue levels) | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) by IMF Economic Counsellor and Research Department Director Raghuram Rajan Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| Thursday, April 20 | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Global Monitoring Report by World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and Lead Author Mark Sundberg. Webcast | Press Release |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| Friday, April 21 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Group of 24 Ministers Meeting Photo Pool (please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters |
| Venue: Meeting Hall | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Latin America Outlook by Anoop Singh, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Update World Bank Vice President for the MENA region Christiaan Poortman and MENA Chief Economist Mustapha Nabli |
| Venue: IMF Press Room, B-610 | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Regional Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa by Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, Director, African Department, IMF; Benedicte Christensen, Deputy Director; Siddharth Tiwari, Deputy Director Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Press Briefing: Evaluating World Bank Disaster Assistance by Vinod Thomas, Director General, Independent Evaluation Group |
| Venue: Room B-610, IMF Headquarters | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Press Briefing: Education for All Fast Track Initiative World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Press Briefing: G-24 Chairman Margarito B. Teves, Secretary of Finance, Philippines Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00 p.m. | G-24 Seminar on GDP-Indexed Bonds Webcast |
| Venue: IMF Auditorium, R-710 | |
| Saturday, April 22 | |
| 10:00 a.m. | International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Pool (please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Meeting Hall | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: 2006 World Development Indicators by World Bank Chief Economist François Bourguignon and Development Data Group Manager Eric Swanson. Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| around 3:00 p.m. |
Press Briefing: IMFC Chairman Gordon Brown and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| Sunday, April 23 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Development Committee (DC) Meeting Photo Pool (please assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters) |
| Venue: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: Clean Energy and Development by World Bank Vice President for Infrastructure Kathy Sierra; Acting Vice President for Sustainable Development Steen Jorgensen; and Chief Scientist Bob Watson. Webcast |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, Room B-702, IMF Headquarters | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Press Briefing: DC Chairman Alberto Carrasquilla Barrera, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, and IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Webcast | Transcript |
| Venue: Main Press Briefing Room, IMF Headquarters, Room B-702 | |
| TBA | Press Room Closes |
