IMF/WB Group Spring Conference 2014 Meeting Schedule from Stage3Alpha

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND/WORLD BANKING GROUP SPRING CONFERENCE 2014 MEETING SCHEDULE



Posted by EXOGEN on April 6, 2014 at 11:12am



Monday, April 7, 2014



8:00 a.m. Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens

1850 I Street, NW, Washington, DC



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Tuesday, April 8, 2014



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) with Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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An Overview of the World Bank Group's New Country Engagement Model

• Ana Revenga, Acting Vice-President for the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank Group


• Kyle Peters, Vice- President, Operations Policy &; Country Services, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #wblive



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



The World Bank Group Press Briefing: MENA Economic Update



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.



Program-for-Results (PforR): Two-Year Review to Take Stock



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Managing Transition to Normality—Implications for Fiscal Policy



Panelists:

• David Lipton, IMF First Managing Director


• Tim Adams, President and CEO, Institute for International Finance


• Willem Buiter, Global Chief Economist, Citibank


• Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom


• Jose DeGregorio,Professor of Economics, University of Chile


• Charles Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Moderator:

Rob Cox, Reuters



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



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Wednesday, April 9, 2014



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) with José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



A Conversation with Al Jazeera's Ali Velshi and Jim Yong Kim



Moderator:

Ali Velshi, Host, Al Jazeera America



Join the conversation via #askjyk



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Africa Rising: Building to the Future ;
Organized by the International Monetary Fund



Full Agenda ; ;



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



Paving the Way to Shared Prosperity in Europe and Central Asia



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC2-800



11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



LAC Semi-Annual Economic Perspectives Report

• Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.



Digital Finance: Innovation at the Core of Big Development Changes



Moderator:

Tilman Ehrebeck, CEO, CGAP



Join the conversation via #digitalfinance



Organized by the World Bank Group



TBD



11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor Report with Sanjeev Gupta, Acting Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Digital Finance: Innovation at the Core of Big Development Challenges

• Jin-Yong Cai, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC


• Sandhya Rani Kanneganti, Postmaster General, Andhra Pradesh


• Kamal Qadir, CEO, bKash


• Thomas Duveau, Head of Business Development, Mobisol


• Arjuna Costa, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network


• Hortensia Contreras Torres, Vice President Electronic Services, Grupo BIMBO / General Manage BLM


• Walt Macnee, President MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth and Vice Chair


• Chidi Okpala, Director & Head, Airtel Money – Africa


• Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, CGAP

Follow the event on Twitter with #digitalfinance



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Syrian Crisis: The Art of Resilience

• Chris Gunness, Spokesperson and Director of Communications, UNRWA


• Jihad Yazigi, Founder and Editor, Syria Report


• Laura Trevelyan, Anchor & Correspondent, BBC World News America


• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Inger Andersen, Vice President of Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #withsyria &ArtofResilience



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



World Bank Press Briefing: ECA Economic Update



IMF HQ2-3-748



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



Closing Feedback Loops: From Engaged Citizens to More Responsive Governments

• Sanjay Pradham, Vice President, World Bank Institute


• Anabel Cruz, Founder Director, Communication and Development Institute


• Ellen Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director Sunlight Foundation


• Chris Underwood, Global Action, Making All Voices Count


• Edwin Lacierda, Presidential Spokesperson, Government of the Philippines

Moderator:

Stella Dawson, Chief Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation



Join the conversation using #opengovnow



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Fund Surveillance in an Interconnected World



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Africa Rising: Policies for Sustained and Inclusive Growth



Chair:

Antoinette Sayeh , IMF



Panelists:

• Daniel Kaufman, Revenue Watch Institute


• Benno Ndulu, Central Bank Governor, Tanzania


• Lant Pritchett, Harvard

Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



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Thursday, April 10, 2014



8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.



The World Bank Group Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Enhancing Emerging Markets’ Resilience



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



Full Agenda ; ;



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



Global Commission on the Economy and Climate: Briefing for Delegates



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121



10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.



Talking About a Data Revolution

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Mahmoud Mohieldin, President’s Special Envoy, World Bank Group


• Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations


• Professor Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist and Vice President, African Development Bank


• Nick Dyer, Director General, Policy and Global Programmes, Department for International Development


• Gavin Starks, Chief Executive Officer, Open Data Institute


• Haishan Fu, Director, Development Economics Data Group, The World Bank Group

Moderator:

Lindsey Coates, Executive Vice President of Interaction



Join the conversation using #datarev



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



What Have Young People Gained from the Arab Spring?

• Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing director & Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group


• Inger Andersen, Vice President of Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank


• H.E. Mohamed Ouzzine, Minister of Youth and Sports, Kingdom of Morocco


• Ahmed Alhindawi, Youth Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Jordan


• Shatha al-Harazi, Academic/Journalist/Activist, Yemen


• Mouheb Ben Garoui, I-WATCH Executive Director, Tunisia

Moderator:

Abderrahim Foukara, Al Jazeera Bureau Chief, Washington, D.C.



Follow the event on Twitter with #ArabYouth



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



Procurement Reform at the World Bank - Update and Implementation



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.



#EndPoverty 2030 - Millenials Take on the Challenge

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO, The Global Poverty Project


• Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group and Mara Foundation


• Chernor Bah, Chair, Youth Advocacy Group, Global Education First Initiative


• Nargis Shirazi, Nargis Shirazi

Moderator:

Isha Sesay, Anchor and correspondent, CNN



Join the conversation using #endpoverty



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Conversation on Global Economy

• Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director


• Charlie Rose, PBS

Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.



Making Innovation Policy Work: Learning from Experimentation

• Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)


• Carl J. Dahlman, Program Manager, OECD


• Mark Dutz, Lead Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group


• Eduardo Bitran, Executive Director of Corfo, Chile, and former President of the National Innovation Council and General Director of Fundación Chile


• Božidar Đelić, Managing Director,Sovereign Advisory Group, Lazard Frères


• Esperanza Lasagabaster, Service Line Manager, Financial and Private Sector Development, World Bank Group


• Yevgeny Kuznetsov, Senior Research Fellow, the Migration Policy Institute, and Consultant, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter with #InnovationPolicy



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121



2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.



2014 Learning for All Symposium: Investing in a Brighter Future

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President,World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Gordon Brown, Special Envoy for Global Education, United Nations


• Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway


• Amadou Ba, Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal


• Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education

Moderator:

Judy Woodruff, Co-anchor PBS NewsHour



Join the conversation using #educationfirst



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa: A Call to Action



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Enhancing global safety nets to strengthen buffers in EMs



Panelists:

• Naoyuki Shinohara, IMF Deputy Managing Director ;


• Yi Gang, Deputy Governor People’s Bank of China


• Mateusz Szczurek, Minister of Finance of Poland


• Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize writer, author of Lords of Finance

Moderator:

Yanqing Yan, China ; Business News



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



New Paths for Development Finance



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC2-800



6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.



Years of Living Dangerously - Climate Change Series Premiere



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



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Friday, April 11, 2014



8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



TBD



G-20 Ministerial Meeting



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 1



8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Toward Universal Health Coverage for 2030

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Lawrence H. Summers, Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University


• Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor, UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change


• Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

Join the conversation using #UHC2030strong>



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.



Ending Poverty: How Should the World Bank Group Measure its Contribution?



Organized by the World Bank Group



TBD



9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



Meeting Africa's Youth Employment Challenge

• Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa Region


• Deon Filmer, Lead Economist, Africa Region, World Bank


• Hon. Njuguna S. Ndung'u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya


• Hon. Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Senegal


• Simbarashe Mhungu, Managing Director of Harvest Fresh, Zimbabwe


• Louise Fox, Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley; Former Lead Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank

Follow the event on Twitter by using #Jobs4Africa



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: European Department Press Conference



IMF HQ2-3-748



9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



IMF Seminar: The Macroeconomics of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective



Panelist:

• Min Zhu, IMF Deputy Managing Director


• Jeff Sachs, Columbia University


• Jose DeGregorio, University of Chile


• Tyler Cowen, George Mason University


• Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)


• Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Moderator:

Gabriela Frias, Business anchor, CNN en Español



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



Emerging Economies: Views from East and South

• Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley


• Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Chairman of Bank Negara Malaysia


• Cesar Purisima, Secretary, Department of Finance, Philippines


• Mauricio Cardenas, Minister of Mines and Energy, Government of Colombia


• Augusto de la Torre, Economista en Jefe para América Latina y el Caribe


• Bert Hofman, World Bank's Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific Region


• Alberto Arenas, Minister of Finance, Chile

Moderator:

Phillip Yin, Business Anchor, CCTV America



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.



Supporting the Creation of Large African Firms



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.



China: A New Approach to Efficient, Inclusive, Sustainable Urbanization

• Hou Yongzh, Director General, Dept. of Development Strategy & Regional Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China


• Bert Hofman, Chief Economist for the East Asia & Pacific region


• Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #UrbanChina



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.



G-20 Press Briefing



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



A Look Back at Agriculture and Food-based Approaches to Malnutrition



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-400



4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Sharing Prosperity, Delivering Results

• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Jeffrey D. Sachs, Dir Earth Institute &; Columbia U. Prof. Special Advisor to the UNSG Dir., Millennium Villages Project


• Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group

Moderator:

Annie Lowrey, New York Times Reporter



Join the conversation using #wblive



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.



The Resilience Dialogue



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



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Saturday, April 12, 2014


TBD



International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Plenary



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 1



9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.



Increase Agricultural Productivity in Africa Today!



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers



TBD



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



State of the Africa Region



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.



Press Briefing: IMFC Chair Tharman Shanmugaratnam and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Arab Economic Transformation Amid Political Transition



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



Development Committee (DC) Plenary



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: IMF 70 Years Later: Reflections and Looking Ahead



Panelist:

• Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director


• Robert Gordon, Northwestern University


• Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State


• Andrew McAfee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


• Peter Ho, Center for Strategic Futures

Moderator:

Ali Velshi, Al Jazeera



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.



Development Committee Press Briefing : Marek Belka, Development Committee Chair; Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President; Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



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Sunday, April 13, 2014


9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Monetary Policy in the New Normal



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium

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