IMF/WORLD BANK MEETING SCHEDULE FRIDAY OCTOBER 11,2013

Friday, October 11, 2013 Time Events Venue 8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. IMF Press Briefing: European Department Press Conference IMF HQ2-3-748 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Annual Meetings Plenary This event is by-invitation-only. DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. IMF Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Economic Outlook  IMF HQ2-3-748 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. IMF Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook IMF HQ2-3-748 10:35 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. G-20 Family Photograph IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. World Bank Press Briefing:  ECA Economic Update IMF HQ2-3-748 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Program of Seminars: Blessing or Curse: Making Earth's Riches Work for Poor and Fragile Countries Featuring: Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister, the Democratic Republic of Congo Daniel Kaufmann, President, Revenue Watch Institute Michiel Kool, Executive Vice President for Social Performance, Shell Clare Short, Chair, the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister, Timor-Leste Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group Janine Di Giovanni, Newsweek’s Middle East Editor, Author Heikki Holmaas,  Minister of International Development, Norway Organized by the World Bank Group World Bank J Building, J B1-080 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Transition to Open Government in the Arab World (WBG) Opening remarks: Inger Andersen, Vice President, MENA Region, the World Bank Participants:  Najib Boulif, Morocco Minister of Governance and General Affairs  Amira Yahyaoui,  Peace Activist and Founder, Al-Bawsala, Tunisia Moderator:  Guenter Heidenhof, Sector Manager, MENA Public Sector, the World Bank World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tackling Gender-Based Violence After 2015 (WBG) Panelists: Indira Jaising, Additional Solicitor General; Director of Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative, India Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International Jeni Klugman, Sector Director, Gender and Development, World Bank Andris Pielbalgs, European Commissioner for Development at the European Commission Moderator: Rhitu Chatterjee, Contributing Correspondent, PRI's The World World Bank MC Building, MC 13-301 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Towards Better Economic Policy Making: Strengthening Africa’s Data (IMF) Description    George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. IMF Press Briefing: Latin America and the Caribbean Outlook IMF HQ2-3-748 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. International Day of the Girl (WBG) World Bank MC Building 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Press Briefing: G-20 Meeting IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. East Asia and Pacific in Focus (WBG) Panelists: H.E. Muhammad Chatib Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia Willem Buiter, Citigroup Eswar Prasad, Cornell University and Brookings Institution Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Regional Vice President, EAP Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Wrold Bank Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director Moderator: Martin Wolf, Financial Times World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Program of Seminars: Igniting Innovation in Financial Access: Public and Private Approaches for Greater Access by 2020  Featuring: Dr. Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Honorary Patron of the G20 GPFI Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria James Mwangi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Equity Bank, Kenya Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank Frank Sesno, Director, Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, The World Economic Forum Organized by the World Bank Group World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Program of Seminars: What Will It Take to Achieve Both Healthy Children and Healthy Economies?  Special Remarks: Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Speakers:  Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, UK Department for International Development Hans Rosling, Director, Gapminder Foundation Armida Alisjahbana, Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Indonesia Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Minister of Finance, Yemen Ato Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia Shanker Prasad Koirala, Minister of Finance, Nepal Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance, Afghanistan Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria Moderator: Femi Oke, Host, Al Jazeera Journalist Organized by the World Bank Group World Bank J Building, J B1-080 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The Energy Boom in North America: A Global game Changer?(IMF) Description    George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Program of Seminars: Creating Shared Value Through Private Sector Development—Why it Matters Speakers: Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Michael Porter, Professor, Harvard Business School Jin-Yong Cai, CEO and EVP, IFC Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist, World Bank Group Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, CEO of eleni llc and Founder, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Moderator: Tony Fratto, CNBC Business Week Contributor, Former White House Deputy Press Secretary and US Treasury Assistant Secretary Organized by the World Bank Group World Bank Group IFC Building, IFC Auditorium 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Resilience Dialogue: Poverty Reduction in a Time of Extremes (WBG) World Bank J Building, J B1-080 Visit stage2omega at: http://www.stage2omega.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on stage2omega, click here