Schedule
Time
Events
Venue
Monday, October 6
8:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens

Press Registration Desk
Tuesday, October 7
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Press Briefing World Economic Outlook

Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department
Thomas Helbling, Chief of the World Economic Studies Division, Research Department, IMF
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
WBG Youth Summit The Need for Open & Responsive Governments
Opening Remarks: H.E. Erion Veliaj, Minister for Social Welfare and Youth, Albania

Plenary Session I
Promoting and enabling youth, youth ideas, and youth movements in ensuring open and responsive governments

Moderator: Mario Marcel, Senior Director, Governance, World Bank Group
  • Ahmad Alhendawi, U.N. Envoy for Youth
  • Edith Jibunoh, Civil Society Adviser, World Bank Group
  • Nigel Chapman, President and CEO, Plan International
  • Frank Vogl, Co-Founder, Transparency Internacional

Plenary Session II
The Role of Youth in Inclusive Governance

Moderator: Sandra Moscoso, Governance Global Practice, World Bank Group
  • Santosh Acharya, Youth Activist, Restless Development
  • Sara Morre, Youth Advisor, Plan International
  • Raphael Obonyo, The Youth Congress of Kenya
  • Nur Laiq, Former Social Media Chief Content Officer, Indian National Congress Party

Full event schedule

IFC Building, IFC Auditorium
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Civil Society Policy Forum
The Civil Society Program will be held from Tuesday, October 7 to Saturday, October 11, prior to and during the 2014 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG). It is organized by the Bank and Fund Civil Society Teams, and will bring together IMF and WBG staff, CSO representatives, government officials, academics, and others to exchange views and dialogue on a wide range of topics. More info here.
1850 I Street, NW, Washington, DC
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Press Briefing Latin America Will Slower Growth Increase Inequality?
Moderator: Sergio Jellinek, Manager, External Affairs Latin America and the Caribbean Region

  • Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group
World Bank J Building, J 1-050
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Youth Dialogue Inclusive Growth and Entrepreneurship through Education, Innovation and Passion
Moderator: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Producer/Host, HuffPost Live

  • Daniele Calabrese , Founder and CEO, Soundtracker.com, Italy/USA
  • Gulalai Ismail , Aware Girls – Pakistan
  • Kalpana Kochhar , Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF
  • Patrick Ngowi , CEO, Helvetic Solar Contractors, Tanzania
  • Taliana Vargas , President, Fundacion Casa en el Arbol, Colombia
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Wednesday, October 8
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Press Briefing Global Financial Stability Report GFSR

José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Peter Dattels, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Matthew Jones, Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Andrea Maechler, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Olga Stankova, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Challenges of Job-Rich and Inclusive Growth - Session 1 The Imperative of robust and sustained growth
Opening Remarks: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics

  • John Fernald, Senior Research Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Paul Romer, Professor of Economics, New York University
  • Michael Spence, Professor of Economics, New York University
  • Ernesto Zedillo, Director for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
Moderator: Adam Posen
Speakers:
  • John Fernald, Senior Research Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Paul Romer, Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Director of its Urbanization Project
  • Michael Spence, Professor of Economics at New York University, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University
  • Ernesto Zedillo, Director and Professor, Yale University
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Building Shared Prosperity in an Unequal World
Moderator: Yang Lan, Chairman, Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation


  • Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
Moderator: Yang Lang
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Procurement Reform at the World Bank - Update and Implementation

Opening Remarks: Kyle Peters, World Bank Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services

  • Stefan Koeberle, Director, Operations Policy and Country Services, World Bank
  • Christopher Browne, World Bank Chief Procurement Officer, Operations Policy and Country Services
  • Joao Veiga Malta, Practice Manager, Governance Global Practice, World Bank
  • Marcelo Donolo, Sr. Operations Officer, Operation Policy & Country Services, World Bank
World Bank MC Building, MC C2-131
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Press Briefing Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor Corrosive Subsidies

Moderator: Heba Shams, Middle East and North Africa, Communication Manager, World Bank
  • Inger Andersen, Middle East and North Africa, Vice President, World Bank
  • Shanta Devarajan, Middle East and North Africa Chief Economist, World Bank
IMF HQ2-3-748
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Challenges of Job-Rich and Inclusive Growth - Session 2 Public debt, public investment, and growth
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Financial Times

  • Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, Princeton University
  • Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor at Harvard University
  • Christina Romer, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
  • Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
  • Gillian Tett
  • Paul Krugman
  • Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor at Harvard University
  • Christina Romer, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • Naoyuki Shinohara
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Boosting Women’s Participation in the Labor Force
Moderator: Mina al Oraibi, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper

  • Azeem Adam, Governor, Maldives Monetary Authority
  • May Habib, Cofounder, Qoroba.com
  • Sarah Iqbal, World Bank's Women, Business and the Law Project
  • Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Strategist, Goldman Sachs, Japan
  • Melanne Verveer, Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Press Briefing Fiscal Monitor

  • Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
  • Sanjeev Gupta, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
  • Martine Guerguil, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Building a Global Coalition for Youth Employment
Moderator: Femi Oke, Host of "The Stream," Al Jazeera English

  • Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth
  • Azita Berar Awad, Director, Employment, Policy Department, International Labor Organization
  • Susanne Hoffmann, Director – General, European & International Employment and Social Policies, Germany
  • Adrian Lajtha, Chief Leadership Officer, Accenture
  • Hans Peter Manz, Austrian Ambassador to the United States
  • Imge Kaya Sabanci, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Turkey Program Manager
  • Christian Syse, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Erion Veliaj, Minister for Social Welfare and Youth, Albania
World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Making Public-Private Partnerships More Effective
Moderator: Tumi Makgabo, Executive Director, African Worldwide Media
  • Mike Redican, Managing Director, Deutsch Bank
  • Richard Abadie, Global Infrastructure Leader, PwC
  • Julia Prescot, Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
  • Tom Barrett, Director, Advisory Services, European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • João Carlos Ferraz, Managing Director, BNDES
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Program-for-Results Two-Year Review to Take Stock

Moderator: Linda Van Gelder, Director, Operations Policy and Country Services, World Bank
  • Fadia Saadah, Manager, Operations Policy & Country Services, World Bank
World Bank MC Building, MC2-800
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Press Briefing Europe and Central Asia Economic Perspectives

  • Laura Tuck, World Bank, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia
  • Hans Timmer, Chief Economist, Europe and Central Asia
IMF HQ2-3-748
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Making Extractive Industries' Wealth Work for the Poor
Opening Remarks: Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

  • Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop,Deputy Chairman, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia Sovereign Wealth Fund
  • Ombeni Sefue, Chief Secretary, Government, Tanzania
  • Marinke van Riet, International Director, Publish What You Pay
  • Samuel Walsh, Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Challenges of Job-Rich and Inclusive Growth - Session 3 Sharing the fruits of growth
Moderator: Heather Boushey, Executive Director, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

  • Nancy Birdsall, President of Center for Global Development
  • Jose Antonio Ocampo, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University
  • Alonso Segura, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
  • Laura Tyson, Director of the Institute for Business and Social Impact, University of California, Berkeley
  • Justin Wolfers, Brookings Institution
Moderator: Heather Boushey
Speakers:
  • Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
  • José Antonio Ocampo, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs Columbia University, Columbia University
  • Laura Tyson, Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • Alonso Segura, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
  • Justin Wolfers
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Global Monitoring Report 2014 MDGs, the twin goals and inclusive growth
Moderator: Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
  • Sean Nolan, Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
  • Denny Kalyalya, Executive Director for Bostwana, Burundi, Eritrea, World Bank Group
  • Claudia Costin, Director, Education Global Practice, World Bank Group
  • Shereen Allam, Founder, Association of Women's Total Advancement and Development, Egypt World Bank Group
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Challenges of Job-Rich and Inclusive Growth - Concluding Session Growth and Reform Challenges
Moderator: Sebastian Mallaby, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

  • Muhammad Chatib Basri, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
  • Joe Hockey, Treasurer, Australia
  • Nhlanhla Nene, Finance Minister of South Africa
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Nigeria
  • Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director General, International Labour Organization
  • Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Moderator: Sebastian Mallaby
Speakers:
  • Muhamad Chatib Basri, Finance Minister of Indonesia since May 2013
  • Joe Hockey, Treasurer of Australia
  • Nhlanhla Nene, Finance Minister, South Africa
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization
  • Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Civil Society Townhall 2014
Moderator: Buddy Buruku, African Centre for Economic Transformation, Ghana

  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
  • Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
World Bank Group MC Building, MC 13-121
Thursday, October 9
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Impact of the Ebola Crisis A Perspective from the Countries
  • Alpha Condé, President of Guinea
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
  • Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone
  • Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
  • Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
World Bank Group MC Building, MC C2-131
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
World Bank Group President Press Conference
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Building Future Capacity Drawing on Fifty Years of Experience
Moderator: Carlo Cottarelli, Commissioner for Public Spending Reform, Republic of Italy

  • Akira Ariyoshi, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
  • Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance, Uganda
  • Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary for the UK Department for International Development (DfID)
  • Murilo Portugal, President of the Brazilian Federation of Banks (FEBRABAN) and former IMF Deputy Managing Director
  • Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Africa Sharing Economic Growth Broadly New Challenges for the Continent
  • Danny Leipziger, Former Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
  • Benno Ndulu, Governor, Central Bank of Tanzania
  • Ravi Kanbur, T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, Cornell University
World Bank J Building, J B1-080
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Solutions Café

Join the conversation with senior World Bank Group experts

Taking on... Universal Financial Access: (12:45 PM - 1:15 PM )
  • Marcos Brujis, Director, IFC Financial Institutions Group
  • Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO Ex-Officio, CGAP

Gloria Grandolini, Senior Director, Finance and Markets, Peer Stein, Director, Finance & Markets

Taking on...Malnutrition: (1:45 - 2:15)
  • Marcos Brujis, Director, IFC Financial Institutions Group
  • Claudia Costin, Senior Director, Education
  • Tim Evans, Senior Director, Health, Nutrition & Population
  • Jergen Voegele, Senior Director, Agriculture

Taking on...Access to Energy for All: (3:00 - 3:45)
  • Anita George, Senior Director, Energy & Extractives
  • Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, urban, Rural & Resilience
  • Bernard Sheahan, Director, IFC Global Infrastructure and Resources
World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Mobilizing Islamic Finance for Shared Prosperity and Poverty Reduction

Moderator: Abayomi A. Alawode, Head of Islamic Finance, Finance and Markets Global Practice, World Bank
  • Opening Remarks: Gloria Grandolini, Senior Director, Finance and Markets Global Practice, World Bank
  • Aamir Rehman, Managing Director, Fajr Capital, Dubai
  • Khaleel Ahmed, Chief Investment Officer, IFC
  • Michael Bennett, Head of Structured Finance, World Bank Treasury
  • Khalid Howladar, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Moody’s
  • Jamel Zarrouk, Chief Economist, Islamic Development Bank
World Bank Group J Building, J 1-050
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

IFC Africa Investor Forum

  • Jin-Yong Cai, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
  • Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Trade and Competitiveness Practice, World Bank Group
  • Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairmna, Africa Investor
  • Jean Philippe Prosper, VP, Global Client Services, IFC
  • Bob Diamond, Founder Director, AtlasMara
  • Hon. Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Planning, Republic of Rwanda
  • Colin Coleman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, Africa
  • Sarah Alexander, Managing Director, The Abraaj Group
  • Uche Orji, Managing Director and CEO, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
  • Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Governor, Central Bank of Uganda
  • Lucas Abaga Nchama, Governor, Central Bank of Central African States
  • Albert Essien, CEO, Ecobank
  • Alex Okosi, Senior VP & MD, Viacom International Media Networks Africa
  • Hendrik du Toit, CEO, Investec Asset Management
  • Wale Tinubu, Group CEO, Oando, Nigeria
Ritz-Carlton
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

IMF Managing Director Press Conference

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
A Reform Agenda for Europe's Leaders
Moderator: Geoff Cutmore, CNBC International

  • Ian Bremmer, XEurasia Group
  • David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
  • Wolfgang Schäuble, Minister of Finance, Germany
  • Larry Summers, Harvard University

Broadcast event: No video or flash photography permitted for this session
Moderator: Geoff Cutmore, Anchor, CNBC
Speakers:
  • Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group
  • David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
  • Wolfgang Schäuble
  • Larry Summers
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty & Boosting Shared Prosperity A Policy Research Report
Moderator: Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Director of Research, Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank Group

  • Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
  • Peter Lanjouw, Research Manager and Lead Author, World Bank Group
  • Dean Jolliffe, co author, and Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
  • Stephen O’Connell, Chief Economist, USAID
  • Nora Lustig, Professor of Latin American Economics at Tulane University
  • James E. Foster, Prof. of Economics, George Washington Univ. and Director, Institute for International Economic Policy
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Addressing Inequality in South Asia
Moderator: Victor Mallet, Financial Times Bureau Chief for South Asia

Opening Remarks: Philippe H. Le Houerou, Vice President, South Asia, World Bank
  • Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Chief Economist for Africa, World Bank
  • Martin G. Rama, Chief Economist for South Asia, World Bank
  • Ana Revenga, Senior Global Practice Director, Poverty Global Practice, World Bank
World Bank Group MC Building, MC 13-301
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CNN Debate on the Global Economy
Moderator: Richard Quest, CNN

  • Agustin Carstens, Governor, Bank of Mexico
  • Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President, Eurogroup
  • Stanley Fischer, Vice Chair, US Federal Reserve
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
  • Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Broadcast event: No video or flash photography permitted for this session
Moderator: Richard Quest, Anchor, CNN
Speakers:
  • Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
  • Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President, Eurogroup
  • Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
  • Agustin Carstens
George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Transforming Economies to Benefit the Poor
Moderator: Jane Nelson, Director of Harvard Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative

  • Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom
  • Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia
  • Ali Ansari, CEO, Engro Corporation
  • Peter Sands, Group CEO, Standard Chartered
Moderator: Jane Nelson
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Latin America The Road Ahead - Session 1 Latin America The Road Ahead
Moderator: John Paul Rathbone, Financial Times

  • Laura Alfaro, Professor, Harvard Business School
  • Jose Luis Daza, Founder and CIO, Capital Management L.P.
  • Ilan Goldfajn, Chief Economist, Itau Unibanco Comercial
  • Moises Naim, Senior Associate, The Carnegie Endowment
  • Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Enabling Infrastructure for Economic Transformation and Shared Prosperity
Moderator: David Kennedy, Director General Economic Development, Department for International Development, United Kingdom

  • Diana Noble, Chief Executive Officer, CDC Group
  • Nasser Malik, Managing Director, Head of Global Structured Debt, Citigroup
  • Magda Apenteng, Director and Chief Economics Officer, Public Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, Ghana
  • Tumisang Moleke, Head, Public Private Partnership Unit, National Treasury, South Africa
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Jobs, Growth and Shared Prosperity
Moderator: Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Principal Economist, Jobs Cross-Cutting Group
  • Atiur Rahman, Governor, Central Bank, Bangladesh
  • Benno Ndulu, Governor, Central Bank of Tanzania
  • Turulay Kenc, Vice Governor Central Bank of Turkey
  • Paul Lister, Company Secretary, Associated British Foods
  • Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
World Bank Group MC Building, MC2-800
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Cities and Citizens Game Changers for Inclusive Development
Moderator: Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Secretary General, CIVICUS,World Alliance for Citizen Participation

  • Achref Aouadi, Founder and President, I-Watch
  • Robin King, Director of Urban Development and Accessibility, World Resources Institute
  • Tri Rismaharini, Mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Xavier de Souza Briggs, Vice President for Economic Opportunity and Assets, Ford Foundation
Moderator: Dhananjayan Dhananjayan
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium
4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Latin America The Road Ahead - Session 2 Inclusive Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator: Krista Hughes, Thomson Reuters'

  • Nancy Birdsall, President and Co-Founder, Center for Global Development
  • Maria Castro, Former Minister of Finance of Guatemala
  • Santiago Levy Algazi, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, IADB
  • Miguel Székely Pardo, Director, Center for Education and Social Studies
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

Press Conference G-24

Moderator: Randa Elnagar, Communications officer, IMF
  • Chair: Naglaa el-Ehwany, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
  • First Vice Chair: Alain Bifani, Director General of the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon Second Vice Chair: Marucio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance, Colombia
  • G-24 Secretariat: Marilou Uy, Director
IMF HQ2-3-748
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Book Launch Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive& Sustainable Development

  • Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
  • Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Japan
World Bank Group J Building, J 1-050
Friday, October 10
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

CNBC Africa Live Broadcast Roundtable Africa’s Growth Outlook 2014 – 2015

Moderator: Bronwyn Nielsen, CNBC Anchor
  • Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
  • Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance, Rwanda
  • Jean Philippe Prosper, VP, Global Client Services, IFC
  • Uche Orji, Managing Director, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
  • Charles Okeahalam, CEO, AGH Capital
  • Mandla Gantsho, CEO, Africa Rising Capital
World Bank Group IFC Building, L-101
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

Press Briefing Asia and Pacific Department

  • Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • Markus Rodlauer, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • Jerry Schiff, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • Hoe Ee Khor, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • Keiko Utsunomiya, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2-3-748
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Annual Meetings Plenary

DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Press Briefing European Department

  • Poul Thomsen, Acting Director, European Department, IMF
  • Mahmood Pradhan, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF
  • Aasim Husain, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF
  • Phil Gerson, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF
  • �ngela Gaviria, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2-3-748
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Press Briefing African Department

Antoinette Sayeh, Director for African Department
Andrew Kanyegirire, Senior Communications Officer
IMF HQ2-3-748
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Inequality and Shared Prosperity in East Asia and the Pacific
Moderator: : Sudeep Reddy, Deputy Global Economics Editor, The Wall Street Journal

• Arsi Balisacan, Secretary of Planning, Republic of the Philippines
• Ravi Kanbur, Professor, Cornell University
• Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution
• Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
World Bank J Building, J B1-080
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Financing Development Post-2015 Towards a Shared Vision
Moderator: Mahmoud Mohieldin, Corporate Secretary and President’s Special Envoy, World Bank Group
  • Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Samoa
  • Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development, Republic of Uganda
  • Guido Bichisao, Director of Institutional Strategy, European Investment Bank
  • Hans Brattskar, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Matthew Gamser, CEO, SME Finance Forum, International Finance Corporation
  • Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
  • Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
  • Michael Keen, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
  • Csaba Korösi, Co-chair of UN Open Working Group and Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
  • Huguette Labelle, Chair of the Board of Directors, Transparency International
  • Amina Mohammed, UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
  • Mansur Muhtar, Co-chair of UN Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Finance & World Bank Executive Director
  • Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Netherlands
  • Mark Suzman, President, Global Policy, Advocacy and Country Programs, Gates Foundation
World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Press Briefing Middle East and Central Asia Department Regional Update

Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
Wafa Amr, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2-3-748
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Financing Asia's New Growth Models
Moderator: Lin Xueling, Channel NewsAsia

• Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz SE
• Muliaman D. Hadad, head of Indonesia Financial Services Authority
• Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank
• Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Broadcast event: No video or flash photography permitted for this session
Moderator: Lin Xueling, Channel NewsAsia
Speakers:
  • Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Mohamed El-Erian
  • Muliaman Hadad, Head of Indonesia Financial Services Authority
  • Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank
George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Wealth for Health Financing Access for All

Moderator: Femi Oke, International Journalist
  • Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Assistant Administrator, Global Health program of USAID
World Bank Group MC Building, MC C2-131
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Press Briefing Western Hemisphere Department

Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Nigel Chalk, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF 
Adrienne Cheasty, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF 
Robert Rennhack, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Krishna Srinivasan, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Raphael Anspach, Communications officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2-3-748
12:30 PM - 12:30 PM

G20 photo op

(head-on pooled)
Meet by the press desk at 12:00 p.m.
Press Registration Desk
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Food for the Future Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
Moderator: David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
  • Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany
  • Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture, Nigeria
  • Edgar Blanco, Research Director, Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Susan Jackson, President, International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
  • Howard-Yana Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, Mars Incorporated
World Bank Group IFC Building, IFC Auditorium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Rising to the Renewable Energy Challenge
Moderator: Ed Crooks, US Industry and Energy Editor at the Financial Times

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
• Ram Sharan Mahat, Finance Minister of Nepal
• Leonardo Beltrán, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition , Mexico
• Benedito Braga, President of the World Water Council
• Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board and Founder, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
• Dr. Giulio Boccatelli, Global Managing Director for Water, The Nature Conservancy
• Wandee Khunchornyakong, Founder, Chairman & CEO, SPCG Public Company Limited, Thailand
World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
How Integrated Reporting Facilitates Transparency and Financial Stability
Moderator: Paul Druckman, CEO, International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

Opening Remarks: Bertrand Badré, Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer and Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England

  • Mark Vaessen, Global Head of International Financial Reporting Standards, KPMG International
  • Damien Walsh, Global Alliance for Banking Values, Managing Director, bankmecu
  • Russell Picot, Group Chief Accounting Officer and Group General Manager, HSBC and Co-chair, Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (EDTF)
World Bank Group J Building, J 1-050
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Press Conference G-20

IMF HQ2-3-748
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Making Everyone Count Unique Identification to Fight Poverty
Moderator: Kathy Calvin, UN Foundation

  • Dr. Joseph J. Atick, Chairman, Identity Council International
  • Stela Mocan, Government CIO and Executive Director of the eGoverment Center, Moldova
  • Edward Apo Sarpong, Deputy Minister for Communication, Ghana
  • Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications of Ghana
  • Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development, Canada
Moderator: Kathy Calvin
World Bank J Building, J B1-080
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Jobs versus Privilege in the Middle East and North Africa
Moderator: Matthew Bishop, Globalisation Editor, The Economist

  • Hany Dimian, Minister of Finance, Egypt
  • May Habib, CEO of Qoroba, UAE; Minister of Finance, Malaysia
  • Walid Bel Hadj Amor, President, Tunisian Center for Monitoring and Business Intelligence
  • Marc Schiffbauer, Economist, World Bank Group
  • Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank Group
  • Inger Andersen, Vice President of Middle East and North African Region, World Bank Group
World Bank MC Building, MC 13-301
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

The New Climate Economy Report Better Growth Better Climate

World Bank Group MC Building, MC4-100
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Transforming World Trade Global Value Chains and Development
Moderator: Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
• Roberto Azevedo, Director-General, World Trade Organization
• John G. Rice, Vice Chairman of GE and President & CEO of GE Global Growth and Operations
Moderator: Anabel Gonzalez
World Bank J Building, J B1-080
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Financing Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Femi Oke, Host of "The Stream," Al Jazeera English
  • Joachim von Amsberg, Vice President for Development Finance
  • Diana Layfield, CEO for Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Betty Oyella Bigombe, Senior Director for Fragility, Conflict and Violence, World Bank Group
  • Karin Finkelston, Vice President, International Finance Corporation
  • Bella Bird, Country Director, Somalia, Sudan & South Sudan, World Bank Group
  • Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Denmark
  • Charles Castel, Governor of Haiti’s Central Bank
World Bank MC Building, MC C2-131
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Improving Services through Client Feedback

Moderator: Han Fraeters, Manager, Operations Policy and Country Services, World Bank
  • Kyle Peters, World Bank Vice President, Operational Policy & Country Services
  • Linda Van Gelder, Director, Operation Policy & Country Services, World Bank
  • Antonio Paz Pineda, Director of Planning, Office of Secretary of Planning, Yucatan, Mexico
  • Le Thieu Son, Director, National Center for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Vietnam
  • Amparo Ballivian, World Bank Lead Economist, Development Data Group
  • Parameswaran Iyer, World Bank Program Leader, East Asia and Pacific
World Bank J Building, J 1-050
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moderator: Lesley Wroughton, Reuters


• Lucien Marie Noel Bembamba, Finance Minister, Burkina Faso
• Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
• Henry Kiplagat Rotich, Cabinet Secretary, Kenya
• Antoinette M. Sayeh, Director, Africa Department, IMF
George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Resilience Dialogue

Moderator: Kathleen Koch, Author and Former CNN Correspondent

Keynote address: Tatsuo Yamasaki, Vice Minister for Finance for International Affairs, Japan
  • Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group
  • Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
  • Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID (TBC)
  • Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
  • Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Kenya (TBC)
Special concluding remarks: Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
World Bank Group IFC Building, IFC Auditorium
Saturday, October 11
9:30 AM - 9:30 AM

IMFC family photo

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Meet by the press desk at 9:00 a.m.
Press Registration Desk
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Migration and Remittances Recent Developments and Outlook

Chair: Ayhan Kose, World Bank Director Development Prospects Group

Moderator: Ayhan Kose, World Bank Director Development Prospects Group
  • Dilip Ratha, World Bank, Lead Economist, Head of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)
World Bank Group MC Building, MC2-800
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
State of the Africa Region
Chair: Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group
  • Speaker: Francisco H. Ferreira, Chief Economist, World Bank Africa Region
  • H.E. Newai Gebre-ab, Minister, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government of Ethiopia
  • H.E. Amadou Cissé, Senior Minister, Planning, Land, and Community Development, Republic of Niger
  • Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development, European Commission
World Bank Group MC Building, MC 13-301
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Press Briefing African Finance Ministers

  • Bedoumra Kordje, Minister of Finance and Budget, Chad
  • Geraldo Joao Martins, Minister of Economy and Finance, Guinea-Bissau
  • Henry Rotich, Treasury Secretary, Kenya
  • Kaifala Marah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Sierra Leone
  • Ismaila Dieng, Communication Department, IMF
IMF HQ2-3-748
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Illicit Financial Flows on the Post -2015 Development Agenda

  • Leonard McCarthy, Integrity Vice President, World Bank Group
  • Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank
  • Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Denmark
  • Nena Stoiljkovic, Global Practices Vice President, World Bank Group
  • Hans Brattskar, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Raymond Baker, President, Global Financial Integrity
World Bank Group IFC Building, L-101
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

IMFC Press Conference

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman, IMFC
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Resolving the Private Sector Debt Overhang in Europe
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Financial Times
  • Sean Hagan, General Counsel and Director of the IMF Legal Department
  • Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
  • Juan Rodríguez Inciarte, Executive Board Member of Grupo Santander
  • Guntram B. Wolff, Director of Bruegel
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Competition Policy Advocacy Changing Mindsets to Transform Markets

Moderator: Anabel González, Senior Director of the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, the World Bank Group

• Allan Fels, Professor at Melbourne University and former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Francis Kariuki, Executive Director, Kenyan Competition Authority, former Chairman of the African Competition Forum
• Carlos Mariño, former CEO of Avantel Colombia
• Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission
• Rijit Sengupta, Associate Director, CUTS International
• Alain de Serres, Head of Structural Policies Surveillance Division, Economics Department, OECD
• Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group MC Building, MC2-800
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Per Jacobsson Lecture

Opening Remarks: Guillermo Ortiz, Chairman of the Per Jacobsson Foundation

Stanley Fischer, Vice Chair, US Federal Reserve
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
6:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Development Committee Press Conference
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
Sunday, October 12
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM

The Future of Finance - Opening Remarks

David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
9:20 AM - 10:50 AM
The Future of Finance - Session 1 Ethics and Finance
Moderator: Sean Hagan, General Counsel and Director of the IMF Legal Department


  • Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England
  • Philipp Hildebrand, Vice-Chair, BlackRock, Inc.
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
  • Kok-Song Ng, GIC Chair of Global Investments
  • The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
Moderator: Sean Hagan
Speakers:
  • Mark Carney
  • Philipp Hildebrand, Vice-Chair, BlackRock, Inc.
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
  • Peter Ng Kok Song, Chairman, Avanda Investment Management and former CIO, GIC Singapore
  • The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
11:05 AM - 12:35 PM
The Future of Finance- Session 2 The Changing Role of Banks
Moderator: José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

• Laurence D. Fink, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, Inc.
• Douglas Flint, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
• Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
• Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT
Moderator: José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Speakers:
  • Laurence Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, Inc.
  • Douglas Flint, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
  • Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Executive Board and Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
  • Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The Future of Finance - Session 3 Expanding Role of Nonbanks
Moderator: Vítor Constâncio, Vice President, European Central Bank

  • Chitra Ramkrishna,Managing Director and CEO, National Stock Exchange (India)
  • Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Global Economics
  • Lord Adair Turner, Institute of New Economic Thinking & ex-Chair, U.K. Financial Services Authority
  • Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
Moderator: Vitor Constâncio
Speakers:
  • Chitra Ramkrishna, Managing Director and CEO, National Stock Exchange (India)
  • Nouriel Roubini, Chair, Roubini Global Economics
  • Lord Adair Turner, Senior Fellow, Institute of New Economic Thinking & Ex-Chair, U.K. Financial Services Authority
  • Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, Deputy Governor in Bank Negara Malaysia
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
3:20 PM - 4:50 PM
The Future of Finance - Session 4 Technology and Financial Inclusion
Moderator: Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors

• Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia
• Bill Gajda, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, Visa Incorporated
• Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University
• Jennifer Nason, Global Chairman of Technology, Media and Telecom, Investment Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank PLC

Moderator: Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Speakers:
  • Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia
  • Bill Gajda, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, Visa Incorporated
  • Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University
  • Jennifer Nason, Global Chairman of Technology, Media and Telecom, Investment Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

The Future of Finance - Closing Remarks

Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium