Schedule
Time
Events
Venue
Monday, April 16
8:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens

Tuesday, April 17
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Analytical Corner: Are Low Oil Prices a Blessing in Disguise? The Diverse Tales of Three Oil Exporters

Presenter: SAMYA BEIDA-STROM, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Analytical Corner: Financial Cycles: Early Warning Indicators of Banking Crises?

Moderator: BRAIN WALKER
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Analytical Corner: Public Wage Bills in the Middle East and North Africa

Moderator: ANGHAM AL SHAMI, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter:
  • TOKHIR MIRZOEV
  • GAELLE PIERRE, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Analytical Corner: Euro Area inflation: Why so low for so long?

Moderator: OLGA BESPALOVA, Secretary's Department, IMF
Presenter:
  • LIN LI, European Department, IMF
  • Anne-Charlotte Paret Onorato, European Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Analytical Corner: The Importance of Effective Central Bank Communication

Moderator: PING WANG, Departamento de Comunicaciones del FMI
Presenter:
  • ETIBAR JAFAROV, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • JUAN YEPEZ, Departamento del Hemisferio Occidental del FMI
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions:
  • Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Against LGBTI People (Room MC 2-800)
  • Equity and Accountability in Education: A look at World Bank Projects and Approaches (Room MC 7-100)
  • SDG11 – Sustainable Cities Are Breathable Cities (Room MC 8-100)
  • Civil Society Roundtable with World Bank Group Executive Directors (Room MC 13-121)
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Analytical Corner: Technology and the Future of Work

Presenter:
  • ADRIAN PERALTA ALVA, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • AGUSTIN ROITMAN, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
Wednesday, April 18
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR)

Speakers:
  • Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Fabio Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Anna Ilyina, Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Randa Elnagar, Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions: 
  • Big Shift: How Can the Development Banks Align with the Paris Agreement? 
  • Developing Leadership Capacity to Achieve SDG 4: Creating Impact In and Beyond the Classroom in the Americas
  • Transport Project for Development: Addressing Social Impacts
  • Filling the LGBTI Data Gap: Insights from Research in Thailand and Western Balkans
  • Sustainable Financing for Nutrition: Perspectives from High-Burden Countries
  • Open, Transparent and Inclusive: How Information Disclosure Can Lead to Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
  • Unleashing the Potential of Women in Agriculture and Aquaculture to Build Sustainable Resilient Communities
  • IFIs’ Procurement Rules as Drivers of Anti-Corruption Compliance Among SMEs Around the World
  • Strengthening Climate Finance in a New Era of Transparency
  • Can the Bank Improve Energy Access for the Poor? The importance of Transparency and Action in Meeting the SDG7
  • Rethinking Civil Society Roles in Helping Achieve Good Governance Targets in SDG16
  • Digital Protectionism and Cross Border Data flow: The Role of Civil Society and Netizens in Shaping Digital Trade Agreements
World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions: 

  • Economies in Transition: Inequality and IMF policies in the Arab Region
  • Civil Society Fighting Inequality on Both Sides of Fiscal Policy for Progressive Taxation and Spending
  • Developing an IMF institutional View on Social Protection: A Consultation with Civil Society
  • Financing Social Protection Floors to promote Inclusive Growth and Reduce Inequality

 

IMF HQ2-03B-838B
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor (FM)

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
 
Speakers:
  • Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Abdelhak Senhadji, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Catherine Pattillo, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Wiktor Krzyzanowski, Senior Communications officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Postcard Series: How East African Community Countries Harmonized their Data to Prepare for a Monetary Union

Speakers:
  • Albert A Musisi, Commissioner, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
  • Clement Ncuti, Economist, Statistics Department, IMF
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Analytical Corner: Using Big Data and Machine Learning for Short Term Macroeconomic Forecasting

Moderator: Thomas Chapman, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter:
  • Kadir Tanyeri, Information Technology Department, IMF
  • Kei Moriya, Information Technology Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Roundtable on State Fragility and Development
Moderator: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Author, International Journalist, Researcher
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Sir Paul Collier, Author, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
  • Donald Kaberuka, Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development and former President of the African Development Bank
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Analytical Corner: Public Investment Efficiency in Sub-Saharan African Countries: What Lies Ahead?

Moderator: Phillip Hernandez, Secretary's Department, IMF
Presenter:
  • Karim Barhoumi, African Department, IMF
  • Ha Vu, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Gender Coffee Chats: The Power of Data to Make Change: How Gender Data is Informing Policies to Alleviate Gender Inequality

Moderator: Marco Espinosa-Vega, IMF
Speakers:
  • Stephanie Oula, Program Officer, Data2X
  • Robert Kirkpatrick, UN Global Pulse
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Frontiers in Anticorruption: Strengthening Prevention, Tackling Impunity, and Changing Perceptions

Speakers:
  • Thuli Madonsela, Former Public Protector, South Africa and currently Chair of Social Justice at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch South Africa
  • Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and author of The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of Corruption
  • Giannina Segnini, Knight Chair in Data Journalism, Columbia School of Journalism
  • Peter Solmssen, Former General Council of Siemens AG
  • Christopher White, Principal Researcher and Partner, Microsoft
Moderator: Femi Oke
Opening Remarks: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Analytical Corner: Follow the Money: A New Approach to Tracking International Capital Flows

Moderator: Simonetta Nardin, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter:
  • Robin Koepke, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Rohit Goel, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Building Trust and Resilience
Moderator: Tom Keene, Bloomberg Surveillance
Speakers:
  • Matthew Harrington, COO, Edelman
  • Laura Tyson, Faculty Director, Berkeley Haas
  • Luigi Zingales, Professor, Chicago Booth
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Creating Markets for Climate Business: Mobilizing Private Sector Solutions
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Editor-at-large, Financial Times

Panel 1

Speakers:
  • Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
  • Juan Jose Mendez, Secretary of Transportation, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Jonathan Taylor, Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Panel 2

Closing Remarks: Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head, IFC Climate Business
Speakers:
  • Andy Pharoah
  • Brian Deese, Head of Sustainable Investing, BlackRock
  • Frederic Samama, Co-Head, Institutional & Sovereign Clients, Amundi
  • Franco Piza, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Grupo Bancolombia
  • Aileen Lee, Chief Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Gender Coffee Chats: Where are the Women: What’s Really Happening in the Corporate World?

Speakers:
  • Mala Narain, IMF
  • Rakhi Kumar, State Street Bank
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Flexible Inflation Targeting: Advancing the Frontiers of Monetary Policy
Moderator: Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator of The Wall Street Journal
Speakers:
  • Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Ilan Goldfajn, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • Lars Svensson, Affiliated Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Zdenek Tuma, Partner, KPMG Czech Republic
  • Ksenia Yudaeva, First Deputy Governor of Bank of Russia
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Analytical Corner: Trade-offs in Bank Resolution

Moderator: Meera Louis, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter: Deniz Igan, Research Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

A Conversation on the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Opening Remarks: Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, World Bank
Moderator: Steven Shalita, Manager of Africa External Communications, World Bank
Speakers:
  • Zeid Ra'Ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Debbie Wetzel, Senior Director, Governance Global Practice, World Bank
  • Paula Gaviria Betancur, Advisor on Human Rights to the President of Colombia
World Bank Group MC Building, MC2-800
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Postcard Series: An Introduction to Gender Budgeting

Speakers: Zohra Khan, Chief, Leadership and Governance, UN Women
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Analytical Corner: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fiscal Rules

Moderator: Aaron Ranck, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter: Julien Reynaud, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Digitalization and the New Gilded Age
Moderator: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
  • Bridget van Kralingen, Senior Vice President, IBM Global Industries, Platforms and Blockchain
  • Alec Ross, Author and former Senior Advisor for Innovation to U.S. Department of State
  • Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore
  • Richard White, Author and Stanford University Professor
IMF HQ1, Atrium
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Analytical Corner: Dealing with Legal Obstacles to the Resolution of Problem Loans

Moderator: Erica Anderson, Secretary's Department, IMF
Presenter: Jose Garrido, Legal Department, IMF
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Gender Coffee Chats: Why We Can’t Close the Gender Digital Divide?

Speakers: Revi Sterling, WomenConnect Challenge, USAID
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Securing the Foundation for Human Capital : A Global Priority
Moderator: Femi Oke
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Dr. Michelle Bachelet, Former President of Chile and Board Chair of PMNCH
  • Dr Adolfo Rubinstein, Minister of Health, Argentina
World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

New Economy Forum: Big Data and Economics: Lessons from the Frontier

Moderator: Louis Marc Ducharme, Director, Statistics Department, IMF
Speakers:
  • Dmitri Adler, Chief Data Scientist, Data Society
  • Angelique Faustino, Global Head of Analytics Platform Technology, Thomson-Reuters
  • Lucia Foster, Chief Economist and Chief of Center Economic Studies, US Census Bureau
  • Michael Lokshin, Manager and Lead Economist, Development Data Group, World Bank
  • Magchieval Van Meeteren, Managing Director, Center for Big Data Statistics at Statistics Netherland
  • Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India
  • Marvin Ward, Research Lead, JP Morgan Chase Institute
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

A Conversation with Author of Fifty Million Rising Saadia Zahidi

Opening Remarks: Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF
Speakers:
  • Saadia Zahidi, Author of book “Fifty Million Rising”
  • Sabina Bhatia, Deputy Secretary, Secretary's Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
Thursday, April 19
4:30 AM - 5:30 AM
Thirty Years of MIGA
Opening remarks: JIM YONG KIM, President, World Bank Group
  • JON ETTINGER, Underwriter, MIGA
  • SAHAR NASR, Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation
  • KEIKO HONDA, CEO, MIGA
  • SEBASTIAN HACK, Project Finance Manager, Ib Vogt
  • BRUNE LOUISE SABINE POIRSON, Secretary of State attached to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition

Moderator: RALITSA VASSILEVA, Director of Communications, Sustania

World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

IMF Managing Director Press Conference

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
Speakers:
  • Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
  • David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Gender Coffee Chats: Advocating for Women’s Empowerment: Voices from the Field

IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions: 
  • Moving from Evidence to Action: How Are CSO’s Working to Encourage Government Uptake of the Graduation Approach?
  • Making infrastructure Work for Development: The Role of a Transparent Financial System.
  • From the High-Level Panel to We-Fi – Multilateral Approaches to Women’s Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship
  • Why ICT? The Missing Sector in Sustainable Development
  • The Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships – Exporting a Failed Model
  • Lunch Feedback Session with the Civil Society Policy Forum Working Group
  • Learning for All: The Role of Citizens in Accountability for Education
  • Natural Resources, Instability and Conflict
  • Maximizing Civil Society’s Role in Improving Equity in Access to Health Services: GFF Country Experiences
  • Social Accountability and Citizen Demand: The Missing Link in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
  • Finance Development Through Financial Intermediaries: Exploring Best Practices in Transparency
  • Safeguards and Country Systems in Development Finance Institutions
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions: 
  • The IMF Work on Corruption: Update on Recent Developments
  • Financial Crisis 10 Years On. Has the Response to the Last Crisis Laid the Foundations for the Next?
IMF HQ2-03B-838B
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

New Economy Talk Robots Industrialization and Inclusive Growth

IMF HQ1-1-660
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

2018 Spring Meetings Press Conference World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Cross Border Payments and Financial Inclusion

Speakers:
  • Ryan Zagone, Head of Regulatory Relations, Ripple
  • Jeremy Allaire, CEO, Circle
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Postcard Series: Out of the Grey, Into the Light – How Nepal navigated obstacles to strengthen its financial integrity

IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protecting Latin America and the Caribbean’s Future Against Risks
Speakers:
  • Lea Giménez Duarte, Finance Minister, Paraguay
  • Dyogo Henrique De Oliveira, Chief Executive of the State Development Bank of Brazil BNDES, Brazil
  • Timothy Antoine, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
  • Fraser Fraser, CEO of Citigroup Latin America
  • Jorge Familiar, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Digital Economy for Africa
Speakers:
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Tony Elumelu
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Reforming the Euro Area: Views from inside and outside of Europe
Moderator: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
  • Mário Centeno, President, Eurogroup
  • Jack Lew, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
  • Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
  • Olaf Scholz, Minister of Finance, Germany
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Blockchain: Successful Applications and New Opportunities

Moderator: Stela Mocan
Presenter:
  • Mercina Tillemann
  • Loi M Bakani
  • Jane Thomason
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Empowering Women for Peace
Moderator: Roula Khalaf, Deputy Editor, Financial Times
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Diane Jacovella, Deputy Minister of International Development, Canada
  • Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt
  • Thikra Alwash, Mayor of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Sigrid Kaag, Finance Minister, The Netherlands
  • Patricia Veringa-Gieskes, Job Factory, Democratic Republic of Congo
World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Digital Economy for Africa

  • JIM YONG KIM, President, World Bank
  • JEFF WEINER, CEO, LinkedIn
  • TONY ELUMELU, Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation
Panel Discussion:
Speakers: Claver Gatete, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

A Peek into IMF Training: Financial Inclusion

Trainer: Adolfo Barajas, Senior Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
One-on-One with Christine Lagarde, Featuring Michael Bloomberg
Moderator: Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Speakers: Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases, and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action
IMF HQ1, Atrium
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Digital Identities and Know Your Customer (KYC) Utilities

Moderator: Simonetta Nardin, Communications Department, IMF
Presenter: Bryn Robinson-Morgan
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Market Forces at Work: Institutional Investors and a Sustainable World
Moderator: Stephanie Flanders, Head of Bloomberg Economics
Speakers:
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Luis Caputo, Minister of Public Finance of Argentina
  • Hiromichi Mizuno, CIO of the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan
  • Brune Poirson, Secretary of State attached to the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition
  • Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Founder and CEO of the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism
  • Axel Weber, President, Center for Financial Studies
World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Panel Discussion-Capacity Development in Fragile States

Opening Remarks: Carla Grasso, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Moderator: Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
  • Malado Kaba, Minister of Finance, Republic of Guinea
  • Khaled Al-Abbadi, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen
  • Sir Paul Collier, Author, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
  • Stefano Manservisi, Director General, European Commission’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO)
  • Charles Collyns, Director, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
SDGs and Big Data

PANEL 1

Opening Remarks: Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General
Moderator: Claire Melamed, CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Goals (GPSDD)
Speakers:
  • Jaana Remes, Economist and Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Danielle Wood, Director, Space Enabled Research Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority
  • Kai Klandorf, Executive Director, Network of Estonian Non-Profit Organizations
  • Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senor Director, Social, Urban Rural and Resilience GP, World Bank Group
Closing Remarks: Hartwig Schafer, Vice-President, Global Themes, World Bank Group

Panel 2

Opening Remarks: Shaolin Yang, Managing Director and WBG Chief Administrative Officer
Moderator: Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President, World Bank Group
Speakers:
  • Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt
  • Paulina Terrazas, Chief of Special Projects, Mexico
  • Claver Gatete, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
  • Luis Fernando Mejia Alzate, Minister of National Planning, Colombia Colombia
  • Ambroise Fayolle, EIB
World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Cryptocurrencies - Opportunities, Risks andRegulation

IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Building a Climate-Resilient South Asia
  • IDAH PSWARAYI-RIDDIHOUGH, World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives
  • LAURA TUCK, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank
  • MUTHUKUMARA MANI, Senior Environmental Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank
  • MAHMUDA BEGUM, Additional Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Bangladesh
  • ANAND PATWARDHAN, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland in College Park
  • AISHA KHAN, Executive Director for Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change (CSCCC) and CEO of Mountain and Glacier Organization (MGPO)
World Bank Group MC Building, MC2-800
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
New Challenges Facing the Global Economy
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Columnist, Financial Times
Speakers: David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Disrupting the Gender Divide – The Power of Online Finance and Market Platforms

Moderator: Simon Hobbs, Journalist

  • JIM YONG KIM, President, World Bank Group

  • WAFAA ALASHWALI, CEO and Co-Founder, Serviis, Saudi Arabia

  • JEAN LIU, President, Didi Chuxing

  • ULLA TORNAES, Minister, Development Corporation, Denmark

  • STEPHANIE VON FRIEDEBURG, Chief Operating Officer, International Finance Corporation

  • ANNE M. FINUCANE, Vice Chairman, Bank of America, United States

  • OYINDAMOLA HONEY OGUNDEYI, Founder of Fashpa.com, Nigeria

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM

New Economy Talk: Making the Digital Economy work for Everyone

Moderator: JIANHAI LIN, Secretary, IMF

Speaker: 
  • MINISTER RUDIANTARA, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Indonesia
IMF HQ1-1-660
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Press Conference G-24

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

  • HON. ERAN WICKRAMARATNE, State Minister of Finance and Mass Media, Sri Lanka
  • JULIO VELARDE, Governor of Banco Central De Reserva Del Peru
  • KENNETH OFORI-ATTA, Finance Minister, Ghana
  • MARILOU UY, G-24 Secretariat
  • RANDA ELNAGAR, Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF

 

IMF HQ1-B-640
Friday, April 20
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Department

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
Speakers:
  • Changyong Rhee, Governor, Bank of Korea
  • Markus Rodlauer
  • ODD PER BREKK, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • KEN KANG, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
  • TING YAN, Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ1-B-640
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Press Briefing: European Department

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
Speakers:
  • POUL THOMSEN, Director, European Department, IMF
  • ANDREAS ADRIANO, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ1-B-640
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions:
  • Leaders or Laggards: Where is the G20 on Tackling Corruption Through Secret Companies? Where next?
  • Global Renewal: Debt Relief and Financial Investments toward a Sustainable Future
IMF HQ2-03B-838B
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Civil Society Policy Forum

Sessions: 
  • Valuing Civic Space for more Effective and Sustainable Development- A Townhall
  • Nipping Corruption in the Bud What Can be Done for and by Youths
  • Disability Inclusive Development
  • The IMF and Fragile States: An Independent Evaluation
  • Spring Meetings CSO Forum: Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)
  • Building Public Leadership Capacity in the Education Sector
  • The Policy and Implementation of Information Disclosure of World Bank Group and IMF in the MENA region
  • Tackling the Burden of Tuberculosis to Accelerate Progress on Universal Health Coverage
  • Leveraging Financial Inclusion for Conflict Prevention
World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Debt and Growth: A Balancing Act?
Speakers:
  • Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia
  • Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
  • Torsten Slok, Chief International Economist, Deutsche Bank
World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Postcard Series: Central Bank Modernization – Safeguarding Financial Stability and Gearing Up for Financial Deepening and Inclusion

Speakers:
  • BRYAN WYNTER, Governor, Bank of Jamaica
  • GHIATH SHABSIGH, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

RegTech and Suptech - The Future of Compliance

Presenter:
  • SOPNENDU MOHANTY
  • BRAD CARR
  • MICHAEL GRONAGER
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
The Better Life Farming Alliance - Solutions for Smallholder Farmers
Moderator: Robert S Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School
Speaker:
  • Sergio Pimenta, Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, IFC
  • Liam Condon, President and CEO of Bayer Crop Science
  • Nikhil Da Victoria Lobo, Managing Director Americas and Head of Global Partnerships of Swiss Re
  • Gal Yader, CMO of Netafim
Speakers:
  • Ruth Kajuju M'Irura, Smallholder farmer from Kenya
  • Henry Gurang Cambangay, Smallholder farmer from Philippines
  • Rajesh Kumar Singh, Smallholder farmer from India
IFC Building, IFC Auditorium
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Department

Speakers:
  • Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
  • WAFA AMR, Senior Communication Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ1-B-640
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Achieving Economic Diversification in Low Income Countries
Speakers:
  • Mame Khary Diène, Founder and CEO, Bioessences, Senegal
  • Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India
  • Abraham Tekeste, Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
  • Min Zhu, Chairman, National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua university
  • Luis Fernando Mejia, Minister of National Planning, Colombia Colombia
Moderator: Yanqing Yang, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, China Business News
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Moving from Financial Access to Inclusion
Speakers:
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister, Belgium
Moderator: Francine Lacqua, Anchor, Bloomberg Television, London
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Press Briefing: African Department

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
 
Speakers:
  • ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director of the African Department, IMF
  • LUCIE MBOTO FOUDA, Senior Communication Officer, IMF
IMF HQ1-B-640
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Moderator: ANDY DERVISHI
Presenter:
  • Marco Santori, Partner at Cooley LLP
  • Jill Carlson, Head of Market Strategy, Chain
  • DOMITILLE DESSERTINE
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

G-20 photo op

MEET BY THE PRESS DESK AT 11:20 A.M.
Press Registration Desk
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Attracting Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speakers:
  • Nancy Kacungira, News Anchor, BBC Africa Business
  • Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Mame Khary Diène, Founder and CEO, Bioessences, Senegal
  • Zhi Yong Heng, Head of Special Situations Group , TLG Capital, London
  • Jingdong Hua, IFC’s Vice President and Treasurer
  • Ken Ofori-Atta
  • Thomas Schaefer, Chairman and Managing Director, Volkswagen Group South Africa
  • Ludger Schuknecht
IMF HQ1, Meeting Halls A&B
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Press Conference: G-20

IMF HQ1-B-640
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Smart Contracts - Are They Really Contracts and Are They Really Smart?

Moderator: ROSS LECKOW
Presenter:
  • HOUMAN SHADAB
  • Patrick Murck, Fellow, Harvard Berkman Klein Center
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Press Briefing Western Hemisphere Department

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.
Speakers:
  • Alejandro Werner
  • KRISHNA SRINIVASAN, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • NIGEL CHALK, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • Rober Rennhack, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • RAPHAEL ANSPACH, Senior Communication Officer, Communications Department, IMF
IMF HQ1-B-640
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

New Economy Talk: Governing the Ascent of Artificial Intelligence

Moderator: ANA ROLD, Founder and Publisher of the Diplomatic Courier
Speakers: NICHOLAS ECONOMOU, Chief Executive, H5
IMF HQ1, Cedar Hall (1-660) ABC
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Innovations in Competitive Procurement: How the New Procurement Framework Balances Development Needs with Market Opportunity

Moderator: Tanya Beckett, BBC
Speakers:
  • Manuela Ferro, Vice President, World Bank Operations Policy and Country Services
  • Enzo De Laurentiis, Chief Procurement Officer, World Bank Operations Policy and Country Services
  • Gary Litman, Vice President for Global Initiatives, US Chamber of Commerce
  • Roger Fiszelson, Advisor, MEDEF Business Confederation and Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations, France
  • Ulrika Modeer, State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, Government of Sweden
  • Sarah Adwoa Safo, Minister of State in Charge of Pubic Procurement, Government of Ghana
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
The Security-Development Nexus
Moderator: Roula Khalaf, Deputy Editor, Financial Times
Speakers:
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • John R Allen, President, Brookings Institution
  • Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy and Finance, France
  • Thikra Alwash, Mayor of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Boubou Cisse, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mali
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

TechFin: The Expansion Of The Technology Firms Into The Financial Sector

Moderator: VIKRAM
Speakers:
  • Long Chen, Chief Strategy Officer, Ant Financial Services
  • RORY MACFARQUHAR
  • NASIR ZUBAIRI
IMF Innovation lab, HQ1 2-701
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Postcard Series: Getting the Word Out – Brazil’s Journey Toward Greater Fiscal Transparency

Speakers: FABIEN GONGUET, Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
IMF Gallery, HQ1-R-700 (Red Level)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Towards Universal Health Coverage: Tackling the Crisis in Health Financing to End Poverty
Moderator: Ralista Vassileva, Director of Communications, Sustainia and Former CNN anchor
Speakers:
  • Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, Director-General, WHO
  • Kersti Kaljulaid, President Republic of Estonia
  • Charles Abel, Deputy Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea
  • Amr El-Garhy, Minister of Finance, Egypt
  • Julio Hector Estrada, Minister of Finance, Guatemala
  • Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
  • Henri Yav Mulang, Minister of Finance, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Michael Reich, Professor, Harvard University
  • Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Former President of the Republic of Chile, Chair of the Board, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Future of Resilience: Banking on Cities
Opening Remarks: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
Closing Remarks: Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Moderator: Femi Oke
Speaker:
  • Elizabeth Yee, VP, City Solutions, 100 Resilient Cities
  • Jessica Shannon, Partner, PwC
  • Vazil Hudak, VP, European Investment Bank
  • Jennifer Musisi, Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority
World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
Saturday, April 21
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

IMFC Family Photo

(head-on pooled) 
Meet by the press desk at 9:00 a.m.
Press Registration Desk
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Building Human Capital A Project for the World

Moderator: ALI VELSHI, Anchor and Business Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC

  • JIM YONG KIM, President, World Bank Group

  • BILL GATES, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • PENNY MORDAUNT, Secretary of State for International Development, UK

World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The State of the Africa Region: Leveraging Innovation to Transform Agriculture and Energy
  • MAKHTAR DIOP, World Bank Vice President for Africa
  • ALBERT ZEUFACK, World Bank Chief Economist for Africa
  • THIERRY TANOH, Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Renewable Energy, Cote d’Ivoire
  • REBECCA MIANO, CEO and Managing Director of KenGen
  • UGWEM ENEYO, CEO and Co-Founder of Solstice Energy Solutions
  • ESTHER KUNDA, Program and Operations Coordinator, Next Einstein Forum
World Bank Group MC Building C1 Cafeteria
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Financing the Future of Food- Maximizing Finance for Development in Agricultural Value Chains

Moderator: ZEINAB BADAWI, International Broadcaster and Chair of the Royal African Society

  • AGNES KALIBATA President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

  • DAVID KAMENETZKY, Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer, ABInBEV

  • JORGE ESTEVE RECOLONS, Member of the Executive Committee of ECOM Agroindustrial

  • MAMADOU SANGAFOWA-COULIBALY, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cote d’Ivoire

  • STEPHANIE VON FRIEDEBURG, Chief Operating Officer, IFC

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

IMFC Press Conference

  • CHRISTINE LAGARDE, Managing Director, IMF
  • LESETJA KGANYAGO, IMFC Chairman and Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
  • GERRY RICE, Director, Communications Department, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Booms and Busts: Are We Better Able to Deal with Them Today?
Speakers:
  • David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank of International Settlements
  • Gene Frieda, Executive Vice President, PIMCO
  • Philip Lane
  • Hélène Rey, Professor, London School of Economics
Moderator: Joumanna Bercetche, Anchor, CNBC
IMF HQ1 – Meetings Halls A&B
Sunday, April 22
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Restoring Trust by Curbing Corruption
Moderator: Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator of The Wall Street Journal
Speakers:
  • Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
  • Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane, Minister of State for Planning and Development, Benin
  • Lea Giménez Duarte, Finance Minister, Paraguay
  • Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom
  • Patricia Moreira, Managing Director, Transparency International
IMF HQ1, Atrium