Time
Events
Venue
Thursday, March 30
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Rethinking Development Policy in a Time of Crisis

Speakers:

  • David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group
  • Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger

Moderator:

  • Hannane Ferdjani, Broadcast journalist
Thursday, April 6
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Spring Meetings 2023 Curtain Raiser

Speaker:

  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Ryan Heath, Editorial Director, Politico

The Meridian International Center
Monday, April 10
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Joint Seminar: The Way Forward: Building Resilience and Reshaping Development
THIS EVENT IS VIRTUAL ONLY.
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • David Malpass, President, World Bank Group
Moderator: Noreyana Fernando, Communications Officer, World Bank
Virtual
9:30 AM - 9:55 AM
Analytical Corner: Climate Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Speakers: 

  • Anna Belianska, Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Giovanni Melina, African Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Analytical Corner: A Low-Carbon Future for the Middle East and Central Asia: What Are the Options?

Speakers: 

  • Gareth Anderson, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
  • Jiayi Ma, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Analytical Corner: Tackling the Digital Divide

Speaker: 

  • Mariano Moszoro, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
IMF Inspired—Conversation with Gillian Tett: Lessons from Anthropology for the Modern Economist
Opening Remarks: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
Speakers: Gillian Tett, Editor-at-large, Financial Times
Moderator: Sabina Bhatia, Deputy Secretary, Secretary's Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Analytical Corner: The Impact of the IMF’s COVID-19 Support to Developing and Emerging Economies

Speaker: 

  • Karmen Naidoo, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Peek-into-Training: Capacity Development for Projecting Public Debt: The Public Debt Dynamics Tool (DDT)

Speakers:

  • Marie Pierre Aquino Coste, Economist, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
  • Leonardo Martinez, Senior Economist, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Analytical Corner: Tackling Legal Impediments to Women’s Economic Empowerment

Speakers: 

  • Audrey Yiadom, Legal Department, IMF
  • Francisca Fernando, Legal Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
Tuesday, April 11
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook

Speakers:

  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Director of the Research Department, IMF
  • Petya Koeva Brooks, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
  • Daniel Leigh, Division Chief, Research Department, IMF

Moderator: Jose Luis De Haro, Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:30 AM - 9:55 AM
Analytical Corner: Big Data Meets Whale Conservation: A Nature-based Solution for Climate Change

Speakers: 

  • Pat Escalante, Statistics Department, IMF
  • Andras Komaromi, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF

Co-authors: 

  • Yang Liu, Information Technology Department, IMF
  • Alberto Sanchez, Statistics Department, IMF
  • Ayoub Mharzi, Statistics Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Analytical Corner: Drivers of Capital Outflows in Emerging Markets

Speaker: 

  • Andrés Fernández, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Climate Innovation Challenge Workshop (Session I): PortWatch—Monitoring Disaster-Related Trade Disruptions from Space

Moderator: Francesco Luna, Senior Economist, Office of Innovation and Change, IMF

Opening Remarks for the Workshop:

  • Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
  • Bert Kroese, Chief Statistician, Data Officer, and Director, Statistics Department, IMF

Opening Remarks for Session I: John Lenahan, Global Commercial Services Delivery Manager, Environmental Systems Research Institute

Speakers for Session I:

  • Parisa Kamali, Economist, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
  • Robin Koepke, Economist, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF
  • Alessandra Sozzi, Data Analytics Officer, Statistics Department, IMF
  • Kodiak Starr, Product Designer, Corporate Services and Facilities Department, IMF
IMF iLab (HQ1-2-701)
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Analytical Corner: Fragmentation in Global Trade: Costs to the Global Economy

Speakers: 

  • Marijn Bolhuis, Strategy, Policy, & Review Department, IMF
  • Ben Kett, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF

Co-author: 

  • Jiaqian Chen, Research Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report

Speakers:

  • Tobias Adrian, Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Charles Cohen, Deputy Division Chief, IMF

Moderator: Randa Elnagar, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Analytical Corner: U.S. Monetary Policy Spillovers to Middle East and Central Asia: Both Shocks and Fundamentals Matter

Speakers: 

  • Giovanni Ugazio, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
  • Weining Xin, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Climate Innovation Challenge Workshop (Session II): A Machine Learning-Based Toolbox for Climate Policy Analysis

Moderator: Kirpal Chauhan, Innovation Officer, Office of Innovation and Change, IMF

Speakers for Session I:

  • Minju Jeong, Econometric Modeler, IT Department, IMF
  • Yunhui Zhao, Economist, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Closing Remarks for the Workshop: Miroslav Delaporte, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, World Bank

IMF iLab (HQ1-2-701)
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Governor Talks - Philippines: What Sticky Inflation Means for Monetary Policy in Emerging Asia

Speaker: 

  • Felipe Medalla, Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Moderator: Krishna Srinivasan, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
12:00 PM - 12:25 PM
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Press Briefing: G-24

Speakers:

  • Adama Coulibaly, Minister of Economy and Finance, Cote d’ Ivoire / G-24 Bureau Chair
  • Benjamin E. Diokno, Secretary of Finance of the Philippines / G-24 1st Vice Chair
  • 2nd Vice Chair (TBC)
  • Iyabo Masha, Director G-24 Secretariat

Moderator: Pavis Devahasadin, Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
12:30 PM - 12:55 PM
Analytical Corner: War, Weather, and Fertilizer: the Drivers of Global Food Prices and Their Passthrough to Consumer Food Inflation

Speakers: 

  • Christian Bogmans, Research Department, IMF
  • Ervin Prifti, Research Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
IMF Seminar: Climate Finance and Energy Security
Speakers:
  • Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Rania Al-Mashat, Minister for International Cooperation, Egypt
  • Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist, International Energy Agency
  • Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO, Rwanda Development Bank
  • Dan Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global
Moderator: Michelle Fleury, New York Business Correspondent, BBC
IMF HQ1 Atrium
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Overcoming Debt, Generating Growth

Speakers:

  • David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group
  • Tina Vandersteel, Head of Emerging Country Debt, GMO
  • Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance, University of Chicago's Booth School
  • Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance, Ethiopia
  • Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica

Host:

  • Paul Blake, External Affairs Officer, World Bank Group
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
Wednesday, April 12
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor

Speakers:

  • Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Paulo Medas, Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Nicolas Mombrial, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Governing Effectively During Challenging Times

Speakers:

  • Shameran Abed, Executive Director, BRAC International
  • Pablo Arosemena Marriott, Minister of Economy and Finance, Ecuador
  • Sergii Marchenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine
  • Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations, World Bank Group

Host:

  • Kathleen HaysGlobal Economics and Policy Editor, Bloomberg Television and Radio
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Low-Income Countries Challenges and Concessional Financing Roundtable

Opening Remarks: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
Virtual
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
New Economy Forum: The Great AI Dilemma - Balancing AI Risks and Opportunities

Speakers: 

  • Anton Korinek Rubenstein, Fellow, Brookings and Professor of Economics, University of Virginia and Darden School of Business
  • Murielle Popa-Fabre, Expert on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, Council of Europe
  • Hélène Landemore, Professor of Political Science, Yale University

Moderator: Shirin Hamid, Chief Information Officer, IMF

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Capacity Development Talk: Supporting Climate Resilience and Green Growth: the Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (CPIMA)

Speakers:

  • Bryn Battersby, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Business Development and Minister of Cape Verde's Digital Economy
  • Nicoletta Feruglio, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
  • Patrick Hitayezu, Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
New Economy Forum: The Future of Crypto Assets: Pains, Policies, and Possibilities

Presenter: 

  • Arif Ismail, Deputy Division Chief in the Payments and Infrastructure Division, IMF

Discussants: 

  • Rupert Thorne, Deputy Secretary General, FSB
  • Linda Jeng, Chief Global Regulatory Officer and General Counsel of the Crypto Council for Innovation
  • Jiaying Jiang, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Moderator: Gillian Tett, Chair of Editorial Board, Editor-at-Large of US, Financial Times

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Coming Down to Earth: How to Tackle Soaring Public Debt

Moderator: Andrea Shalal, Reuters

Speakers:

  • Marco Buti, Chief of Staff, Commissioner for the economy, European Commission
  • Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to the Treasury, Zambia
  • Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Director and Economic Counsellor, Research Department, IMF
  • Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
New Economy Forum: IMF Approach to Central Bank Digital Currency Capacity Development

Opening Remarks: Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Speakers:

  • Hideaki Imamura, Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Japan
  • Harvesh Kumar Seegolam, Governor of Bank of Mauritius
  • Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
  • Eswar Prasad Tolani, Senior Professor of Trade Policy and Professor of Economics at Cornell University
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Governor Talks - Democratic Republic of the Congo: Energy Transition and the Role of the DRC as a Solution Country

Speaker: 

  • Nicolas Kazadi, Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moderator: Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Third Ministerial Roundtable Discussion for Support to Ukraine

Speakers:

  • Volodymyr Zelensky, President, Ukraine
  • Denys Shymhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  • David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group
  • Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Capacity Development Talk: Cutting Edge Analytical Tools for Central Banking

Speakers:

  • Marcin Kolasa, Senior Financial Sector Expert, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Dejan Kovacevic, Senior Financial Sector Expert, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
  • Romain Veyrune, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
IMF Seminar: Spending Well. Spending with Accountability
Speakers:
  • Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Nancy Gathungu, Auditor-General, Kenya
  • Delina Ibrahimaj, Minister of Finance and Economy, Albania
  • Mario Marcel, Minister of Finance, Chile
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Governor Talks - United Kingdom: Price Stability and Financial Stability in an Uncertain World

Speaker: 

  • Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England

Moderator: Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Tackling Global Risks—Building Capacity to Manage Public Debt

Speakers:

  • Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Lasha Khutsishvili, Minister of Finance of Georgia
  • Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance, Benin

Moderator: Dominique Desruelle, Director, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF

IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
Thursday, April 13
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
2023 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference

Speaker:

  • David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

IMF Managing Director Press Briefing on the Global Policy Agenda

Speaker:

  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
9:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Governor Talks - Canada: Economic Growth and Inflation: the View from Canada

Speaker: 

  • Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada

Moderator: Nigel Chalk, Acting Director of the Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Department

Speaker:

  • Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Moderator: Wafa Amr, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Capacity Development Talk: Strengthening Education and Health Spending Policies in Low-Income Countries

Speakers:

  • Sheku A. F. Bangura, Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone
  • Daniel Giorev, Head of Unit in charge of Sustainable Development Policy and Global Partnerships with UN and IFIs, European Commission
  • Owen Smith, Lead Economist for West Africa, World Bank

Moderator: Fernanda Brollo, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Capacity Development Talk: Tailoring Macro Analytical Tools to A Small Island State

Speakers:

  • Richard Doornbosch, President, Centrale Bank van Curaçao & Sint Maarten (CBCS)
  • Amgad Hegazy, Senior Economist, Institute of Capacity Development, IMF

Moderator: Patrick Blagrave, Macroeconomics Advisor, IMF’s Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC)

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Department

Speaker:

  • Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, IMF

Moderator: Ting Yan, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
IMF Seminar: Young Entrepreneurs and the Digital Transformation in the Middle East and North Africa
Opening Remarks: Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Moderator: Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
Speakers:
  • Hamza Rkha Chaham, Cofounder, SOWIT
  • Belal El-Megharbel, Co-founder and CEO, MaxAB
  • Fatma El Shenawy, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Khazna Tech
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Press Briefing: G-20

Speakers:

  • Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance, India
  • Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
  • Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India
  • V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, India

Moderator: Abu Mathen George, Counsellor (Commerce), Embassy of India

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
IMF Seminar: Debate on the Global Economy
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Nadia Fettah, Minister of Finance, Morocco
  • Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Ibrahim Foundation
  • Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister, Poland
  • Joachim Nagel, President, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School, University of Chicago
Moderator: Sara Eisen, “Squawk on the Street” Co-Anchor
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Accelerating Development in an Age of Global Crisis

Speakers:

  • Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank Group
  • Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
  • José Antonio Ocampo, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia
  • Daniel Zelikow, Chair of the Governing Board, Development Finance Institution, J.P. Morgan
  • Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Acting Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere Department

Speaker:

  • Nigel Chalk, Acting Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

Moderator: Maria Candia Romano, Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Speakers:

  • David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group
  • David Solomon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs
  • Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Republic of India
  • Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
  • Melinda French Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Adji Bousso Dieng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University

Host:

  • Mina Al-Oraibi, Editor-in-chief of The National
Friday, April 14
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Press Briefing: African Department

Speaker:

  • Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, IMF

Moderator: Tatiana Mossot, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
The Power of Private Capital in Sustainable Development

Speakers:

  • David R. Malpass, President, World Bank Group
  • José Viñals, Group Chairman, Standard Chartered PLC
  • Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, World Bank Group
  • Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Julie Monaco, Managing Director, Citi
  • Rosalia V. De Leon, Treasurer of the Philippines

Moderator:

  • Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank and Pension Finance Administrator, World Bank Group
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
New Economy Forum: Unlocking the Power of Digitalization: Transforming Social Protection and Expanding Financial Inclusion for a Better Tomorrow

Speakers: 

  • Santiago Bayas, CEO of Banco Pichincha C.A, Ecuador
  • Ipumbu W. Shiimi, Minister of Finance of Namibia
  • Emine Hanedar Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Bass Bakker, Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Press Briefing: European Department

Speaker:

  • Alfred Kammer, Director of the European Department, IMF

Moderator: Camila Perez, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Press Briefing: IMFC

Speakers:

  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Nadia Calviño, IMFC Chair

Moderator: Julie Kozack, Director of the Communications Department, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Incentivizing Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains

Speakers:

  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization
  • Hiroshi Matano, Executive Vice President, MIGA
  • Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
  • Catherine Chiu, Vice President, Corporate Quality & Sustainability, Crystal international Group Ltd.
  • Ebru Pakcan Managing Director, Head of Middle East & Africa Cluster, Citi
  • Daniel Fibiger, Head of Global Sustainability, Gap Inc, President of Gap Foundation
  • Priyamvada Singh, Global Head of Supply Chain Finance, SMBC

Host:

  • Redi Tlhabi, International Newscaster
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
IMF Seminar: How Should Central Banks Battle High Inflation?
Speakers:
  • Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
  • Olivier Blanchard, C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, The Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • Mohamed El-Erian, President of Queens’ College, Cambridge University
  • Changyong Rhee, Governor, Bank of Korea
  • Silvana Tenreyro, External member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
Moderator: Tom Keene, Bloomberg Surveillance
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
IMF Seminar: Digital Public Infrastructure: Stacking up the Benefits
Opening Remarks:
  • Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
  • Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance, India
Speakers:
  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
  • Melinda French Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder and Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited
  • Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal
Moderator: Julia Chatterley, Anchor, CNN International
IMF HQ1 Atrium (HQ1-1-700)
Saturday, April 15
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
IMF HQ1 3rd floor Meeting Hall A&B
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Governor Talks - Morocco: Building Resilience Through Structural Reforms: Lessons from Morocco

Speaker: 

  • Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco

Moderator: Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

IMF Cedar Hall (HQ1-1-660)