Speaker:

• Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group

Speakers:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
• Tim Wren, Director, BSI Group

Speakers:

• Lorenzo Rotunno, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF
• Adam Jakubik, Strategy Policy and Review Department, IMF

Opening Remarks: Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director IMF

Moderator: Martin Moloney, Secretary General, IOSCO

Speakers:

• Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chair, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
• Jay Surti, Division Chief, IMF
• Andrew Mogavero, Managing Director and Global Head of Credit Products, Barclays
• Joanna Cound, Managing Director, BlackRock

Moderator: Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary & Capital Markets Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Nikhil Rathi, CEO, UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Paul Horvath, CEO, Orchard Global
• Steven Seitz, Director, US Federal Insurance Office
• Jack Inglis, CEO, Alternative Investment Management Association

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

Speakers:

• Jean-Paul Servais, Chairman of the Board, IOSCO
• Shigeru Ariizumi, Vice Minister for International affairs, Japan FSA
• Nellie Liang, Chair, FSB SCAV and Under Secretary, U.S. Treasury
• Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
• Madhabi Puri Buch, Chair, Securities and Exchange Board of India

Summary of the Conference: Marina Moretti, Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund

Closing Remarks: Jean-Paul Servais, Chairman of the Board, IOSCO

Speakers:

• Juan-Carlos Benitez, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Charles Vellutini, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Michele Fornino, African Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor and Director, 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

Speakers:

• Tobias Adrian, Financial Counselor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Jason Wu, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Moderator: Meera Louis, Communications Officer, IMF

Speakers:

• Mahmut Kutlukaya, Statistics Department, IMF
• Caterina Lepore, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Ippei Shibata, European Department, IMF
• Niels-Jakob Hansen, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Camilla Holmemo, Manager, Social Protection and Jobs, West and Central Africa, World Bank
• Hervé Ndoba, Minister of Finance and Budget, Central African Republic
• Delphine Prady, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Master of Ceremony: Franck Bousquet, Deputy Director, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF

Speakers:

• Bihi Iman Egeh, Minister of Finance, Federal Government of Somalia
• Laura Jaramillo Mayor, Advisor & Mission Chief for Somalia, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Alok Verma, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Master of Ceremony: Franck Bousquet, Deputy Director, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF

Speakers:

• Chair: Ralph Recto, Secretary of Finance, Philippines
• First Vice-Chair: Candelaria Alvarez Moroni, Undersecretary for International Coordination and Management of the Secretariat of International Economic and Financial Affairs of the Ministry of Economy, Argentina
• Second: Olawale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Nigeria.
• Director: Iyabo Masha, G-24 Secretariat

Moderator: Pavis Devahasadin, Communications Officer, IMF

ONLY PRESS ARE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO PRESS CONFERENCES/BRIEFINGS.

1:00pm ET

Power Utilities for the Energy Transition

2:30pm ET

Unlocking Potential: Creating Jobs for the Poorest

4:00pm ET

Bending the Methane Curve

Speakers:

• Dominique Desruelle , Director, Institute for Capacity Development , IMF 
• Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF 
• Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, Minister of Economy and Finance, Paraguay
• Abena Osei Asare, Minister of State for Finance, Ghana 
• William Roos, Assistant Secretary for Multilateral, Development and Trade Affairs, French Treasury

Speakers:

• Cedric Okou, Research Department, IMF
• Robert Zymek, Research Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Nina Biljanovska, Research Department, IMF
• Alessia De Stefani, Research Department, IMF

Opening Remarks: Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director, IMF

Speakers:

• Chris K. Kiptoo, Principal Secretary for Treasury, Kenya
• Róger Madrigal López, Governor, Central Bank of Costa Rica
• Keith Hansen, World Bank Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda
• Ding Ding, Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, Mission Chief for Costa Rica

Moderator: Dora Iakova, Climate Coordinator and Deputy Director, IMF

Speaker:

• Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance of Egypt

Moderator:

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

Speakers:

• Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Era Dabla-Norris, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Marcos Poplawski Ribeiro, Deputy Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Moderator: Nicolas Mombrial, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

9:00am ET

From Data to Action on Climate Change
and Food and Nutrition Security

11:30am ET

Digital Solutions for Climate Action

1:00pm ET

Unlocking the Power of Cross-Border Payments

4:00pm ET

Practical Applications of AI to
Public Sector Management

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Is a Feminist Vision on Public Debt Possible? (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

11:00 AM -12:30 PM

Bridging the Digital Divide: How Open Procurement Practices Can Better Serve Public Sector Technology Projects (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

11:00 AM -1:00 PM

World Bank Board and Civil Society Roundtable Discussion (SC03)

2:00 -3:30 PM

The Future of Special Drawing Rights as a Development Finance Tool: What's Next? (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

Prioritizing Marginalized Groups in Social Protection Projects (TBD)

80 Years After Bretton Woods: Towards Rights-Based Decolonial, Green, and Gender Just Transformation of the IFA (TBD)

4:00 -5:30 PM

The Path for Taxing the Super-Rich – Towards a Progressive Global Taxation Agenda (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

4:15 -5:45 PM

Agriculture, Financialization, and Gender: Exploring the World Bank’s Response to Interlinked Phenomena (TBD)

Examining the Progress of the World Bank’s Commitment to Universal Social Protection (TBD)

Opening Remarks: Juan Toro, Fiscal Affairs Department Deputy Director, IMF

Speakers:

Moderator: Herve Tourpe, IMF

• David Eaves, University College London
• Gerardo Uña, IMF
• Vishal Gujadhur, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Moderator: Michelle Stone, IMF

Speakers:

• Sailendra Pattanayak, IMF
• Hisham Alsheikh, Vice Governor, Saudi Arabia Digital Government Authority
• Dr. Taing Ngounly, Deputy Secretary General, Digital Economy and Business Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance

Speakers:

• Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group
• Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group
• Kevin Kariuki, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank
• Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director of the African Department, IMF
• Ernesto Max Elia Tonela, Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique
• Mawunyo Mila Aziable, Minister of State for Energy and Mines, Togo
• Folake Soetan, CEO of Ikeja Electric Plc
• Hans Olav Kvalvaag, CEO of Release by Scatec
• Hassanein Hiridjee, CEO of Axian Group
• Lucy Heintz, Partner, Head of Energy Infrastructure, Actis
• Patrick Walsh, CEO and Co-Founder of Sun King

Speaker:

• Changyong Rhee, Governor, Bank of Korea

Moderator:

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

Speakers:

• Kampeta Pitchette Sayinzoga, Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Rwanda
• Thomas Östros, Vice President, European Investment Bank
• Anderson Caputo Silva, Division Chief, Connectivity, Markets and Finance, Inter-American Development Bank
• Prasad Ananthakrishnan, Unit Chief, Climate Finance Policy, IMF

Moderator: Fabio Natalucci, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Ghassan Salamé, Professor of International Relations Emeritus, Founding Dean, Paris School for International Affairs, SciencesPo Paris
• Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations
• Rola Dashti, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Moderator: Julia Chatterley, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN International

Speaker:

• Olayemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria

Moderator:

• Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF

Moderator: Jennifer Schonberger, Reporter, Yahoo Finance

Speakers:

• Era Dabla-Norris, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
• Christine Qiang, Director of Digital Development, World Bank
• Michael Pisa, Google Global Economic Policy
• Crystal Rugege, Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Rwanda

Moderator: Amanda Walker, Journalist, IMF Today

Speakers:

• Taing Ngounly, Deputy Secretary General, Digital Economy and Business Committee Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cambodia
• Hisham AlShiek, Vice Governor, Saudi Arabia Digital Government Authority
• David Eaves, Associate Professor of Digital Government, University College London
• Ruud de Mooij, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF

Moderator: Julie Kozack, Director, Communications Department, IMF

Speakers:

• Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF  
• Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF 
• Christoph König, Deputy State Secretary of the State Secretary for International Finance, Switzerland

9:00 - 10:30 AM

The Polycrisis - How Unchecked Public Debt Fuels Corruption and Bad Governance (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

Harnessing the Power of African Parliamentarians and CSOs: Advancing World Bank Strategies Towards Addressing Efficiently Communities Health Needs (TBD)

Making the New Loss and Damage Fund a Success – Recommendations by Climate Vulnerable Civil Society (TBD)

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Governance Reform Through Transparency - The Role of Civil Society in Combating Corruption (TBD)

Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery During and After the War: Civic Society as a Driving Force of Social Cohesion (TBD)

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Biden Pauses LNG; COP28 Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Decision - Is World Bank Lagging on Fossil Fuels? (TBD)

When Exits and Accountability Collide: What Happens When IFC Exits Projects Mid-Accountability Process? (TBD)

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Fit for Purpose? Reviewing Green Conditionality in the IMF RST and the World Bank DPF (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

Speaker:

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

Moderator: Huong Lan Vu, Communications Officer, IMF

Speaker:

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

Moderator: Angham Alshami, Communications Officer, IMF

Speakers:

• Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development of Egypt
• HE Minister Mohamad Al-Ississ, Minister of Finance of Jordan 
• Ms. Jeneba J. Bangura, Commissioner-General, National Revenue Authority, of Sierra Leone

Moderator: Rishi Goyal, IMF Senior Advisor on Gender and Deputy Director, Strategy Policy & Review Department

11:30am ET

Mobilizing Innovative Finance for Water Security

12:15pm ET 

Mobilizing Revenues for Development

2:30pm ET

Clean Cooking - At the Heart of Energy Access

4:00pm ET

Monetizing Emissions Reductions:
The Bank’s Experience and Future Opportunities

Speakers:

• Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
• Muhammad Ali Pate, Minister of Health, Nigeria
• Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS
• Shun’ichi Suzuki, Minister of Finance, Japan
• Senait Fisseha, Vice President of Global Programs, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
• Lamia Tazi, CEO, Sothema
• Tjedu Moyo, Executive Director, Lunia Centre for Youths
• Mohamed Maait,Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt

Moderator:

• Shakuntala Santhiran, International broadcast journalist

Speaker:

• Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance, Türkiye

Moderator:

• Alfred Kammer, Director, European Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, Minister of Economy and Finance, Paraguay

Moderator:

• Rodrigo Valdés, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

Speaker:

• Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF

Moderator: Tatiana Mossot, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Civil Society and Youth Engagement for the Global Financing Facility in 2024: Equity, Access, Accountability (TBD)

Financing a Just Transition: Feminist Perspectives on Innovative Climate Finance Instruments Amid Multiple Crises (TBD)

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

The Impact of IFC Investments in Education: The Accountability Gap and Lessons for Other DFIs (TBD)

Rebalancing Public Finance for Justice and Equity: African Perspectives on IDA21 (TBD)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Moving Beyond Current Debt and Development Crisis: Solution for Genuine Debt Sustainability (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

2:00 - 3:30 PM

A Feminist Structural Approach to Women's Labor Market Participation in the Global South (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

2:15 -3:45 PM

If Not Now, When? 2024 Actions for World Leaders to Safeguard Against Future Pandemics (TBD)

Beyond Size in IDA21 Replenishment - What About SocioEconomic Transformation? (TBD)

4:00 - 5:30 PM

Navigating the Intertwined Debt and Climate Crisis: Unveiling and Assessing Solutions (IMF HQ2-03B-768B)

4:30 - 6:00 PM

Energizing Change: Assessing Local Impacts of WBG’s Energy Transition Projects in Latin America (TBD)

Adequate Disclosure, Public Review, and Consultation for Environmental and Social Impacts Before World Bank Financing Decisions (TBD)

9:30am ET

Guarantees: Boosting Financing from Billions to Trillions

11:30am ET

Why Should Ministers of Finance and CEOs
Worry about Gender-Based Violence and What Can They Do?

1:00pm ET

Building Pandemic Resilient Health Systems
through Coordination, Collaboration, and Innovation

Speaker:

• Alfred Kammer, Director, European Department, IMF
• Oya Celasun, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF
• Helge Berger, Deputy Director, European Department, IMF

Moderator: Camila Perez, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Speakers:

• Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
• Mohammed Aljadaan, Chair, IMFC

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

Speaker:

• Rodrigo Valdes, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF

Moderator: Julie Ziegler, Senior Communications Officer, IMF

Speakers:

• Abdesselam Ould Mohamed Saleh, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• Anta Ndoye, Resident Representative for Mauritania, IMF
• Joel A. Turkewitz, Deputy Unit Chief, Legal Department, IMF
• Rhoda Weeks-Brown, Director, Legal Department, IMF
• El Hassen Zein, Inspector General of State, Islamic Republic of Mauritania