Schedule
Time Events Venue
Monday, October 3 8:00 a.m. Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens Press Registration Desk
Registration office is open for badge pickup daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., October 3-9.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. The World Bank Group's Mission to End Extreme Brookings Institution Poverty: A Conversation with President Jim Yong Kim
Tuesday, October 4 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) l Maurice Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department, IMF l Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF l Oya Celasun, Chief of the World Economic Studies Division, Research department, IMF l Olga Stankova, Sr. Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250
Sessions:
l Unlocking the potential of green bonds through effective, credible, widely accepted and fully developed standards l The Trillion Dollar Challenge: A New Business Model to Finance the SDGs l Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Nutrition: How Civil Society Can Take Action and Keep Governments Accountable l Delivering on the Paris Agreement and the SDGs: what kind of energy investment would it take? l Innovation and livelihood opportunities for refugees l Behind the Profiles: What Can We Do To Prevent Radicalization?
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on World Bank Group MC Inequality Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator: l Paul Danahar, Bureau Chief, BBC North America
Speakers:
l Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International
l José Rosero, Executive Director, National Statistical Office, Ecuador
l Jan Walliser, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, World Bank Group
l Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 Panel Discussion - International Taxation and the IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 p.m. Extractive Industries
Introduction by Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director
Expert Panel Discussion:
l Moderated by Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Departmetn, IMF l Ian Gary, Associate Policy Director, Fueling Development, Oxfam America l Marit Strand, Senior Adviser, Department for Economic Development, Gender and Governance, Section for Development Strategy and Governance, NORAD
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Ideas for Action: Youth Engagement for Financing the World Bank Group MC Future of Development Building, MC2-800
Moderator:
l Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda UN Relations and Partnerships, World Bank Group
Speakers:
l Tara Nathan, Executive Vice President, Public Private Partnerships, MasterCard l Joaquim Levy, Managing Director, World Bank and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group l Djordjija Petkoski, Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Wharton Business School l Emeka Nnodu, Team DLVR (Nigeria). Winning team l Rafael Cavestany, Team OINCS, (Uruguay) 2nd place l Gabriela de La Garza, Director, PepsiCo l Nena Stoiljkovic, Vice President, Global Client Services, International Finance Corporation 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Emerging Lessons from Indigenous Peoples’ Cases World Bank Group J Building, J B1-080
Moderator:
l Melanie Robinson, Executive Director for the United Kingdom
Speakers:
l Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, Chairman, World Bank Inspection Panel l Albert Barume, Chairperson/President UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples l Maninder Gill, Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - Global Value Chains in Sub- IMF HQ1 Bistro Saharan Africa: In Pursuit of the Missing Link
Presenter:
l Wenjie Chen, African Department, IMF
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - Estimating Capital Flight – Would IMF HQ1 Bistro Existing Methodology Work?
Presenter:
l Nataliya Ivanyk, Statistics Department, IMF
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Youth Dialogue: The Cost of Corruption: Youth George Washington Perspectives University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Moderator:
l Roberto Ferdman, Economic Correspondence at Vice on HBO
Opening Remarks:
l Carla Grasso, Deputy Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer, IMF
Speakers:
l Sean Hagan, General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department, IMF l Emilia Díaz-Struck, Research Editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists l Cissy Kagaba, Executive Director of the Anti- Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) l Sergejus Muravjovas, Transparency International Lithuania
Wednesday, October 5 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (GFSR) (Press Briefing Room)
l Peter Dattels, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF l Matthew Jones, Assistant Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF l Ali Al-Eyd, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF l Andreas Adriano, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250 Sessions:
l (MIC)Trap – Challenges that the Middle Income Country Definition Brings to International Assistance for Public Health l Citizen Engagement with the World Bank: A Panel at the World Bank Annual Meetings
l Migrant and Refugee Children: Protection and Access to Opportunities for Equitable and Shared Prosperity l Safeguarding Climate Finance: GCF, MDBs, Rights, & Social/Environmental Risk l Managing Global Financial Risks in Uncertain Times
l Putting Politics to Work for Accountability l Civil Society in Climate Finance: Launching the Stakeholder Advisory Network l Examining the IFC’s Climate and Forest Footprint in its Financial Sector Investments
l The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing the Challenge of Corruption in the Developing World l The SDG16 Data Initiative l Applying Fundamental Labor Rights in Global Cotton Supply Chains
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor (FM) IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) l Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF l Abdelhak Senhadji, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF l Catherine Pattillo, Assistant Director, and head of Fiscal Policy and Surveillance Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF l Wiktor Krzyzanowski, Senior Press Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 Technology, Innovation, and Inclusive Growth IMF HQ1 Atrium a.m.
Moderator:
l Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
l John Chambers, Chairman of the Board, Cisco Systems l Leila Janah, Founder and CEO of Sama and Laxmi l Ray Kurzweil, author, inventor and futurist l Hilda Moraa, Founder, Weza Tele and Fintech
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 Shaping the Global Development Agenda: A World Bank Group MC p.m. conversation between Jim Kim and Chief Economist Building, Preston Auditorium Paul Romer
l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group l Paul Romer, Chief Economist, World Bank Group
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Toward Better Infrastructure in Developing Countries George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium Moderator:
l Namrata Brar, U.S. Bureau Chief, New Delhi Television
Speakers:
l Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, IMF l Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, Nigeria l Anders Borg, Chair, World Economic Forums’ Global Financial System Initiative l Aldo Caliari, Director of Rethinking the Bretton Woods Project at the Center of Concern l Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Oxford l Jonathan Taylor, Vice President, European Investment Bank
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s Bet: Getting Back World Bank Group J to Growth Through Trade Building, J 1-050
l Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank l Alejandra Viveros, Communications Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, World Bank
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. From Billions to Trillions: Combining Commercial World Bank Group MC Capital with Development Needs Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Nozipho Mbanjwa, Anchor, CNBC Africa
Opening remarks:
l Gavin Wilson, CEO, IFC Asset Management Company
Speakers:
l Teresa C. Barger, CEO and CIO, Cartica Capital l Afsaneh Beschloss, Founder and CEO, Rock Creek Group l Andreas Gruber, Chief Investment Officer, Allianz Group l Philippe le Houérou, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC l Thomas Konditi, President & CEO, Africa, GE Transportation l Emmanuelle Nasse-Bridier, Chief Credit Officer, AXA Group
Closing remarks:
l Jingdong Hua, Vice President and Treasurer, IFC
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. New Economy Talks - The Economic Implications of IMF HQ1 Bistro the Law of Accelerating Return
Presenter:
l Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Author, and Futurist; Google
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Making Macroeconomics Work for Women George Washington University, Jack Morton Moderator: Auditorium
l Sheila MacVicar, Journalist
Opening Remarks: l David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Speakers:
l Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda l Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Chair, ActionAid International Board l James Heintz, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts l Kalpana Kochhar, Director, Human Resources Department, IMF l Elizabeth Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL- CIO
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. New Economy Talks - Work, Women, and Politics IMF HQ1 Bistro
Presenter:
l Leila Janah, Founder and CEO, Sama and LXMI
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Making Infrastructure Rewarding World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC anchor and co- anchor of Weekend TODAY on NBC
Speakers:
l Joaquim Levy, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group l Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, Nigeria l Nasser Malik, Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. l Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, Canada, l Macky Tall, Executive Vice-President, Infrastructure, and President and Chief Executive Officer, CDPQ Infra, La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. New Economy Talks - African Youth—The Future to IMF HQ1 Bistro Transforming Africa's Innovation & Inclusive Growth
Presenter:
l Hilda Moraa, Founder, Weza Tele and Fintech
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Capacity development training on balance of IMF HQ1 Gallery payments statistics - Postcard Series LIVE
Presenter:
l Nataliya Ivanyk, Statistics Department, IMF 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - Learning to Live with Cheaper Oil - IMF HQ1 Bistro Policy Adjustment in Oil-Exporting Countries of the Middle East and Central Asia
Presenters:
l Juan Trevino, Middle East & Central Asia Department, IMF l Bruno Versailles, Middle East & Central Asia Department, IMF
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. How IMF helped develop a financial stability strategy - IMF HQ1 Gallery Postcard from El Salvador
Presenter:
l Hunter Monroe, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Civil Society Townhall 2016 World Bank MC Building, MC 3-121 Speakers:
l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group l Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF l Faith Nwadishi, Founder, Executive Director, Koyenum Immallah Foundation
Thursday, October 6 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. IMF Managing Director Press Conference IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum IMF HQ2 03B-838
Sessions:
l The Reform of the IMF-World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework: Fit for the 2030 Development Agenda? l Infrastructure and Public Private Partnerships: the IMF role l Stopping vulture funds through national anti- vulture laws l The role of IFIs in assessing the impact of tax incentives and tax competition on inequality
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250 Sessions:
l Women’s Leadership in Development in Africa l Bridging the gap: a JCI Poverty Simulation l Entrepreneurship Revolution in Africa and Latin America: Lessons and Similarities Development Policy
l Development Policy Financing: Opportunities for Low-Carbon, Pro-Poor Countries l Empowering Youth: Work Readiness and Skills Training for the 21st Century l Combatting Corruption in Closing Spaces: Implications for Governance
l Roundtable Discussion on the New GBV Task Force l Contributions of Faith Groups Towards Achieving the SDGs l Equity, Inclusion and Education: Examining Evidence on Low-Fee Private Schools
l Three Steps to Closing the Gender Digital Divide l Adaptive Learning and Management in Practice – What Are We Learning? l Evaluating Citizen Engagement in World Bank Operations
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. World Bank Group President Press Conference IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 Fiscal Policy in the New Normal George Washington a.m. University, Jack Morton Moderator: Auditorium
l Vitor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
Speakers:
l Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, IMF l Brad DeLong, Professor, University of California, Berkeley l Bill Morneau, Finance Minister of Canada l Ludger Schuknecht, Chief Economist, German Ministry of Finance l Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 How Can South Asia’s Firms Better Compete? World Bank Group MC a.m. Building, MC 13-301 Moderator:
l Anubha Bhonsle, Journalist
Speakers:
l Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Central Bank Governor, Sri Lanka l Annette Dixon, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank Group l Kim Elliot, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development l Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Trade & Competitiveness, World Bank Group l Rubana Huq, Managing Director, Mohammadi Group, Bangladesh l Pravin Krishna, Professor of International Economics and Business, Johns Hopkins University
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 The Governance Gap: Why Does Half the World World Bank Group MC a.m. Distrust Government and What Can We Do About It? Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium Moderator:
l Clare Short, Chair, Cities Alliance; Former Secretary of State for International Development, UK
Speakers:
l Adnan Khan, Research and Policy Director, International Growth Centre l Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, OXFAM International l Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Science, Duke University l Kyle Peters, Interim Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Operations, World Bank
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 Human Capital Summit: Investing in the Early Years World Bank Group MC p.m. for Growth and Productivity Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Julie Gichuru, TV Host, Africa Leadership Dialogues
Speakers:
l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group l Louis Paul Motaze, Minister Of Economy, Planning And Regional Development, Cameroon l Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister, Cote D’ivoire l Ato Abdulaziz Mohammed, Minister Of Finance And Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia l Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister Of Finance, Indonesia l Gervais Rakotoarimanana, Minister Of Finance And Budget, Madagascar l Amadou Ba, Minister Of Economy, Finance And Planning, Senegal l Waqar Masood Khan, Finance Secretary, Pakistan l Philip Isdor Mpango, Minister of Finance and Planning, Tanzania
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 New Economy Talks IMF HQ1 Bistro a.m. Presenter:
l Don Tapscott, Author, CEO, Tapscott Group Inc.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 Tax administration diagnostics assessment tool - IMF HQ1 Gallery p.m. implementation experiences and emerging capacity development themes - Postcard Series LIVE
Presenter:
l Justin Zake, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CNN Debate on the Global Economy IMF HQ1 Atrium
Moderator:
l Richard Quest, Anchor, CNN
Speakers:
l Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF l Mark Carney, Chairman of Financial Stability Board l Wolfgang Schäuble, Finance Minister, Germany l Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Identification for Development: Harnessing the Power World Bank Group MC of Digital Solutions Building, MC2-800
Speakers:
l Paul Romer, Chief Economist, World Bank l Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) l Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia l Justin Forsyth, Deputy Executive Director,Partnerships, UNICEF l Tara Nathan, Executive Vice President, Public- Private Partnerships, MasterCard l John Guisti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Integration in the Americas: Views from the Pacific World Bank Group MC Alliance and Argentina Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Josefina Townsend, Newscaster, Lima, Peru
Opening Remarks:
l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group
Speakers:
l Alfonso Prat-Gay, Finance Minister, Argentina l Alfredo Thorne, Finance Minister, Peru l José Antonio Meade, Finance Minister, Mexico l Mauricio Cárdenas, Finance Minister, Colombia l Rodrigo Valdés, Finance Minister, Chile
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - What’s the Fund’s framework to IMF HQ1 Bistro manage capital flows?
Presenter:
l Sarah Sanya, Strategy, Policy, & Review Department, IMF
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - Financial Inclusion: Zooming in on IMF HQ1 Bistro Latin America
Presenters:
l Joyce Wong, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF l Anna Ivanova, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Borrow without Sorrow: Managing Debt in a Volatile World Bank Group MC Global Economy Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Francine Lacqua, Anchor, Bloomberg Television
Speakers:
l Jan Walliser, Vice President, Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, World Bank l Mauricio Cardenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia l Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa l Moritz Kraemer, Global Chief Ratings Officer Sovereigns, Standard and Poor’s l Liliana Rojas Suarez, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development l Apisak Tantivorawong, Minister of Finance, Thailand
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - Fiscal Consequences of Shrinking IMF HQ1 Bistro Populations
Presenters:
l Mauricio Soto, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. From Risk to Reward: Accelerating Business IFC Building, IFC Auditorium Engagement Globally in Pursuit of the SDGs
Moderator:
l Jane Nelson, Director of Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Speakers:
l Gavin Wilson, CEO, IFC Asset Management Company l Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair, Business and Sustainable Development Commission l Hendrik du Toit, CEO, Investec Asset Management l Helen Hai, CEO, Made in Africa Initiative l Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor, Harvard Business School l Amy Jadesimi, Managing Director, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Asia in the Evolving International Monetary System George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium Moderator:
l Yanqing Yang, Chinese Business News
Speakers:
l Barry Eichengreen, Professor, UC Berkeley l Eisuke Sakakibara, Professor of Aoyama- Gakuin University l Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow, Asian Global Institute, University of Hong Kong l Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of Reserve Bank of India (2008-2013), Distinguished Visiting Faculty, National University of Singapore l Perry Warjiyo, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Analytical Corner - The Impact of Europe’s aging IMF HQ1 Bistro workforce on Productivity
Presenter:
l Christian Ebeke, European Department, IMF
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. IMF’s family doctor approach to capacity development - IMF HQ1 Gallery Postcard from Myanmar
Presenter:
l Yongzheng Yang, Mission Chief for Myanmar, IMF
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Great Expectations: The Test of Multilateralism World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Clare Short, Chair, Cities Alliance; former Secretary of State for International Development, UK
Speakers:
l Shaolin Yang, Managing Director, World Bank Group l L.H. Röller, Chief Economic Advisor to the Chancellor, Federal Chancellery of Germany l Joachim von Amsberg, Vice President for Operations Policy and Strategy, Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank l Ray Offenheiser, President, Oxfam USA
5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Press Conference: G-24 IMF HQ1-B-640
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Department IMF HQ1-B-640
l Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF l Markus Rodlauer, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF l Odd Per Brekk, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF l Kenneth Kang, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF l Keiko Utsunomiya, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings. 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. G-20 photo op TBD
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Friday, October 7 8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Press Conference: G-20 IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Annual Meetings Plenary DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St NW
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum IMF HQ2 03B-838
Sessions:
l Government Bonds and Responsible Finance l Next Steps on Sovereign Debt Restructuring
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Civil Society Policy Forum World Bank “I” Building, Rooms I2 210, 220 and 250 Sessions:
l Leadership Development: The Missing Piece in Improving Global Education l Accountability for Community Concerns About Project Impacts: The Role of Management l The Role of the World Bank in Advancing Citizens’ Access to Information in the Context of the Bank’s Reforms
l Mapping a Sustainable Future: Open GeoSpatial Data and Tools for Sustainable Development l The New World Bank Environmental and Social Framework: Opportunities l New Methods for a New Century: Planning for Energy Security and Energy Access in the Modern Era
l Future of Civil Society Policy Forum l Civil Society and Development: Six Global Trends and Lessons from Nigeria l Tackling Inequality: Previewing an Index on How Governments Are Doing
l Dialogue for Sustainable Livelihood for Women and Girls Through Agriculture l Global Finance and Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa: Meeting the Challenge of Financing the Sustainable Development Goals l Accelerating Action on Universal Health Coverage: How to Increase Public Financing and End Out-of-Pocket Spending
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia IMF HQ1-B-640 a.m. Department
l Masood Ahmed, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF l Wafa Amr, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 Inequality: Managing the Impact of Globalization and George Washington a.m. Technology University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Moderator:
l Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Speakers:
l Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, IMF l Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance, Colombia l David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Carlyle Group l Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore l Laura Tyson, Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 Financial Inclusion not Exclusion: Managing De- World Bank Group MC p.m. Risking Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Francine Lacqua, Anchor, Bloomberg Television
Speakers:
l H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development l Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, United States Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, India Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor, the People’s Bank of China Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Finance Minister, Indonesia and Chair of the Bank Fund Development Committee Juan Manuel Vega-Serrano, President, Financial Action Task Force
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 Analytical Corner - Revisiting Tourism Flows to the IMF HQ1 Bistro a.m. Caribbean: What is Driving Arrivals?
Presenters:
l Nicole Laframboise, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF l Marie Kim, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 Macroeconomic adjustment comes knocking - IMF HQ1 Gallery a.m. teaching financial programming - Postcard from Argentina
Presenter:
l Adolfo Barajas, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 Press Briefing: European Department IMF HQ1-B-640 p.m. l Poul Thomsen, Director, European Department, IMF l Andreas Adriano, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Overcoming Fragility: Why Jobs are Key World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
Moderator:
l Martin Wolf, Journalist, Financial Times
Speakers:
l Stefano Manservisi, Director General, International Cooperation and Development, European Commission l Paul Collier, Professor, University of Oxford l Kyle Peters, Interim Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President, Operations, World Bank Group l Emilia Pires, Former Minister of Finance, Timor-Leste Special Envoy, g7 l Abdourahmane Cissé, Minister of Budget, Cote d’Ivoire l Arif Nadeem, CEO, Pakistan Agricultural Coalition l Mariam Mahamat Nour, Minister of Economy and Planning, Republic of Chad
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Press Briefing: African Department IMF HQ1-B-640
l Abebe Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF l Andrew Kanyegirire, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 Analytical Corner - Resilience and Growth in the Small IMF HQ1 Bistro p.m. States of the Pacific
Presenter:
l Fazurin Jamaludin, Asia & Pacific Department, IMF
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Shifting Global Economic and Political George Washington Landscape: Fragmentation or Integration? University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Moderator:
l Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, Time Magazine
Speakers:
l David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF l Ian Bremmer, Professor, New York University l Lars-Hendrik Röller, Chief Economic Advisor to the German Chancellor l The Hon. Kevin Rudd, President, Asia Society Policy Institute and 26th Prime Minister of Australia
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere Department IMF HQ1-B-640
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Toward A More Integrated East Asia – Economic World Bank Group J Corridors and Infrastructure Connectivity Building, J B1-080
Moderator:
l Danny Leipziger, Managing Director, Growth Dialogue
Speakers:
l Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia l Quan Zheng, Director General, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank l Laura Tuck, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank l Victoria Kwakwa, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank l Roger Libby, Executive Vice President for Corporate Public Policy – DP DHL Americas l Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, United States l Porametee Vimolsiri, Secretary General, National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fragility and Conflict: Addressing the Causes and World Bank Group MC Consequences Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief, DEVEX
Speakers:
l Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations l Mark Malloch-Brown, Chair, Business and Sustainability Commission l Valerie Amos, Director, School of Oriental Studies, University of London l Laura Frigenti, Director, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation l Caroline Heider, Senior Vice President and Director General, Independent Evaluation Group l Alain Bifani, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Lebanon l Gustavo Gonzalez, UNDP Sub-regional Development Coordinator for Syria l Christiaan Rebergen, Director General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands l Christoph Zuercher, Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Analytical Corner - Promoting Financial Inclusion to IMF HQ1 Bistro Boost Growth and Mitigate Income Inequality in Sub- Saharan Africa
Presenter:
l Monique Newiak, African Department, IMF
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Four years of technical assistance – from emergency IMF HQ1 Gallery rescue to capacity development - Postcard from Mali
Presenter:
l Benoit Taiclet, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Catalyzing Private Finance for Development World Bank Group MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium
Moderator:
l Jane Nelson, Director of Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Speakers:
l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group l Priti Patel, Secretary of State for International Development, UK l Kaifala Marah, Governor, Central Bank, Sierra Leone l Jose Carlos Ugaz, Chair of the Board of Directors, Transparency International l Joaquim Levy, Managing Director World Bank and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group l Philippe Le Houérou, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC l Thierry Déau, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Analytical Corner - Tearing Down Walls: Impact of IMF HQ1 Bistro Migrants in Host Economies
Presenters:
l Florence Jaumotte, Research Department, IMF l Sweta Saxena, Research Department, IMF l Ksenia Koloskova, Research Department, IMF
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All IMF HQ1 Atrium
Moderator:
l Shawn Donnan, World Trade Editor, Financial Times
Opening Remarks:
l Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF l Roberto Azevedo, Director-General, World Trade Organization l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank
Speakers:
l Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, Canada l Doug Irwin, Professor, Dartmouth College l Peter Mandelson, Chairman, Global Counsel l Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico; Co-editor of “Trade in the 21st Century” to be published Oct. 2016
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. One Year of the SDGs: Country Action and Progress World Bank Group MC Building, Preston Auditorium
Moderator:
l Mahmoud Mohieldin, Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda UN Relations and Partnerships, World Bank Group
Panel one: Global Response, Partnerships and South-South Cooperation:
l Peter Thomson, President, UN General Assembly l Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany l Mauricio Cardenas, Minister of Finance, Colombia l Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
------Panel two: SDGs Implementation: National and Domestic responses:
l Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt l Jon Lomøy, Director-General, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation l Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme l Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations
Saturday, October 8 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Killing two birds with one statistics template – IMF HQ1 Gallery collecting data on natural resource revenue for better fiscal policy – Alberto - Postcard Series LIVE
Presenter:
l Alberto Jiménez de Lucio, Statistics Department, IMF
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. IMFC Family Photo TBD
Meet at the press desk (head-on pooled)
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 Preventing Violent Conflict Through Development World Bank Group MC a.m. Building, Jim Wolfensohn Moderator: Atrium
l Kim Ghattas, International Affairs Correspondent, BBC Speakers:
l Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations l Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group l Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway l Amina Mohamed, Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Kenya l Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 State of the Africa Region World Bank Group J p.m. Building, J B1-080
Moderator:
l Julie Gichuru, TV Host, Africa Leadership Dialogues
Speakers:
l Makhtar Diop, Vice President for Africa, World Bank l Albert Zeufack, , Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank l Natu Mwamba, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Tanzania l Boubou Cisse, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mali l Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, Senior Minister of Planning and Development, Benin
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers IMF HQ1-B-640 a.m. l Hon. Felix Mutati, Minister of Finance - Zambia l Hon. Stephen Dhieu Dau Ayik, Minister of Finance and Planning - South Sudan l H.E.M. Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance - Benin l H.E.Ms. Malado Kaba, Minister of Economy and Finance – Guinea l Lucie Mboto Fouda, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department, IMF
Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Ensuring an Enabling Environment for Digital World Bank Group MC Development Building, MC2-800
Moderator:
l Nancy Scola, Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO
Speakers: l David Burrows, Managing Director, International Organizations, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corporation l Pierre Guislain, Senior Director, Transport & ICT Global Practice, World Bank Group l Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA l Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission l Satu Santala, Director General of the Department for Development Policy in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. IMFC Press Conference IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room) Only press are allowed entry into press conferences/briefings.
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Emerging Markets’ Response to Recent Exchange George Washington Rate Pressures University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Moderator:
l Maurice Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor, Director of Research, IMF
Speakers:
l Lesetja Kganyago, Governor, The South African Reserve Bank l Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor, The Bank of Thailand l José Uribe, Governor, The Central Bank of Colombia l Ksenia Yudaeva, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Russia
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Future of Growth in the United States -- What George Washington Goes up Must Come Down? University, Jack Morton Auditorium Moderator:
l Sam Fleming, U.S. Economics Editor, Financial Times
Speakers:
l Martin Baily, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution l Karen Dynan, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist, U.S. Department of the Treasury l John Haltiwanger, Professor, University of Maryland
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. How IMF supported central banking in a war-torn IMF HQ1 Gallery country - Postcard from Somalia
Presenter:
l Ashraf Khan, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Per Jacobsson Lecture IMF HQ1 Atrium
Timothy F. Geithner President, Warburg Pincus, and former Secretary of the US Treasury and President of the New York Federal Reserve
“Are we Safer? The Case for Updating Bagehot”
Sunday, October 9 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 One-on-One with Christine Lagarde, featuring Michael IMF HQ1 Atrium a.m. Lewis
Speakers:
l Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF l Michael Lewis, Author and Financial Journalist