Annual Meeting - Official Events

Official Events

Monday, 19 May
Tuesday, 20 May
Wednesday, 21 May

Thursday, 22 May
Friday, 23 May

Monday, 19 May 2003
Whole day	Registration	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
8:00 a.m.	Opening of ADB Offices and other meeting services	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
8:00 a.m.	Opening of Media Center	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 nn	Open Forum on ADB-NGO Cooperation	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 2:00 p.m.	NGO-Private Sector Partnerships Against Poverty: The Way Forward (in cooperation with Glaxo Smith Kline)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Seminar 1: Private Sector Role for SubregionalCooperation (organized by ADB with CARs) Session I: Regional Cooperation andPrivate Sector Session II: Private Sector Participation in Central Asia	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
p.m.	Media Briefing and Media Cocktail Reception	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
6:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.	Association of Former Employees of ADB (AFE-ADB) Cocktail Buffet Party (Restricted - By Invitation Only)	(Venue to be advised)
Tuesday, 20 May 2003
Whole day	Registration	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.	Country Presentation: Republic of Korea	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 nn	Informal Preparatory Meeting for the PDMC Governors (Restricted)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Presentation on Turkey (to include Social Heritage)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
10:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	AFE-ADB Coordinators' Meeting (Restricted)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 1:30 p.m.	Luncheon hosted by Vice-President Joseph B. Eichenberger for PDMC Governors (Restricted - By Invitation Only)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 2:00 p.m.	Political Risk and Credit Guarantee Products - Directions for the Future	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 2:00 p.m.	Sponsored Lunch time Seminar	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Seminar 2: A Single Currency for Asia - Lessons from Europe	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Fourteenth PDMC Governors Meeting with ADB Management and Staff (Restricted)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Consultation Session on Central Asia Economic Cooperation (Restricted)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Seminar 3: Good Effective Public Governance	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
4:45 p.m.	17th AFE-ADB Annual General Meeting (Restricted)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
5:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.	Procedures Committee Meeting	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
6:30 p.m.	Reception hosted by ADB President Mr. Tadao Chino and Mrs. Yuko Chino	Swissotel "The Bosphorus"
Wednesday, 21 May 2003
Whole day	Registration	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
10:00 a.m.	Opening Event	Anadolu Auditorium,Lutfi Kirdar IstanbuLutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centrel Convention and Exhibition Centre
10:30 a.m.-12:00 nn	Opening Session of the Board of Governors	Anadolu Auditorium, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 2:00 p.m.	Trends and Challenges for Infrastructure Finance in Asia-Pacific (in cooperation with Standard & Poor's)	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Sponsored Lunch time Seminar	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Luncheon hosted by the Republic of Turkey (Restricted - By Invitation Only)	Esma Sultan Mansion
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Seminar on Investing in Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Seminar 4: Emerging Market Finance and the World Economic Outlook	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
Evening	Reception hosted by the Republic of Turkey	Dolmabahçe Palace
Thursday, 22 May 2003
Whole day	Registration	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Country Presentation: Indonesia	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 nn	Board of Governors Session	Rumeli Hall, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn	Luncheon hosted jointly by the Chairperson of the Board of Governors and the ADB President (Restricted - By Invitation Only)	(Venue to be advised)
12:00 nn - 2:30 p.m.	Corporate Sector Rehabilitation (in cooperation with Union or Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Maritime Commerce and Commodity Exchanges - Turkey sponsored seminar)	Rumeli Hall, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Seminar 5: Banking Sector Reform	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Board of Governors Session	Rumeli Hall, Lutfi KirdarIstanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
Evening	Cultural Night hosted by the Republic of Turkey	Anadolu Auditorium, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
Friday, 23 May 2003
Whole day	Registration	Ahmet Fethi Pasha Hall, Military Museum Complex
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Country Presentation: People's Republic of China	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 nn	Board of Governors Session	Rumeli Hall, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:00 nn - 2:00 p.m.	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Seminar (in cooperation with the Italian Trade Commission)	Rumeli Hall, Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:30 p.m.	President Chino's Press Conference	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Seminar 7: Roundtable Meeting of Institutional Investors	Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre

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