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Annual Meeting Home : Program : Official Events

HIGHLIGHTS

Official Events
As of 21 April 2005





Note: Times of events are subject to change.
Monday, 2 May
Time Topic
Whole day Registration
8:00 a.m. Opening of ADB Offices, Secretariat, Media Center and other meeting services
2:00 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Open Forum on ADB-NGO Cooperation
3:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m.
Seminar on The Challenges of Implementing Legal Reforms in Asia
Tuesday, 3 May
Whole day Registration
8:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Informal Preparatory Pacific DMC Governors Meeting
8:45 a.m. -
10:45 a.m.
Seminar on Financing the City Session 1: Asia's Cities: Problems and Opportunities
9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Republic of Turkey Day
(in cooperation with Republic of Turkey)
10:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Informal Meeting of South Asian Finance Ministers
11:00 a.m. -
1:00 p.m.
Seminar on Financing the City Session 2: Private-Public Sector Partnership
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
NGO Meeting with ADB Senior Staff
12:00 noon -
1:30 p.m.
Media Briefing and Media Luncheon
12:00 noon -
2:00 p.m.
Sponsored Seminar: Multinational Infrastructure Development
(in cooperation with Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF) Research Foundation Japan, and Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK)
2:00 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Seminar on Financing the City Session 3: New Approaches to Local Currency Financing
2:00 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Fifteenth Pacific DMC Governors Meeting with ADB Management and Staff
4:00 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.
Governors' Seminar: A Road Map for Asia's Economic Cooperation and Integration
4:45 p.m. -
6:30 p.m.
19th Association of Former Employees of ADB (AFE-ADB) Annual General Meeting
5:30 p.m. -
5:45 p.m.
Procedures Committee Meeting
(Restricted)
6:30 p.m. Reception hosted by ADB President Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda and Mrs. Kumiko Kuroda
Wednesday, 4 May
Whole day Registration
10:00 a.m. Opening Event "Sound of Istanbul"
10:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Opening Session of the Board of Governors
12:00 noon Luncheon hosted by the Guest of Honor
(Restricted)
12:30 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Sponsored Seminar: Impact of the Proposed Basel Capital Accord on Asia's Lenders and Borrowers (Lunch time Session)
(in cooperation with Standard and Poor's)
4:00 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.
Seminar on Capital Markets: What Does the Future Hold?
5:30 p.m. Cultural Event “Lyrical History Show”
7:45 p.m. Host Government Reception
Thursday, 5 May
Whole day Registration
9:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Board of Governors Session
10:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Seminar on The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia's Emerging Bond Markets
12:00 noon Luncheon hosted jointly by the Chair of the Board of Governors and the ADB President (Restricted)
12:30 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Institutional Investors' Roundtable (Lunch time Session)
2:00 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Seminar on Developing Asia: Economic Outlook and Future Prospects
2:30 p.m. -
5:30 p.m.
Board of Governors Session
6:00 p.m. Cultural Event “Fire of Anatolia”
Friday, 6 May
Whole day Registration
8:30 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.
Country Presentation: People's Republic of China
9:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Board of Governors Session
12:30 p.m. ADB President's Press Conference
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