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Program of Events

Date/Time Event
Thursday, 3 May
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Presentation of the "Voice of the Youth" to ADB
Friday, 4 May
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. Opening of ADB Offices and other meeting services
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Open Forum on ADB-Civil Society Cooperation: Requirements in the Development of ADB's Energy Strategy
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ADB Financing Partners Forum (by invitation only)
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Media Briefing on Energy
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Media Briefing and Media Luncheon
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. CSO Panel Discussion: Supporting the Core Labor Standards
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Seminar on Asian Cities: Environmental Management and Financing Challenges
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Seminar on Emerging Asian Regionalism: Ten Years After the Crisis
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Reception hosted by Kyoto Committee
Saturday, 5 May
7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation: Viet Nam
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Governors' Seminar: Facing Asia's Future: Report of the Eminent Persons Group
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Panel Discussion: ADB's Revision of Environmental, Indigenous, Resettlement Policies: Is Social and Environmental Security at Stake?
12:00 noon - 12:30 p.m. Media Briefing
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Growth and Globalization: Living with Volatile Capital Flows (in cooperation with Institute of International Finance[IIF])
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Media Briefing
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Kyoto Day: Kyoto Sense - Applying Kyoto Tradition and Innovation to the World
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Seminar on A Borderless Asia: Vision for Regional Integration
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Seminar on Clean Energy and Environment: Building on Kyoto
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Procedures Committee Meeting
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Joint Press Conference - ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers Meeting
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Reception hosted by ADB President, Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda and Mrs. Kumiko Kuroda
Sunday, 6 May
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation: Pakistan
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Opening Event and Opening Session of the Board of Governors
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon hosted jointly by the Chair of the Board of Governors and the President of ADB
(by invitation only)
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Trends and Challenges for Financing SMEs in Asia
(in cooperation with Standard and Poor's)
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Partnerships for Advancing Asian Bond Markets - Credit and Financial Engineering (in cooperation with JBIC)
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Media Briefing
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Country Presentation: India
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Seminar on A Global Economy in Transition: Prospects for Investment Returns
2:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. First Business Session
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Seminar on Institutional Investors' Roundtable: Asia's Emerging Markets - Opportunities for Investment
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Towards Regional Prosperity in Asia - How can Japan and other Asian countries contribute to enhancing regional financial markets?
(in cooperation with Institute for International Monetary Affairs [IIMA] and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group [MUFG])
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Reception hosted by the Minister of Finance of Japan
Monday, 7 May
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation: Philippines
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Second Business Session
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Seminar on Aging Asia: A New Challenge for the Region
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon hosted by the Minister of Finance of Japan
(by invitation only)
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Asian-Tailored Technology For Integrated Disaster Risk Management - Sharing Experiences And Future Developments
(in cooperation with JBIC)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Third Business Session
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ADB President's Press Conference


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