Event Calendar

Note: All times are in GMT+08.

Tuesday, 01 May

Time/Venue Event
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
BMW Forum 		Registration

Wednesday, 02 May

Time/Venue Event
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
BMW Forum 		Registration
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Meeting Room 6 		Meeting between CSOs and ADB Senior Staff
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting Room 4 		President's Opening Press Conference (by invitation only)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meeting Room 5 		Sponsored Seminar (Pricewaterhouse Coopers)
Meeting the Water Challenge in Asian Cities - Up-scaling Successful Practices
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 		Sponsored Seminar (Standard Chartered Bank)
Credit Ratings: An Asian Perspective
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
West Banquet Hall 		Media Luncheon (by invitation only)
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Learning with Partners 1
Showcasing CSO Good Practice
Coorganized by Global Shapers (Light lunch provided at 12:15 PM)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
SM Hall 		Vulnerable Cities – Waking Up to the Need for Urban Disaster Risk Management
(ADB and Citi)
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Civil Society Panel Discussion 1
Implementation of ADB Policies Under the Asian Development Fund
Coorganized with the NGO Forum on ADB
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
BDO Hall 		Taking the Right Growth Road-Manufacturing and Modern Services
(ADB, AFD and JICA)
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
San Miguel Hall 		ADB/ADBI Book Launch
ASEAN, the PRC and India - The Great Transformation?

Thursday, 03 May

Time/Venue Event
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
BMW Forum 		Registration
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Learning with Partners 2 - SOLUTIONS Market
Innovations Shaping the Future of Development in Asia and the Pacific
Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) and the Global Shapers
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
SM & BDO Hall 		Governors' Seminar
How Can Asia Respond to Global Economic Crisis and Transformation?
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
SM Hall 		Climate Change and Green Asia
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
San Miguel Hall 		Civil Society Panel Discussion 2
ADB's Inclusive Growth: Pro-Poor or Anti-Poor?
Coorganized with the Global Union Federations
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
BDO Hall 		Global Financial Inclusion by 2020: Getting There From Here

Friday, 04 May

Time/Venue Event
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
BMW Forum 		Registration
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Meeting Room 4 		The Voice of Youth: A Civil Society Debate
Coorganized with Plan International and the University of the Philippines Debate Society
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Plenary Hall, PICC 		Opening Session of the Board of Governors
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Learning with Partners 3
Social Media for Social Good
Coorganized with Microsoft (Light lunch provided at 12:15 PM)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
San Miguel Hall 		Seven Billion and Growing: How Will the World Feed Itself?
(ADB and CIDA)
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Plenary Hall 		First Business Session
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Meeting Room 5 		Regional Cooperation for Improved Financial Resilience and Liquidity Support: A Decade On and the Challenges Ahead

Saturday, 05 May

Time/Venue Event
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
BMW Forum 		Registration
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Hall 		Second Business Session
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Meeting Room 5 		Sponsored Seminar (Microsoft)
Information and Communications Technology: Accelerating Economic Growth and Good Governance in Asia
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Learning with Partners 4
ADB-CSO Partnerships for Inclusive Development
(Light lunch provided at 12:15 PM)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
BDO Hall 		Reforming International Financial Safety Nets
(ADB, IMF and BSP)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting Room 4 		President's Closing Press Conference (by invitation only)
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Meeting Room 6 		Civil Society Panel Discussion 4
Integrated Water Resources Management and the People of Asia and the Pacific
Coorganized with the NGO Forum on ADB
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
SM Hall 		Development Partners Session – Development Cooperation in a Changing World