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Program of Events

Note: Times and events are subject to change.
Date/Time Event
Friday, 2 May
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
Saturday, 3 May
7:30 a.m. - 7:00 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-CSO Cooperation
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Media Briefing
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Media Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CSO Panel Discussion: Best Practice in Applying the Core Labor Standards
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Seminar on Challenges for Emerging Asian Economies in Managing Capital Flows
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Seminar on The Dragon and the Elephant: Emerging Lessons from the People's Republic of China and India
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Book Launch: Emerging Asian Regionalism
Sunday, 4 May
7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation - Armenia
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Financing Partners Forum
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Governors' Seminar: Strategy 2020: The Asian Development Bank’s New Long-Term Strategic Framework (2008–2020) – Opportunities and the Road Ahead
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Changing Market Dynamics in Asia (in cooperation with Institute of International Finance[IIF])
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Country Presentation - Indonesia
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CSO Panel Discussion: Safeguards Protect The Poor: Why ADB Must Retain and Strengthen its Three Safeguard Policies
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Seminar on Institutional Investors' Roundtable: Current Market Turmoil - An Assessment of Where We Stand
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Seminar on Scaling up Investment for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Procedures Committee Meeting
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Reception hosted by ADB President, Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda and Mrs. Kumiko Kuroda
Monday, 5 May
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation - People's Republic of China
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. Opening Event and Opening Session of the Board of Governors
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon hosted jointly by the Chair of the Board of Governors and the President of ADB, preceded by cocktails (by invitation only)
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Trends in Financial Innovation and the Role of Transparency
(in cooperation with Standard and Poor's)
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: PPPs in Evolution: New Window of Opportunity for Asian Countries (in cooperation with Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. CSO Panel Discussion: Promoting Real Alternatives: Long-term Energy Imperatives in Asia and the ADB
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Seminar on Economic Integration and Financial Market Stability: Asia and Europe Compared
2:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. First Business Session
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Innovative and Efficient Management and Financing for Large Urban Infrastructure Projects
(in cooperation with Madrid City Council)
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Reception hosted by the Host Country
Tuesday, 6 May
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Country Presentation - Viet Nam
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Country Day: Spain
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Second Business Session
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon hosted by Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Pedro Solbes Mira (by invitation only)
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sponsored Seminar: Realizing the Potential of Development Finance Institutions to Catalyze Private Investment
(in cooperation with Financing for Development Initiative at the World Economic Forum)
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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