DIARY-G7, IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington

Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe
are descending on Washington for the annual meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Oct. 11-13. In
addition, finance officials from the Group of Seven met on Oct.
10.

Click on [G7/G8] for stories on the meetings.

Following is a schedule of the week's top events.

All times listed are in Washington local time/GMT.

Saturday, Oct. 11

Morning: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson holds
bilateral meeting with Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.

Morning: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson holds
bilateral meeting with Brazilian Finance Minister Guido
Mantega.

Morning: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson holds
bilateral meeting with UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair
Darling.

0700/1100 - Group of 10 Ministers meet.

0715/1115 - U.S. President George W. Bush meets with G7
finance ministers and heads of international financial
institutions.

0745/1145 - ECB Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
participates in Euro 50 group breakfast.

0805/1205 - U.S. President George W. Bush delivers a
statement with G7 finance ministers and heads of international
financial institutions

1030/1430 - The IMF's International Monetary and Financial
Committee meets.

1100/1500 - Financial Stability Forum Chairman Mario Draghi
holds news briefing.

1100/1500 - African finance ministers hold media briefing.

Afternoon - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson attends
meeting with Latin America finance ministers.

1300/1700 - American International Group Vice President
Jacob Frenkel speaks at luncheon at Institute of International
Finance annual meeting.

1530/1930 - IMFC Chair and IMF Managing Director Dominique
Strauss-Kahn holds news conference.

1800/2200 - G20 meeting

1730/2130 - Media briefing by the International Working
Group on Sovereign Wealth Funds

1830/2230 - French Economic Minister Christine Lagarde
speaks at IIF dinner.

Sunday, Oct. 12

0845/1245 - Bank of Mexico Governor Guillermo Ortiz,
Central Bank of Indonesia Governor Boediono and Dallas Federal
Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher participate in discussion
on the financial crisis at the IIF meeting.

0900/1300 - IMF and World Bank's Development Committee
meets.

1100/1500 - Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, chairman
of the Financial Stability Forum, speaks at the IIF meeting.

1100/1500 - ECB Governor Council member Christian Noyer,
Swiss National Bank Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand and Bank
of Spain Deputy Governor Jose Vinals participate in discussion
on financial stability.

1130/1530 - IIF Board holds news conference.

1130/1530 - U.K. Financial Services Authority Chairman Lord
Adair Turner speaks at the IIF meeting.

1300/1700 - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin speaks
at IIF meeting.

1530/1930 - Development Committee Chairman Agustin
Carstens, World Bank President Robert Zoellick and IMF Managing
Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn holds news conference.

1615/2015 - IMF seminar, "Turmoil in Global Financial and
Commodities Markets -- Prospects and Policies" with IMF First
Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky; former Federal Reserve
vice chairman Roger Ferguson and George Soros.

1815/2215 - George Soros holds news conference on financial
crisis

Monday, Oct. 13

Morning - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson meets with
African finance ministers.

0800/1200 - U.S. Treasury Interim Assistant Secretary for
Financial Stability Neel Kashkari speaks on financial markets
before the Institute of International Bankers.

0930/1330 - IMF and World Bank annual meetings opening
plenary session.

1200/1600 - U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt
and OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria participate in a
briefing on Sovereign Wealth Funds.

1430/1830 - IMF and World Bank annual meetings closing
session.

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IMF Spring meeting schedule available here