Programme

Saturday, 4 June

• 09:00 - 17:00    Registration of Participants. Registration for all participants will be from 4 to 10 June 2011 at the Lisbon Congress Center (LCC).  Participants should first register and obtain a security badge that will allow access to the Conference Centre and documents.

Sunday, 5 June

• 09:00 - 17:00   Registration of Participants
• 07:00 – 18:00  Standard Bank Group – Bilateral Meeting. Meetings will be held from 4 to 10 June 2011, during the same hours.

Monday, 6 June

• 07:30                  Registration of Participants     
• 07:30 – 09:30   More Efficiency and Equity in the Health Sector to Enhance Progress Towards MDG
• 08:00 – 18:00    Koweitian Fund-Bilaterale meetings
• 08:00 – 18:00    OPEC Fund- Bilaterale meetings
• 08:00 – 18:00    BADEA -Bilaterale meetings
• 08:00 – 18:00    AADFI- Bilaterale meetings
• 08:30 – 10:30    Making Finance Work for Africa – Book Pre-Launch: Financing Africa: Through the crisis and beyond
• 08:30 – 17:00    African Forests Stand – CBFF Event
• 08:30 – 18:00    KVRC Knowledge Dissemination Stand
• 08:30 – 18:00    African Legal Support Facility Stand   
• 08:30 – 18:00    AfDB-EMRC SME Stand: Bridging the Missing Middle Gap in Africa
• 08:30 – 18:00    AfDB-EMRC SME Forum: Bridging the Missing Middle Gap in Africa
• 10:00 – 12:00    Launch of the African Economic Outlook
• 12:00 – 14:00    Lunch Meeting on Integrated Infrastructure Approach Ritz Four Seasons Hotel
• 15:00 – 16:00    AADFI Executive Committee Meeting
• 15:00 – 17:00    Capacity Building on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) through education and training: the ADB experience
• 17:30 – 18:30    Launch of the African Unlisted Startup Index
• 18:00                  Cocktail Party for Standard Bank Group

Tuesday, 7 June

• 07:15 – 18:00    Registration of Participants
• 07:30 – 09:30    Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors (Closed Session)
• 07:30 – 09:30    Constituency Breakfast Meeting – BDIR07 – ED P. Tombwele
• 08:00 – 09:30    Press Breakfast
• 08:00 – 10:00    ADB/Exotix Capital Market Workshop
• 08:00 – 12:00    Green Growth Now: An African Perspective
  
  • 08:00 – 10:00 Promoting Green Growth in Africa
  • 10:00 – 12:00 The Inga Hydropower Project
• 09:00 – 17:00   Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Meeting- Land Policy Issues
• 09:00 – 18:00   ADB-EMRC SME Forum: Bridging the Missing Middle Gap in Africa
• 09:30 – 10:15   Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session)
• 09:30 – 11:30   AADFI –African DFIs CEOs Workshop
• 10:00 – 12:00   African Financial Markets Initiative workshop
• 10:00 – 15:00   One-on-one structured meetings with clients of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
• 10:30 – 12:00   Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (Closed Session; Open to non-member Governors as observers)
• 12:00 – 14:00   Financial Presentation (Luncheon)
• 14:00 – 18:00   AADFI – General Assembly
• 15:00 – 17:00   African Governance Outlook (AGO) Session
• 15:00 – 17:00   Regional Infrastructure for Africa’s Transformation and Growth
• 17:30 – 19:00   Ministerial Meeting on Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative
• 17:30 – 19:00   Constituency Meeting – BDIR19- ED M. Khan
• 17:30 – 22:00   Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Clients one-on-one Cocktail
• 18:30 – 21:30   JP Morgan Cocktail Event
• 19:00 – 23:00   Dinner - African Sub-Regional Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) - Annual Discussion Forum
• 19:30 – 21:30   Dinner – Seminars Speakers
• 19:30 – 21:30   Constituency Dinner – BDIR19 : ED M. Khan
• 20:30 – 22:00   CoDA Dinner (Board members only)

Wednesday, 8 June

• 08:00                   Registration of Participants
• 08:00 – 09:00    “Les Amis de la Guinée” – Breakfast Meeting
• 08:30 – 09:00    Opening Ceremony of the High Level Seminars
• 09:00 – 10:00    Africa Group 1 Constituency Panel – IMF/World Bank
• 09:00 – 11:00    High Level Seminar 1: Youth, Employment Creation and Shared Growth in Africa
• 09:00 – 11:00    High Level Seminar 2: Powering Africa: Financing Energy, Green Growth and Climate Change
• 09:00 – 12:00    African Financing Partnership (AFP) Steering Committee Meeting  and Launch of AFP Website
• 09:00 – 12:00    Meeting with Japan Credit Ratings (JCR): ADB Rating Review
• 10:30 – 13:30    Africa Group 1 Constituency Meeting – IMF/World Bank
• 11:00 – 13:00    High Level Seminar 3: Private Sector Development and Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa
• 11:00 - 13:00     High Level Seminar  4: Africa – Innovation Hub for Growth
• 12:00 – 14:00    Constituency Working Lunch –BDIR15 – ED E.M. Khalid
• 13:00 – 15:00    Lunch – High level Seminars
• 14:00 – 16:00    Sudan Forum
• 14:30 – 18:30    Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) – Board Meeting
• 16:30 – 18:30    Side Event on RWSSI and AWF
• 17:00 – 18:30    High Level Seminars Closing Event
• 18:00 – 20:00    Constituency Meeting – BDIR03 - Nordic Land - ED M. Pedersen
• 18:30 – 21:30    African Business Leadership Award / Cocktail
• 19:00 – 22:00    Constituency Meeting and Dinner -BDIR16- ED M.C. Muduuli
• 20:00 – 22:00    Constituency Dinner –BDIR09 –ED Dr. Khedr

Thursday, 9 June

• 07:30 - 8:30       Constituency Breakfast – BDIR13 - German delegation - ED M. Kohlmeyer
• 07:30 – 09:00    Constituency Meeting/Breakfast –BDIR18 – ED M. M. Kan
• 07:30 – 09:30    Constituency Meeting - BDIR03– Nordic Land Breakfast –– ED M. Pedersen
• 08:00                   Registration of Participants
• 08:00 – 09:00    ADB Leading the Way on Innovative Climate Finance Instruments for Africa
• 08:30 – 13:30    African Business Opportunities
• 09:00 – 17:00    Private Equity in Africa
• 09:00 – 10:00    Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2011 Annual Meetings
• 10:00 Adjournment
• 11:00  – 13:00   First Sitting of the Boards of Governors – Consideration and Approval of the:
  • Provisional Agenda
  • Report of the Joint Steering Committee
  • Report of the Governors’ Consultative Committee
  • Report of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Terms and Conditions of Service of Elected Officers
• 11:00 – 13:00    Launching (Panel Discussion) on “Providing Budget Aid in Situation of Fragility: A WB and ADB Common Approach Paper”
  
• 12:00 – 14:00    Lunch: Making the Most of Commodities in Africa - Developing Linkages for Industrialization
• 12:30 – 14:00    Constituency Lunch – BDIR09 – ED Dr. Khedr
• 14:00 – 17:00    Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Governors’ Dialogue
  • Presentation: 2011 Review of Development Effectiveness
  • Dialogue: The Bank and the Agenda for Inclusive Growth
• 17:00 – 19:00    Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Dialogue
• 19:00    Gala and Cultural Evening (by invitation)

Friday, 10 June

• 07:30 – 09:30    Constituency Breakfast  - BDIR09 –ED B. Montador
• 08:00 Registration
• 08:00 – 09:30    Zimbabwe/Zim-Fund Breakfast Meeting
• 08:00 – 10:00    Partnership Meetings Room
• 08:30 – 10:30    African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)–Citi Symposium
• 08: 30 – 10:30   The African Development Bank in North Africa – 2011
• 08:30 – 10:30    High Level Panel Discussion: African Women in Business and Finance: Financial Sector Innovation to Spur Growth
• 09:00 – 12:00    Meeting with Standard and Poor’s’: ADB Rating Review
• 10:00 – 12:00    Meeting on Regional Integration Strategies in Central Africa, Opportunities and Financing Mechanisms.
• 10:00 – 18:00    Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum
• 11:00 – 13:00    Food Security in a Changing Environment
• 11:00 – 13:00    High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
• 12:00  – 14:00   Lunch- Seminar : Migration and Remittances (ADB & World Bank)
  
• 12:00  – 14:00   Annual Meetings Closing Governors’ Lunch
• 12:30 – 15:30    Luncheon Eximbank of India
• 13:30 – 15:00    Africa - G20 Consultation Meeting
• 15:00 – 16:00    Closing Session of the 2011 Annual Meetings
• 16:00 – 17:00    Press Conference
• 20:00                  Cocktail and Closing Cultural Evening for all Participants