Programme

                                                       Provisional Programme

                                                    Last update:  January 26, 2010

SATURDAY, 22 MAY 

  • 08:00     Registration  of Participants – 2010 Annual Meetings of the ADB and ADF Boards of Governors and 2009 Seminars.

SUNDAY, 23 MAY

  • 08:00     Registration

MONDAY, 24 MAY

  • 08:00  Registration
  • 09:00  – 18:00  Side event: CoDA Meeting
  • 09:30  – 12:00 Press Briefing and Dissemination of the Africa Economic Outlook
  • 16:00 – 18:00 Presentation of the 2010 African Development Report

TUESDAY, 25 MAY 

  • 08:00  Registration
  • 09:30 Press Briefing
  • 09:30 – 10:15 Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session)
  • 10:30 – 12:00 Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee
  • 09:00 – 18:00 Side event: CoDA Meeting
  • 12:15 – 14:15 Financial Presentation Luncheon
  • 14:30  – 17:00  Side event
  • 19:30 – 21:30 CoDA Dinner

WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY

  • 07:00 – 09:00 Press Breakfast
  • 08:00    Registration
  • 08:00  – 12:00 GCC
  • 09:00  – 11:00 CoDA Press Briefing
  • 09:30  – 11:00 High Level Seminars
    • Climate Change and Development Financing
    • Measuring Development  in resource-based and rural/informal economies
    • Rebalancing the Role of the State and Market
    • Climate Change – Implications for Agriculture and Food Security in Africa
  • 12:30  – 14:15 Seminar Lunch (with a keynote speaker)
  • 14:30  – 16:00    Governors’ Dialogue (Governor + 1)  

THURSDAY, 27 MAY

  • 08:00 Registration
  • 09:30 Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Annual Meetings
  • 10:30  Adjournment
  • 11:00 First Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Consideration and Approval of the Joint Steering Committee Report and the Draft Agenda  
  • 14:00 Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Election of the Executive Directors
  • 17:00 Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Election of the President
  • 19:00  Reception given jointly by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors and the President of the Bank Group (By Invitation)

FRIDAY, 28 MAY

  • 09:00      Fourth Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Statements by Governors
  • 13:00     Adjournment
  • 15:00  Fifth Sitting of the Boards of Governors
  • 18:00      Closing Session of the 2010 Annual Meetings, followed by a press conference
  • 20:00     Cocktail and Cultural Evening for all participants