Embargo: Release Date: July 5, 2010 Contact Information: Lee Hee-gon (02-2150-4841) / IMF Division)
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The Ministry of Strategy and Finance will co-host Asia Conference with the IMF in Daejeon, Korea on July 12-13. The conference will be participated in by finance ministers of Asia/Pacific countries, central bank governors of that region, economists, CEOs and scholars.
The schedule of the conference is as follows:
Time Session
Sun July 11 06:00-08:30 pm
Welcome reception hosted by IMF managing director, Strauss Kahn
Mon July 12 09:00-09:30 am
Opening
09:30-11:30 am
Plenary session 1: Global economic crisis, resilient Asia, and future challenges
11:30-12:00 pm
Press conference by IMF managing director, Strauss Kahn 12:00-02:00
pm
Luncheon 02:15-04:00
pm
Penal discussion
Penal discussion 1: Financial reforms and global financial safety net Penal discussion 2: Asia’s business environment
Penal discussion 3: Asia and the IMF 03:00-04:00
pm
Talk with the IMF managing director, participated by university students, on Asia’s role in the global economy
04:30-06:30 Plenary session 2: Turning Asia’s underdeveloped countries into future emerging markets
07:30-09:30 pm
Dinner hosted by Korea’s finance minister YOON Jeung-hyun Tue
July 13 09:00-09:30 am
Keynote speech by Nobel laureate, Michael Spence, from Stanford University
Press Release
09:30-11:00 am
Plenary session 3: Asia’s regional integration and global governance 11:30-01:00
pm
Penal discussion: Asia in the 21stcentury 01:00-01:15
pm
Closing
