Press Release

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

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Luncheon 02:15-04:00

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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

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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

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Penal discussion: Asia in the 21^stcentury 01:00-01:15

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Closing