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Global Events

Following are Global Events taking place around the world worth noting. Included are Sports, Politics, Religious, Commercial and National events. If you plan to attend any of these events, I welcome your comments below. Perhaps you will meet others that are planning to attend these events as well. Please post any news you wish to share in the Comments below.

Date  / Event / Location

April 2, 2011 / Cricket World Cup Final / Mumbai, India

  

April 15-17, 2011 / IMF World Bank Spring Meetings / Washington DC USA

April 27-29, 2011 / World Economic Forum / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

April 29, 2011 / The Royal Wedding / London, UK

April 29 – May 15, 2011 / IIHF World Championship Hockey / Slovakia

 

May 2011  / ESPN’s The X Games  Asia / Shanghai, China

 

      May 1, 2011  / Pope John Paul II Beatification / Vatican, Rome, Italy

 

May 4-6, 2011 / World Economic Forum / Cape Town, South Africa

 

May 11-22, 2011 / Cannes Film Festival / Cannes, France

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May 17-19, 2011 / EBACE Aviation Expo / Geneva, Switzerland

 

May – June, 2011 / The French Open Tennis / France

 

June – July, 2011  / Wimbledon Tennis / England

 

June 8-9, 2011  / World Economic Forum /Vienna, Austria

 

June 20-25, 2011 / Paris Air Show / Paris, France

 

June 25 – July 4, 2011  / Special Olympics / Athens, Greece

 

June 26 – July 17, 2011  / FIFA Women’s World Cup / Germany

 

July, 2011 / World Military Games / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

July 1-24, 2011  / Copa Americana Argentina Soccer / Brazil

 

 July 2-24, 2011 / Tour de France / France

 

 August 15-21, 2011 / World Catholic Youth Day / Madrid, Spain

September 9 – October 23, 2011 / Rugby World Cup / New Zealand

 

October, 2011 / XVI Pan American Games / Mexico

 

November, 2011  / APEC USA / Honolulu, Hawaii USA

 

July 27 – August 12, 2012  / Summer Olympics / London UK

 

 

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Countdown to the IMF Spring Meetings 2011

Tentative Schedule of Events

Last Updated: March 3, 2011
Events open to all Spring Meetings attendees.

• April 11
• April 12
• April 13
• April 14
• April 16
• Full Schedule

Tuesday, April 12
Time	Event	Venue
8:00 a.m.	Press Room Opens	IIMF Headquarters (HQ2)
11:30 a.m.	Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor Report; by Carlo Cottarelli, Director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters

Monday, April 11
Time	Event	Venue
8:00 a.m.	Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens	World Bank‘s H Building Lobby (19th Street between F and G Streets
9:00 a.m.	Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters

Wednesday, April 13
Time	Event	Venue
9:00 a.m.	Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report; by José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters

Thursday, April 14
Time	Event	Venue
8:45 a.m.	Press Briefing: World Bank President Robert Zoellick	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF
9:30 a.m.	Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF
TBA	G-24 Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks)	IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
TBA	Press Briefing: G-24 Meeting	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters

Saturday, April 16
Time	Event	Venue
TBA	International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks)	IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
TBA	Press Briefing: IMFC Chair and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee Group Photo [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (photojournalists should assemble by 9:00 in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks on the Red Level, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters)	Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee (DC) Meeting Start [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity at the beginning of the DC meeting. This will start immediately following the group photo.	Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee Press Briefing: DC Chair, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters

Monday, April 11
Time	Event	Venue
8:00 a.m.	Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens	World Bank’s H Building Lobby (19th Street between F and G Streets
9:00 a.m.	Press Briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO); by Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
Tuesday, April 12
Time	Event	Venue
8:00 a.m.	Press Room Opens	IIMF Headquarters (HQ2)
11:30 a.m.	Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor Report; by Carlo Cottarelli, Director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
Wednesday, April 13
Time	Event	Venue
9:00 a.m.	Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report; by José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
Thursday, April 14
Time	Event	Venue
8:45 a.m.	Press Briefing: World Bank President Robert Zoellick	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF
9:30 a.m.	Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF
TBA	G-24 Meeting Photo Opportunity (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks)	IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
TBA	Press Briefing: G-24 Meeting	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
Saturday, April 16
Time	Event	Venue
TBA	International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (photojournalists should assemble 15 minutes prior to the event starting time in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks)	IMF Headquarters (HQ2)
TBA	Press Briefing: IMFC Chair and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee Group Photo [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity for “Group Photo” (photojournalists should assemble by 9:00 in the press room at the IMF/World Bank Press Desks on the Red Level, Room R-700, IMF Headquarters)	Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee (DC) Meeting Start [CAMERAS ONLY] Photo Opportunity at the beginning of the DC meeting. This will start immediately following the group photo.	Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters
TBA	Development Committee Press Briefing: DC Chair, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn	Main Press Briefing Room, HQ 2, IMF Headquarters