WASHINGTON, D.C., and WATERLOO, Canada — April 4, 2014 — Media covering the 2014 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group are invited to attend the conference ‘IMF — What Is It Good For?’ on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the IMF.
This event will take place from 12:00pm to 4:30 pm, Tuesday, April 8, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), and is co-sponsored by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the Institute for International Finance (IIF) and PIIE.
Session topics for the conference will include: IMF surveillance and crisis prevention; the IMF’s role in crisis resolution including debt restructuring; and, IMF reforms including governance, resources and relationship with regional financial institutions.
Speakers will include: Domenico Lombardi, Director, Global Economy Program, CIGI; Susan Schadler, Senior Fellow, CIGI, and former deputy director of the IMF’s European Department; Thomas A. Bernes, Distinguished Fellow, CIGI and former director of the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office; James Boughton, Senior Fellow, CIGI, and former IMF historian; Tim Adams, President and CEO, IIF; Hung Tran, Executive Managing Director, IIF; Charles Collyns, Managing Director and Chief Economist, IIF; Fred Bergsten, Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow, PIIE; Adam Posen, PIIE President; Marcus Noland, PIIE Executive Vice President; Anna Gelpern, Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE, and Georgetown Law; and Ted Truman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE.
Media wishing to cover this event are asked to RSVP with Brian Reil, Media Liaison, PIIE at [email protected] or 202-454-1334.
Event: IMF — What Is It Good For? Conference
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Time: noon-4:30 p.m.
Location: Bergsten Conference Center, Peterson Institute for International Economics
1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20036
RSVP: Brian Reil, Media Liaison, PIIE [email protected] or 202-454-1334
CIGI MEDIA CONTACT:
Declan Kelly, Communications Specialist, CIGI
Tel: 519.885.2444, ext. 7356, Email: [email protected]
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit www.cigionline.org.