Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe are in Washington this week for the semiannual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. In addition, ministers from the Group of 20 major industrialized and emerging market nations will gather for formal meetings. Following is a schedule of the top events. All times listed are in EDT/GMT. Friday, Sept. 23: 0830/1230 - Brazilian Central Bank President Alexandre Tombini speaks at the 2011 Brazil Economic Conference 0900/1300 - Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega speaks at the 2011 Brazil Economic Conference 1000/1400 - Plenary session of IMF/World Bank annual meetings 1215/1615 - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks on "Are Urgency, Collaboration and Alignment Sufficient to Implement Meaningful Reforms? before the Bretton Woods Committee "Readiness for the Next Financial Crisis" conference 1300/1700 - Press Briefing: IMF Western Hemisphere Department Press Briefing with IMF Western Hemisphere Department Director Nicolas Eyzaguirre. IMF Headquarters 2, Room 3-768 Brandimarte snapping to filers from briefing 1330/1730 - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley speaks on "Financial Stability and Economic Growth" before the Bretton Woods Committee "Readiness for the Next Financial Crisis" conference 1400/1800 - UK Financial Services Agency Chairman Adair Turner participates in "Harmonizing Macro & Micro Prudential Supervision - Advances Nationally and Globally" panel before the Bretton Woods Committee 1515/1915 - OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria, Brazil Central Bank Governor Alexandre Tombini, former White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers and PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian participate in "Sovereign Risks & Financial Stability: Policy Tactics, Trade-offs and Impacts" panel before the Bretton Woods Committee "Readiness for the Next Financial Crisis" conference. 1630/2030 - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet speaks on "Sovereign Risks & Financial Stability: Preventing Spillovers on the Global Economy" before the Bretton Woods Committee "Readiness for the Next Financial Crisis" conference 1700/2100 - Japan's Deputy Vice Finance Minister Masatsugu Asakawa, Japan Bank for International Cooperation President Hiroshi Watanabe, IMF Asia and Pacific Department Senior Advisor Mahmood Pradhan speak at IMF/World Bank conference on reviving growth after Japan's earthquake 1700/2100 - G20 finance and development ministers meet on development issues; a communique on development issues is expected and a news conference is expected at 2030/0030. Saturday, Sept. 24: 1300/1700 - IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and IMFC Chair Tharman Shanmugaratnam hold a press briefing after The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the steering committee for the IMF, meets 1140/1540 - ECB Executive Board Member Jurgen Stark participates in a panel discussion on the 2008 financial crisis 1430/1830 - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble addresses the Institute for International Finance membership meeting 1400/1800 - EC Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, Soros Fund Management Chairman George Soros, Portugal Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, Gao Xiging of China Investment Corporation and IMF Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik participate in a panel on the euro zone growth prospects 1600/2000 - French Finance Minister Francois Baroin holds press briefing 1900/2300 - IIF holds dinner tribute to ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet Sunday, Sept. 25: 0845/1245 - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney speaks before the IIF membership meeting. 0915/1315 - Peter Sands, CEO, Standard Chartered; Bob Diamond, CEO and chairman, Barclays; Martin Senn, CEO, Zurich Financial Services; Gary Cohn, president and COO, Goldman Sachs; Andrea Enria, chair, European Banking Authority; and Jes Staley, CEO, Investment Bank, JP Morgan Chase, participate in "Systemic Stability and Global Financial Firms" discussion before the Institute of International Finance membership meeting 1045/1445 - Institute of International Economics Chairman Josef Ackermann and other IIF officials hold news conference at conclusion of the IIF membership meeting 1100/1500 - Axel Weber, former president of the Bundesbank, speaks on "The IMF and the International Monetary System: Lessons from the Crisis" 1315/1715 - Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos participates in discussion at IIF conference

Source