Tentative meeting highlights
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Paul Guncheon assembles letters that will spell out "Global Pavilion" at the Asian Development Bank meeting at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
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Finance ministers and senior treasury officials of member countries, representatives of the multilateral development bank community, investment bankers, nongovernmental representatives, and journalists attend. Events are closed to the public.
Today
• Discussion on "Urban Environmental Dilemma and Development Policy in Asia"
• Pacific Day Seminar: "Partners in Development: Nongovernmental Organizations and Donor Cooperation in the Pacific"
• Seminar on "Water in the 21st Century — The Looming Crisis"
• Pacific Day Seminar: "Private Sector Development in the Pacific"
Tomorrow
• Country presentation — Philippines
• Seminar on "Tourism and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific"
• Seminar on "ADB's Private Sector Development Strategy"
• Hawaii Business Forum luncheon and seminars including "Keys to Expanding Business With Asia" and "How to Do Business With the ADB"
Wednesday
• Official opening session of the bank's board of governors
• Country presentation— India
• Seminar on "Information Technology: Impact on Asian Society"
Thursday
• Country presentation: "Economic Development and Outlook in People's Republic of China"
• Board of governors sessions continue
• Luncheon with co-hosts Tadao Chino, the ADB president, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, who is chairman of the ADB board of governors
Friday
• Country presentation — Indonesia "The Road to Recovery"
• Board of governors sessions continue
• 12:30 p.m. Closing ceremony and press conference by Asian Development Bank president Tadao Chino.