G8 Summit 2009

February

• 13 Fri
• G7 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting – Roma (1^st day)

  • The economic and financial crisis and the measures needed to stabilise the world economy are the central issues on the agenda for the meeting of the seven major countries’ finance ministers plus Russia’s, who will be involved in a number of working sessions. The economic affairs ministers will be accompanied by their respective central bank governors. Some of the meetings making up the summit, which is to be held in Rome from 13 to 14 February, will also be attended by the European economic and monetary affairs commissioner, the Eurogroup president, the president of the European Central Bank, the director of the International Monetary Fund, the president of the World Bank and the president of the Financial Stability Forum. The event will open with a working dinner at Villa Madama, the Renaissance mansion on the slopes of Monte Mario used by the Italian Foreign Ministry for entertaining.

• 14 Sat
• G7 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting – Roma (2^nd day)

  • Day two of the meeting of the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors will open in the morning with a working session at the Palazzo delle Finanze, headquarters of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. An afternoon press conference is scheduled at the Hotel Excelsior in Via Veneto. Italian Economic Affairs Minister Giulio Tremonti and Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi are due to speak in the Sala ‘Giardino d’Inverno’.
    Other press conferences to follow: United States, Giardino d’Inverno; European Central Bank, Sala Campidoglio; Canada, Sala Fori; Sala Pincio; Japan, Sala Boncompagni; Germany, Sala Trianon.

• 21 Sat
• Aspen Conference for the G8: Global Health Forum - Roma