DIARY-G7, IMF and World Bank meetings in Istanbul

Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe
are in Istanbul for the semiannual meetings of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which run through
Oct. 7.

Following is a schedule of the top events.

All events are in Istanbul and all times listed are in
Istanbul local time/GMT, unless noted.

For related stories, please click on [G7/G8].

Monday, Oct. 5

0900/0600 - "Future of the Global Financial System" with
European Central Bank Executive Board Member Lorenzo Bini
Smaghi, Brazilian central bank chief Henrique Meirelles and
George Soros participate in a discussion on the future of the
global financial system.

0945/0645 - Joint IMF, World Bank Development Committee
meets.

1045/0745 - Korea Financial Supervisory Service Senior
Deputy Governor Jang-Yung Lee participates in discussion
moderated by Swedish Central Bank Governor Stefan Ingves on
regulatory reform.

1045/0745 - Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani
Indrawati and ECB Vice President Lucas Papademos participate in
discussion on crisis prevention and resolution.

1200/0900 - Sri Mulyani Indrawati, finance minister of
Indonesia, speaks on the progress of the reform agenda adopted
by the G20 Summit.

1345/1045 - Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty
delivers speech at luncheon sponsored by Scotiabank

1545/1245, approx. - Mexican Finance Minister Agustin
Carsten, chairman of the IMF/World Bank Development Committee,
World Bank President Robert Zoellick and IMF Managing Director
Dominique Strauss-Kahn holds news conference.

Tuesday, Oct. 6

1000/0700 - IMF/World Bank annual meetings opening plenary
session.

Wednesday, Oct. 7

0930/0630 - IMF/World Bank annual meetings closing plenary
session.

For related diaries, please see:

DIARY - U.S. Federal Reserve [FED/DIARY]

DIARY - European Central Bank [ECB/DIARY]

DIARY - Polling Unit Diary for 2006 [POLL/DIARY]

DIARY - Today in Washington [WASH/DIARY]

DIARY - Key World Financial Events [KEY/DIARY]

DIARY - Political and General news [POL/DIARY]

DIARY - Index of all Diaries [IND/DIARY]

DIARY - G7 Real-Time economic data ECON G7TODAY

DIARY - OECD countries upcoming economic data & forecast

ECITODAY

DIARY - Major Central Bank Events for 2006 [CEN/DIARY]

NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily
mean that Reuters will file a story based on the event.

IMF meeting schedule available at:

here