The Inter-American Development Bank is now accepting press preregistration for journalists who intend to cover the Bank’s 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Milan, Italy, March 20-26, 2003.
For electronic preregistration see here. For more details on the annual meeting itself, see here.
The IDB’s Annual Meeting is the most important policy-making forum for its governors, who represent the institution’s 46 member nations. The meeting in Fiera Milano, the city’s exhibition center, will be accompanied by a series of seminars featuring leading international experts who will examine the most pressing and relevant development issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean.
Press preregistration
The press preregistration form must be filled out and sent electronically by March 7, 2003, using the following security number: PRESS-AM03. Reporters who did not attend this year’s annual meeting held in Fortaleza, Brazil, must print and fill out a form and send it with a recent color, passport-size photograph by March 7, 2003, to the following address:
Pamela Murphy
Press Officer
Inter-American Development Bank
1300 New York Avenue, N.W.
Stop B-560
Washington, D.C. 20577
U.S.A.
Fax: (202) 623-3810
Pamelamu@iadb.org
Once in Milan, journalists will be able to register at a registration desk located in the main entrance of Fiera Milano’s Pavillion 17 according to the following schedule:
Wednesday, 19 March 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 20 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 21 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, 22 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, 23 March 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Monday, 24 March 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
At registration, journalists will be asked to present press credentials with a photograph so identification badges may be issued. In keeping with standard practice at international meetings, identification badges will feature participants’ photographs. These badges should be worn prominently at all times and will be indispensable to gain access to the meeting rooms and other working areas, as well as to social events.
The Press Room will open on Thursday, March 20, in Section C, ground floor, Pavillion 17.