AGENDA

 

Annual General Meeting

 

New Rules for Global Finance Coalition

 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

 

2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

* RSVP REQUIRED

 

Akin Gump Law Offices, 4^th Floor

1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC  20036

Just Off DuPont Circle

 

 

2:30 – 3:15

 

I.  Business Meeting

• Activity Report

• Financial Report

• Election of Board Members

• Resolution affecting Board Members’ terms of service

 

 

II.  "Changes in Globalization: Implications for the New Rules Coalition"

 

3:15 – 4:00

 

Plenary 1: "Finance and Globalization: What are the emerging new issues?"

Discussion with and among New Rules Members, initiated by brief presentations 

 

Moderator:  Sandra Polaski, Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace

 

Ron Blackwell, Chief Economists, AFL-CIO

 

Colin Bradford, Senior Fellow, Brookings and Centre for

International Governance Innovation

 

Thomas Palley, Founder, Economics for Democratic &

Open Societies Project

 

Irfan ul Haque

 

4:00 – 4:45

 

Plenary 2: “Rethinking the New Rules agenda for change at the IMF and the World Bank”

 

Moderator:  Seamus Finn, President of Board, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, Interim Director GS – Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation

 

Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition

 

Elizabeth Stuart, Senior Policy Advisor, Head of Relations with the World Bank and IMF, Oxfam International

 

 

4:45 – 5:30

 

Reception:  Enjoy a holiday celebration and toast New Board Members and New Members of New Rules!

 

* RSVP REQUIRED – We need to provide an attendance list to Akin Gump to ensure that you can gain entry to the building. Please RSVP to Jamie Baker at 202-247-7486 or jbaker@new-rules.org