Key Upcoming Meetings and Events

OCTOBER

14-16

World Knowledge Forum, with participation of OECD Deputy Secretary-General Pier Carlo Padoan. Seoul, Korea.

15

News briefing, 11 a.m., to present "Revenue Statistics", 2008 edition.

15-16

Partnerships for Social Inclusion, conference organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Australian government.  Melbourne, Australia.

16

50th anniversary of the Nuclear Energy Agency, with participation of the Secretary-General. Publication of "Nuclear Energy Outlook".  News conference, 6 p.m. Video news briefing at the OECD Tokyo Centre with Uichiro Yoshimura.  

17

News conference 11 a.m. by OECD's Working Group on Bribery, to report on the recent Phase 2bis examination of the United Kingdom under the terms of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.  OECD Headquarters, Paris, France.

17

Partnership for Democratic Governance, steering group meeting chaired by the OECD Secretary-General.

20

“Turkey on the road to Europe – Economic challenges and prospects”, 10.30 a.m. media briefing seminar with Rauf Gönenç, Economics Department, and Yavuz Canevi, chairman of Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB) and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. IPC – Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium.

20

Launch of publication "C02 Capture and Storage: A Key Carbon Abatement Option", with International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. Paris, France.

20

Publication of "OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Hungary", presented by Deputy Secretary-General Pier Carlo Padoan at a conference on Strategic Approaches to Global and National Innovation Challenges, organised by the Hungarian National Office of Research and Technology.  Budapest, Hungary.

20-21

Sustainable Development Experts' annual meeting organised by the Horizontal Programme on Sustainable Development. With participation of the Secretary-General.

20-21

Exposure Assessment and Exposure Mitigation of Manufactured Nanomaterials, workshop organised by the nanotech safety team in the Environment Directorate, in co-operation with the German government (BAuA) and BIAC.  Frankfurt, Germany.

20-21

Ministerial Euro-African conference on Migration and Development, in Paris.

20-22

"La qualité des services publics en Europe", conference organised by the French government in the context of its presidency of the European Union. Participation of the OECD Secretary-General. 

20-24

Biomarine 2008, world marine and maritime forum, sponsored by the OECD. Toulon and Marseille, France.

21

Transparency and Exchange of Information, meeting organised jointly by the French Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service of France and the Federal Minister of Finance of Germany.  Speech by the OECD Secretary-General. 1 p.m. news conference.  Paris, France. 

21

News conference to launch the report "Growing Unequal" with participation of the Secretary-General.

21

Development Assistance Committee (DAC) aid peer review of Norway.

21-22

Financial Education,  conference organised by the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and Bank Indonesia.  Jakarta, Indonesia.

22-24

Third International Energy Week organised by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, with participation of International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka.  Moscow, Russia.

22-24

Foro Iberoamericano, 9th annual meeting, with participation of the Secretary-General. Seville, Spain.

23

Launch of publication "Learning for Jobs: OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training - Norway", with Norway's Minister of Education Bard Vegar Solhjell.  Oslo, Noway.

23

Consumer Product Safety, roundtable organised by the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry.

24

Consumer Education, conference organised by the OECD Committee on Consumer Policy, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Marrakech Task Force on Education for Sustainable Consumption.  

27-28

Annual meeting of the OECD Senior Budget Officials Network on Performance and Results, organised by the Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.

27-28

Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy, high-level symposium organised by the Health Committee and the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Opening speech by the Secretary-General.

27-30

National Accounts workshop, organised by the OECD Statistics Directorate and China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

28

Latin American Economic Outlook launched, organised by the OECD Development Centre.  Participation of the Secretary-General.  San Salvador, El Salvador. 

28-29

Oil and Money Conference organised by the Energy Intelligence Group and the International Herald Tribune, with participation of International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. London, United Kingdom.

29-31

XVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.  Participation of the Secretary-General. San Salvador, El Salvador.

30-31

Global Forum on Private Pensions, organised by the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS).  Mombasa, Kenya.

31

Seminar on agricultural policy, organised by the Directorate for Trade and Agriculture with the Czech authorities. Prague, Czech Republic.

NOVEMBER

3-4

OECD Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade, meeting organised by Directorate for Trade and Agriculture with the Development Co-operation Directorate. With participation of the Secretary-General.

3-4

The Measurement of Human Capital, technical workshop organised by the OECD Statistics Directorate and the Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli. Torino, Italy.

5-10

New Methodologies and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Global Change Research, conference organised by the European Science Foundation, with OECD participation. Porquerolles, France.

10-12

Transport and Environment in a Globalising World, global forum on sustainable development organised by the Environment Directorate and the International Transport Forum.  Guadalajara, Mexico.

10-12

Capacity Building Seminar for New and Nascent Local Development Partnerships in Central East and South East Europe, organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development and the LEED Trento Centre.  Trento, Italy. 

11-12

From Reforms to Results - A Partnership for Growth and Development, conference hosted jointly by the United Republic of Tanzania and the International Monetary Fund, with OECD participation. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

12

Official visit of the Secretary-General to the European Commission.  Brussels, Belgium.

12

Launch of publication “World Energy Outlook” with International Energy Agency Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. London, United Kingdom.

12

High-level seminar on Ageing and Financial Markets, organised by the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs.

13-14

European Central Bank Conference. Participation of the Secretary-General.  Frankfurt, Germany.

14

Publication of OECD Territorial Review of Poland.

15-17

European Development Days, organised by the European Commission.  Strasbourg, France.  

16-18

India Economic Summit, organised by the World Economic Forum.  New Delhi, India.

17

International Labour Organization Governing Board meeting, with participation of the Secretary-General. Geneva, Switzerland.

18-19

Innovation and Sustainable Growth in a Globalised World, joint OECD-World Bank conference. With participation of the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General.

19

Release of the OECD Economic Survey of Spain.  Madrid, Spain.

19-21

Safety Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials, workshop organised by the nanotech safety team in the Environment Directorate, in co-operation with the Korean Ministry of the Environment.  Seoul, Korea.

20-23

APEC CEO Summit, with participation of the Secretary-General.  Lima, Peru.

24-27

The Central Place of Business Register Systems in Response to Globalisation Needs, roundtable on Business Survey Frames, organised by the OECD Statistics Directorate  and the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers.

25

11 a.m. news conference to present the OECD Economic Outlook No. 84.

25-26

European Space Agency, council meeting at ministerial level, with participation of the OECD.  The Hague, the Netherlands.

26-28

Fighting Corruption in Asia-Pacific: Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society, 6th regional conference organised by the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and the Asian Development Bank.  Singapore.

27-28

The Secretary-General will chair a Round Table during the Summit on Sectoral Cooperation. Warsaw, Poland.

29/11-2/12

Financing for Development, Doha Review conference organised by the United Nations, with participation of the OECD.  Doha, Qatar.

DECEMBER

1

Launch of publication "Reviews of National Policies for Education: Tertiary Education in Chile" with the Directorate for Education and the Chilean authorities.  Santiago, Chile.

1-2

Financing and Pricing Water: the roles of government policies, the private sector and civil society,  meeting organised in the framework of the OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development, with participation of the Secretary-General.

1-2

Careers and Mobility of Doctorate Holders, conference organised by the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. This is followed by a technical meeting on careers of doctorate holders on 2 December.  Brussels, Belgium.

2-3

Latin American Round Table on Corporate Governance.  Mexico City, Mexico.

3

Publication of OECD Economic Survey of Sweden.

3

The International Panorama, conference organised by Telefónica on the role of businesses and the European Union, and the benefits for society as a whole. Participation of the Secretary-General. Brussels, Belgium.

8-9

Ministers of Finance meeting at high level on Climate Change, with participation of the Secretary-General.  Warsaw, Poland.

8-9

Global Forum on Development, followed by the high-level meeting of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

8-9

Higher Education 2030: What futures for quality access in the era of globalisation? OECD/France conference organised by the Directorate for Education/CERI. At the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris.

9-10

Sustainability, Innovation and Inclusion, public services summit organised by the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), with participation of OECD.  Stockholm, Sweden. 

10-11

Advancing Investment Policy Reform in Africa, NEPAD/OECD high-level meeting.  Kampala, Uganda.

15-16

Official visit of the Secretary-General to Ankara, Turkey. Publication of the Environmental Performance Review of Turkey.

JANUARY 2009

21-23

European Business Ethics Forum 2009, with participation of the Secretary-General. Paris. France.

21-23

Energy Efficiency, workshop organised by the International Energy Agency.

28-1/2

World Economic Forum, annual meeting, with participation of the Secretary-General.  Davos, Switzerland.

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