OECD Ministerial Meetings, OECD Forum 2005: “Fuelling the Future”

24/02/2005 - On 2-3 May, the OECD Forum will address issues from trade and development to structural reform and energy. Also on 2-3 May, ministers from International Energy Agency countries will discuss energy policy. On 3-4 May, OECD Finance and Trade Ministers will participate in the OECD’s annual Ministerial Council Meeting.  

OECD Forum 2005, 2-3 May - This year's OECD Forum, under the theme "Fuelling the Future: Security, Stability, Development”, will focus on the international economy, trade, development and energy. It will take place at the Centre de Conférences Internationales, 19 Avenue Kléber, Paris 75016.

• The Forum will be opened by OECD Secretary General Donald J. Johnston at 9.30 a.m, Monday 2 May.
• Confirmed speakers include: Richard Descoings, Director, Insititut d’études politiques de Paris; Thierry Desmarest, Chairman and CEO of Total; Karel de Gucht,  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; John J. Sweeney, President of American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organisations.  Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, who will be chairing the OECD’s 2005 Ministerial meeting, will make a keynote address. 
• For further details, see: www.oecd.org/forum2005. 

International Energy Agency Ministerial Meeting, 2-3 May - Ministers from the 26 IEA countries will meet at the Hotel Méridien Etoile, Paris to discuss current energy issues and challenges under the headline “Investing in the Future”. 

• Australia’s Minister for Tourism, Industry and Resources, Ian MacFarlane, will chair the meeting.
• A Ministerial-level official from China will participate in several of the sessions.  
• A press conference will be held at 12.00 noon at the Hotel Méridien Etoile on Tuesday, 3 May.
• For accreditation, journalists are asked to send an e-mail with name, media and press card number before 20 April to IEAPressOffice@iea.org

OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, 3-4 May - Ministers from OECD and other countries will meet at OECD headquarters to discuss a range of economic policy issues including energy and investment, globalization and structural adjustment.

• The meeting will be chaired by Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, who will give a closing news conference at 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday 4 May.

Further details of news conferences and media briefings are available on the OECD’s website at www.oecd.org/mcm2005. Media facilities, including a press room with phone hook-ups, will be available. The OECD’s TV, radio and videoconference studios are available at OECD headquarters free of charge to broadcast journalists on a first come, first served basis; this includes cameras, editing facilities, ISDN lines and the necessary technicians.

• Journalists can register for the OECD Forum and OECD Ministerial Council meeting through the online registration form .
• For further information about the Forum, journalists should contact Meggan Dissly (tel: [33] 1 45 24 80 94).
• For further information about the International Energy Agency Ministerial  www.iea.org 

For further information journalists are invited to contact the OECD Media Relations Division (tel: [33] 1 45 24 97 00).