14 August 2007 – Day 1

08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Welcome and introductions: Joan de Beer, Deputy National Librarian (National Library of South Africa), Barbara Tillett (IFLA Division IV: Bibliographic Control), Judith Kuhagen (IFLA Cataloguing Section)
09:30-10:30 Consolidated ISBD: a step forward: Elena Escolano (Spain; current chair of ISBD Review Group)
10:30-10:45 Refreshments
10:45-11:30 FRBR terminology and concepts: Pat Riva (Canada; current chair of the FRBR Review Group)
11:30-12:15 Virtual International Authority File: Barbara Tillett (IFLA)
12:15-13:30 Presentation, overview, and initial discussion of the draft Statement as approved in Frankfurt and updated at IME ICC2-4: Barbara Tillett (IFLA)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Country reports and Recommendations from pre-meeting discussions on Working Group topics presented by Working Group Leaders
16:00-16:15 Refreshments
16:15-17:15 Pre-meeting discussion topics (continued)
17:15-17:30 Announcement of Working Groups Logistics for Day 2
17:30-19:00 Guided city tour on Pretoria’s Purple Bus (warm clothes essential)
19:00-21:00 Conference dinner, Mokha Restaurant, Botanical Gardens – courtesy OCLC: Classification systems in plant taxonomy – Dr Christien Bredenkamp (South African National Biodiversity Institute)

15 August 2007 – Day 2

09:00-13:00 Working Groups (focus on topics and prepare recommendations from the Sub-Saharan African perspective)
10:30-10:45 Refreshments
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Reports from Working Groups (15 min. each)
15:30-16:00 Compile recommendations and discuss Statement of Principles change recommendations
16:00-16:15 Refreshments
16:15-16:45 Continue discussion and identify next steps
16:45-17:00 Closing and Farewell
18:00-22:00 Free evening – IME ICC5 Participants