Following is a schedule of working sessions and bilateral meetings taking place during the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations in Heiligendamm, Germany.

All times are GMT and subject to change:

THURSDAY, JUNE 7

0630 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets U.S. President George W. Bush

0800 - First working session, focus on world economy, developing economies

1115 - G8 leaders' working luncheon, foreign policy issues including Middle East, Iran, Darfur and Kosvo to be discussed

1230 - Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

1230 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Blair

1315 - Putin meets Bush

1400 - Second G8 working session, focus on climate change and energy efficiency

1610 - Putin and Sarkozy meeting

1645 - Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet

1700 - Sarkozy holds news conference

1730 - Aperitif, working dinner for G8 leaders. Doha global trade round to be discussed

FRIDAY, JUNE 8

0555 - Sarkozy meets Bush

0630 - Blair meets Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua

0700 - G8 working session with representatives of African countries: Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and African Union president Ghana. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend

0815 - Blair meets Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

0845 - G8 working session with the five so-called G8 Outreach countries: India, China, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa

1045 - Blair meets Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

1100 - Working luncheon of G8 leaders and Outreach representatives

1230 - Putin meets Blair, after which Putin meets the president of Ghana, John Kufuor

1240 - Sarkozy meets Chinese President Hu Jintao

1300 - Merkel holds news conference as G8 president

1330 - Putin holds news conference

1330 - Sarkozy holds news conference

1400 - Abe holds news conference

1445 - Putin meets China's Hu