A new beginning

THE WEEK AHEAD

The new financial year begins this week which will be dominated by the hotel investment conference, the high profile CII regional meeting in Mumbai and of course, GoaFest 2008. Here is a line up of the key events:

Monday, March 31

Brand Ambassador and team colour of Delhi IPL team "" Delhi Daredevils "" to be unveiled by GMR Sports Chairman Srinivas Bommidala in New Delhi

Press Conference on Affirmative Action by Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi

Pepperl+Fuchs, which designs and produces electronics components, to announce new plans in Bangalore

Tuesday, April 1

KPMG report on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in India to be released in New Delhi

Wednesday, April 2

Annual Hotel Investment Conference South Asia (HICSA) kicks off in Mumbai. Speakers at the two-day conference include PRS Oberoi, chairman and chief executive, The Oberoi Group, Kathleen Taylor, president and COO, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Stephen Rushmore, president and founder, HVS Hospitality Services

Asian Development Bank's "Asia Development Outlook 2008" to be released in New Delhi. The theme for the development outlook this year is "Work and Workers in Developing Asia"

The Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business to announce "Placements 2008" in New Delhi

Annual Policy Conference of Sa-Dhan "" an Association of Community Development Finance Institutions "" kicks off in New Delhi

Thursday, April 3

Annual press conference by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd to share the 2007-08 performance in New Delhi. Company Chairman and Managing director K Ravi Kumar will brief the media

Friday, April 4

CII's annual regional meeting kicks off in Mumbai. Key speakers include ICICI Bank's KV Kamath, Sona Koyo's Surinder Kapoor and and Adani Wilmar's Pranav Advani

Goafest 2008 "" the two-day advertising festival organised by the Association of Advertising Agencies of India "" kicks off in Goa. Key speakers include JWT's Craig Davis and Lowe Worldwide's Stephen Gatfield

Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organises interface with West Bengal tourism minister, Manabendra Mukherjee, on his new tourism policy in Kolkata

Saturday, April 5

Goodricke Group's annual general meeting in Kolkata