Coming, Bengaluru International Film Fest
THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday, 17 November
* Bangalore: Paolo Annavini, CEO, The Opera Consortium, Italy, is holding a media briefing on "The European Excellence-2008", a promotional campaign funded by the European Union, Italy, agricultural co-operatives and companies working in the agro-food sector. Opera is a consortium of co-operative agricultural enterprises and the Italian food-farming sector. Venue: Grand Ashok Hotel. Time: 11am
* Kolkata: The Indian Chamber of Commerce is organising an interactive session on "Future of Indian Economy" with Shiv Khazanchi, global head of NRI, Standard Chartered Private Bank. Venue: ICC Towers. Time: 4:45 pm
* New Delhi: There's a Ficci business meeting with Martin Riman, minister of industry & trade of the Czech Republic. Time: 11:00am. Venue: Ficci, Tansen Marg
* There is also the Ficci-India-Belarus Business Conference. Venue: Hotel Le Meridian. Time: 8 am
Tuesday, 18 November
* Bangalore: Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy will organise a press conference to announce the Third Bengaluru International Film Festival. Venue: Press Club, Cubbon Park. Time: 12.30 pm
* Kolkata: National Mineral Development Corporation to sign an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the West Bengal Mineral Development & Trading Corporation at Hyatt Regency. Time: 12:30 pm
IIM-Calcutta to inaugurate its Financial Research and Trading Lab at the institute's Finance Lab. Time: 2 pm
* New Delhi: Ficci meeting with Prof. Richard Levin, president, Yale University. Venue: Ficci premises. Time: 1 pm
Wednesday, 19 November
* Press briefing on the release of the Ficci-E&Y study on higher education. It's titled — "Higher Education at the Crossroads: Imperatives for Policy & Practice." Venue: Ficci premises. Time: 12 noon
Thursday, 20 November
* Bangalore: DBS Bank India to organise a media briefing on the occasion of a visit by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, minister for finance, Singapore. The bank will launch Cheque Express - its initiative for the SME customer segment in India. Venue: DBS bank, Ulsoor Road. Time: 10.30am
Friday, 21 November
* Bangalore: MA Saleem, director (security & vigilance), KSRTC, to inaugurate the new premises of Karnataka Bank on KH Road. The bank's chairman, Ananthakrishna, will preside over the event. Venue: Karnataka Bank, KH Road. Time: 10 am
* New Delhi: Ficci-CII-Assocham meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey. Venue: Hotel Oberoi. Time: 1 pm