What: Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad invites industry delegates, entrepreneurs, professionals and management students to attend its annual festival, Confluence 2005.

When: November 24 to 27

Venue: IIM-Ahmedabad campus

Event highlights

~ Session themes:

• Growth: The eternal paradox
• Innovations on the horizon
• Management beyond the obvious
• Marketing: Today and tomorrow

~ Key speakers:

• Mukesh Ambani, chairman and MD, Reliance Industries [Get Quote]
• Dr J J Irani, director, Tata Sons
• Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and group MD, Bharti Group
• Dr Vijay Mallya [Images], chairman, UB Group
• Chandrababu Naidu [Images], former chief minister, Andhra Pradesh
• Dr Arun Shourie, member of Parliament
• Dr Kumaramangalam Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group
• Subir Raha, chairman and MD, ONGC [Get Quote]
• Suresh Prabhu, member of Parliament
• Dr Bob Hoekstra, CEO, Philips Innovation Campus
• Heinz-Joachim Neuburger, EVP and CFO, Siemens
• AM Naik, chairman and MD, Larsen & Toubro
• Leo Puri, director, McKinsey & Company
• Renana Jhabwala, national coordinator, SEWA
• Santosh Desai, president, McCann-Erickson India
• Bhaskar Bhat, MD, Titan Industries [Get Quote]
• Nitin Paranjpe, VP-Homecare, Hindustan Lever [Get Quote]

~ The events include:

• Masterplan: Business plan contest
• Livestock: Stock market game
• BizQuizitive: Quiz hosted by Harsha Bhogle
• Session specific games on each day

How to register

~ For further details, visit www.iima-confluence.com