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Monday February 28 2011

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February 28 – March 6
India announces annual budget; ICT trade fair in Hanover; new Lloyds chief takes over; air show in Australia; leading financiers meet in New Delhi; Geneva hosts motor show; EU leaders debate debt crisis

Monday
FEBRUARY 28

Financial data scrutinised
The International Monetary Fund hosts a conference in Washington (until March 2) as part of the G20’s response to the global financial crisis. The event discusses improving internationally comparable sets of sectoral balance sheets, accumulation accounts, and flow of funds for advanced economies.

India’s finances
The
Indian government announces its annual budget.

UK TV places products
Product placement is allowed in UK television programmes for the first time. A “P” logo will signal which programmes contain placed products.

Health plans debated
A New Approach to Public Health, a conference in London, discusses what health responsibilities are to be transferred to local authorities under the UK coalition government’s reorganisation plans.

Congress and parliament
Both houses of the US Congress and UK parliament resume work after the President’s Day recess and half-term
break respectively.

Tuesday
MARCH 1

Hanover hosts ICT event
CeBit, the information and communication technology trade fair, opens in the German city (until March 5). It features conferences and product exhibitions designed to meet corporate digital needs.

Web marketing rules
The UK Advertising Standards Authority’s remit extends to cover marketing on companies’ own websites and in other space under their control, such as Facebook and Twitter. Non-broadcast advertising rules will now apply to such sites.

New chief for Lloyds
António Horta-Osório,
the former chief executive of Santander UK, takes over from Eric Daniels as chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group.

Airport finances examined
The Airport Economics and Finance Conference and Exhibition begins in London (until March 2), staged by Airports Council International, the sector’s professional association.

Air show in Australia
The Australian International Air Show and Aerospace and Defence Exposition begins its six-day run at Geelong, Victoria. It features aircraft and weaponry displays, product exhibitions and conferences.

Graduate employability
A
Westminster Forum seminar in London examines approaches to improving graduate employability and the controversial growth of internships.

Fashion at the ready
Leading fashion designers exhibit their ready-to-wear collections for next autumn and winter in Paris.

Wednesday
MARCH 2

Global finance
Bankers, investors, insurers and policymakers gather in New Delhi to discuss global financial issues at the Institute of International Finance Spring Membership Meeting (until March 4).

Marine power promoted
Wave & Tidal, the renewable energy conference, takes place in London, focusing on funding and incentives to encourage utilities and manufacturers to advance the UK’s leading position in marine energy.

Sustainable energy
World Sustainable Energy Days, the conference and trade show on sustainable energy production and use, begins in Wels, Austria (until March 4).

Digital growth discussed
The two-day FT Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference opens in London. Leaders from the music, broadcasting, advertising, publishing, social media and gaming sectors discuss where growth in digital media lies and the strategies required.

Thursday
MARCH 3

Geneva hosts motor show
The Geneva Motor Show begins, with leading manufacturers unveiling new vehicle models and accessories, with a growing emphasis on cars powered by sustainable fuels and technologies.

Insurers’ economic outlook
The Association of British Insurers’ Economics and Research Conference in London aims to outline the economic climate facing the industry, including the outlook for monetary and fiscal policy and the international environment. Charles Bean, deputy governor at the Bank of England, is the main speaker.

Women scientists
Five women scientists from five continents are honoured in Paris at the 2011 L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Awards.

By-election in Barnsley
A UK by-election is held in the Barnsley Central constituency following the resignation of Labour MP Eric Illsley. He was jailed for a year this month after admitting false accounting of expenses.

Welsh hold referendum
A referendum takes place in Wales on enhancing the lawmaking power of its devolved national assembly.

Friday
MARCH 4

EU debt crisis debated
Finland hosts a meeting of 14 centre-right European Union leaders, including Angela Merkel, German chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, in Helsinki to discuss the eurozone debt crisis ahead of next week’s Eurozone Summit.

National flood test begins
A week-long national emergency exercise, known as Exercise Watermark, begins in England and Wales to test arrangements to respond to severe, wide-area flooding.

Carnival time in Rio
Rio de Janeiro Carnival begins its five-day run.

Saturday
MARCH 5

China’s congress meets
The National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, convenes for its annual session in Beijing.

Sunday
MARCH 6

US bankers gather
The Institute of International Bankers’ Annual Washington Conference begins in the US capital, with the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory act on the agenda (until March 8).

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