Affirmation: The Social Conclave, a discussion on CSR. Dr JJ Irani, Director, Tata Sons will be one of the speaker.
Prerna – The Social Awards – The awards aim to felicitate anyone who brought about a transformational social change.
C Trader – Manfest as part of its events schedule will organize the event C Trader which simulates a scenario wherein teams chose different industries with different carbon credit ratings.
The Green Run – Annual IIM L Manfest Marathon – This yearas focus of the marathon is two folds: raising funds for NGO in Education field and increasing awareness of CSR in Uttar Pradesh Colleges in general and Lucknow in particular.
The Leaderas Express includes:
The Sports Conclave – It focuses on the theme Sports as an Industry in India a Current Status and Future Opportunities. Anirban Das Blah, the CEO, Globosport, Virendra Rasquinha, the former Indian National Hockey Team Captain, Mr. Sukhvinder Singh, Senior Marketing Manager, All India Football Federation will be present at the occasion.
Talk the Walk – Wilfried Aulbur, CEO and Managing Director, MercedesaBenz India will be present at the occasion.
The Corporate Luncheon – It would comprise of talks and interactive sessions aimed at knowledge enhancement.
Business Events at Manfest 2009 includes:
Flagship Events – include the NextCEO, Call for Arms a The Battle of B-schools, Treatise a The International Thought Challenge, and BizQuiz.
Biz Theatre – It is divided into different verticals, namely, Marksmen a The Marketing Vertical, Finesse a The Finance Vertical, Infrarcade a The Infrastructure Arena, Insurrection a The Insurance Arena, and Systematrix a The Systems Arena.
Online Manfest – This includes crosswords, online quizzes and the online puzzle a Wild Goose Chase, Online events based on news presentations, product placement in videos and film clips, and Corporate Lords a The IPL simulation.
Arcade: The On The Spot Arena – Includes games like the Budding Economist, Brand Wars, and simulation games such as the C-Trader, The E-Capitalist, and the Treasury Simulation Game.
Beyond Business includes:
Pronites – a performance each in the genres of Ghazals, IndiPop and pure Rock.