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The Business Report Calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region businesses community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. E-mail tboone@businessreport.com with information.

Tuesday -- LSU Chancellor Michael Martin will be the guest speaker at the LSU Executive Education's monthly “Breakfast to Business” seminar, which starts at 7:30 a.m. at Café Americain. Martin will talk about the impact the recent legislative session had on LSU, and the university's importance to Baton Rouge businesses. Registration for the event is $25. For more details, click here.

Wednesday -- The YWCA's 16th Annual Racial Justice Award Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. at Juban's. Awards will be presented to LSU's Office of Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach and to Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and its Walter C. Dumas Scholarship Committee and Charitable Foundation. Loretta King, associate attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, will be the guest speaker. Admission is $25. To RSVP, e-mail cartwrightp@ywca-br.org.

Thursday -- Jones Walker will sponsor breakfast briefing on carbon capture will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at LSU's Energy, Coast & Environment Building. Participants include Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association; David Dismukes, associate executive director of LSU's Center for Energy Studies and Jim Welsh, state commissioner of conservation. For more information, click here.

Friday -- Kristy Hebert of Advance Innovative Education will be the guest speaker at Forum 35's monthly luncheon, which starts at noon at Juban's. Admission is $15 for members and $20 for guests. For more information, e-mail teepell@mac.com.

Sunday -- The Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates will kick off their playhouse fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. at the Mall of Louisiana. The event features music, food by Serrano's and an auction. Tickets for the fiesta are $50 and can be obtained by calling 379-8598. A playhouse that will be raffled off to benefit CASA will be on display at the mall through Aug. 16.

Aug. 14 -- The Capital Area United Way will hold its annual Jambalaya Cookoff & Community Games at the Baton Rouge River Center Exhibition Hall. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. and jambalaya lunches will be served at 11 a.m. Plate lunches are $5 in advance, $7 the day of the event. To pre-order, go to cauw.org or call 382-3514.

Aug. 20 -- The Mid City Redevelopment Alliance will hold its annual Legacy Luncheon at noon in Boudreaux's. Rev. Raymond A. Jetson will be honored with The Reverend Mary E. Moody Lifetime Achievement Award. Tickets are $50 each or $500 for a table of 10. To buy tickets, call the Mid City Redevelopment Alliance at 346-1000.

Sept. 17 -- Louisiana Looking Up 2009, hosted by the LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Louisiana Chapter, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. This will be the sixth time for the annual events, which celebrates entrepreneurship in Louisiana. Bill Jeansonne, a commercial agent at Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate, will serve as the chair of Louisiana Looking Up 2009. For more information, click here.

Oct. 7-8 -- Business Report will hold its 27th Annual BizTech Expo at the Baton Rouge River Center. More than 200 local companies will exhibit the latest products and services for business. Special events and seminars are being planned for both days of the show. For information on tickets and exhibit space, go to businessreportexpo.com.