Thursday: Kean Miller’s diversity council will hold its third annual Louisiana Diversity Forum, beginning at 7:45 a.m. at the Baton Rouge Marriott. Representatives from state government, businesses and non-profits will be on hand, including Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, John Davies, CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Elton Ndoma-Ogar, diversity and inclusion manager for BP America. Admission is free. To RSVP, e-mail rsvp@keanmiller.com.
Thursday: Pete Newkirk, director of the city-parish Department of Public Works, will be the guest speaker at a joint luncheon held by the Baton Rouge Chapters of the Louisiana Engineering Society and the American Public Works Association. The lunch will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the LSU Faculty Club. Admission is $20 for LES/APWA members and $25 for nonmembers. For more information, e-mail lesbatonrouge@les-state.org.
Thursday-Saturday: The NAACP Louisiana State Conference will hold its annual convention at the Sheraton Baton Rouge Convention Center Hotel. The civil rights organization will have a number of panel discussions, including a talk about charter schools featuring LSU Chancellor Michael Martin and Kristy Hebert of Advance Innovative Education. Speakers include Donald Cravins Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee and Yolanda Olivarez of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Friday: Mayor Kip Holden will be the guest speaker at Forum 35’s monthly lunch, which starts at noon at Juban’s. Holden will give his annual address to the group and discuss his $901 million capital improvement plan. Admission is $15 for Forum 35 members and $20 for guests. To register, e-mail teepell@mac.com.
Saturday: LSU’s Women in Business program will hold a workshop on “Doing Business in the Entertainment Industry” from 8 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. in the Ione Burden Conference Center at the Rural Life Museum. Speakers include Sonny Cranch of Cranch, Hardy and Associates, and Elliot Adams, the digital media industry director for Louisiana Economic Development. Registration is $65, to sign up, click here.
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