Tuesday: Progress Is… will kick off its campaign in support of Mayor Kip Holden’s $901 million bond issue at 6:30 p.m. at Ringside at Sullivan’s. For more details, click here.
Friday: The first Louisiana Conference for Women will be held at LSU’s Lod Cook Alumni Center. The daylong event, sponsored by the LSU Women’s Center, starts at 9:30 a.m. Speakers include former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, Entergy New Orleans CEO Rod West and Kim Shepard, senior vice president for CIGNA Healthcare. For more details or to register, click here.
Friday: James Carville will be the guest speaker at the Istrouma Area Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Annual Business & Industry Leaders’ Lunch. The event will be held at noon at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. For more information, contact Christi Domingue at 247-9974 or christidomingue@cox.net.
Friday: Karen Profita, CEO of the Capital Area United Way, will be the guest speaker at the Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. Admission is $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-members. To register, 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.
To see the full list of upcoming events, click here.
