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.
Wednesday — A free seminar on transforming businesses with Customer Relationship Management Systems will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Louisiana Office Supply Conference Center. The event, sponsored by Bascom-Hunter, will teach companies about technology that can automate the sales force, marketing, and contact management. For more details, click here.
Wednesday — Gov. Bobby Jindal will speak to the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge at noon at Boudreaux’s on Government Street. To reserve a seat for guests, e-mail sarah@rotarybr.org .
Thursday — Advance Innovative Education will hold a leadership panel on school innovation from 9 a.m. to noon at LSU’s Energy, Coast & Environment Building. Participants include LSU Chancellor Michael Martin; State Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge; and Shirl Gilbert of the Recovery School District. For more information, e-mail erin@advanceie.org .
Thursday — Metro Councilwoman Ronnie Edwards will hold a focus group meeting with the East Baton Rouge Parish Redevelopment Authority at 2 p.m. at the Delmont Service Center. Walter Monsour, president and CEO of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, and Mark Goodson, vice president, will be on hand to talk about the RDA and get an idea of what residents want to see the agency do.
Friday — Walter Monsour, president and CEO of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, will be the guest speaker at the Baton Rouge Black Chamber of Commerce’s monthly executive luncheon, which will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Seafood. To RSVP, click here.
July 21 — 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.
July 22 — 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 by July 17.
July 23 — 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. Registration must be completed by July 15, for more information, click here.
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.
