The Business Report calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region business community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. Email ssanoski@businessreport.com with information.
Tuesday: — The Southern University College of Education is sponsoring its spring teacher job fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the F. G. Clark Activity Center on campus. Student visits and interviews begin at 9 a.m. More information and registration are available by calling 771-3944 or emailing sueducation@subr.edu.
Wednesday — The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce hosts “Leads for Lunch” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wholly Ground Coffee House, 27988 Walker South Road in Walker. Cost is $12, including lunch. Registration is available here.
Thursday — Baton Rouge Green hosts a “Plant Smart” seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at LSU AgCenter’s LaHouse, 2858 Gourrier Ave. Speakers will be Betty Miley of Maypop Hill Nursery and Dana Brown of Dana Brown & Associates landscape architecture firm. The event is free. For more information, contact Baton Rouge Green at 381-0037.
Friday — Creative Louisiana, a monthly morning meetup for creative types, will hold its March meetup from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Dr., featuring guest speaker Stafford Kendall, co-owner of Covalent Logic, who will talk about her company’s “Pie Day Friday” tradition. The event is free, and there will be pie. For more information click here.
Saturday — The Corporate Cup 5K run/walk begins at Fourth Street and North Boulevard at 9 a.m. Get all the info and register online here.
April 3 — The Academic Distinction Fund welcomes Charles H. Zeanah Jr. as guest speaker for its Distinguished Speaker Series 2012. Zeanah, who is executive director of Tulane University’s Institute for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, will give a presentation titled “Mental Health in Young Children: Why Early Experience Matters” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel, 7000 Bluebonnet Blvd. Registration begins at 4 p.m. There is no admission charge. Register online here.
April 10 — The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold its eighth annual Connecting Businesses with Contracts Procurement Conference from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union, 500 Jesse N. Stone Ave., on the Baton Rouge campus. The event is free and open to all small-business owners, contractors and the public; but registration is required. More information, as well as participant and exhibitor registration, is available by contacting Gloria London at 771-4107 or Eual Hall at 771-4105.
April 10 — The Louisiana Department of Insurance hosts the annual Health Care Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, 201 Lafayette St. State and national health policy experts will present information on current health-care reform topics, including federal health care reform, Louisiana Medicaid, Louisiana’s rate review process and Louisiana’s private health insurance market. All licensed life, health and accident producers attending will be eligible to earn up to six hours of continuing education credit. For more information and registration click here.
April 19 — The LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association–Louisiana Chapter will host its first annual Demo Night from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on campus. Demo Night is designed for current students in the LSU Flores MBA Program and for alumni of the program. More information is available here.
April 17-19 The Louisiana Realtors’ Spring Conference at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center will feature speakers, industry information, legislative activities, networking opportunities and the annual state Realtors Awards Luncheon. Complete event information and registration are available here.
April 21 — The Baton Rouge chapter of the American Advertising Federation hosts a workshop aimed at developing leadership potential and innovation through creativity. The workshop is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lamar Advertising Company headquarters, 5321 Corporate Blvd. Cost is $20. More details and registration are available here.
April 23-27 — The Louisiana Technology Park and LSU Center for Computation & Technology host a five-day iOS Application Workshop for Professionals at the tech park, 7117 Florida Blvd. Cost is $1,500 per person. Complete details and registration are available here.
May 4 — The Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation will host a benefit luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 4728 Constitution Ave., to honor the winners of the 2012 Volunteer Activist awards. Tickets are $50. More information, including sponsorship opportunities, can be found here.
