The Business Report planner 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.
Tonight — City-parish officials will give an update on the federally mandated Sanitary Sewer Overflow project and Green Light Plan for road improvements from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Bluebonnet Branch Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd.
Tuesday — A job fair for veterans, active duty military members, guard and reserve members, and military spouses will be held at the Baton Rouge River Center, 275 South River Road, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The job fair is free of charge to both employers and job seekers. Click here for complete details and registration info.
Tuesday — The Jones Creek Area Business Association and District 9 Metro Councilman Joel Boé host a mayoral forum at 6:30 p.m. at the Jones Creek Library, 6222 Jones Creek Road. All four candidates for mayor have been invited to participate, take written questions from those in attendance, and give opening and closing remarks.
Tuesday — SeNSE hosts its September Pitch Night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lyceum, 124 Third St. The companies presenting are PunchList, a construction punch list software; On the Fly, Baby, a luxury, automated retail vending machine for parents; and 24Hour Florist, a floral kiosk vending machine. There is no cost to attend. Click here for complete details.
Tuesday — Plans for the South Baton Rouge Senior Village will be unveiled during a presentation at the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center, 950 East Washington St., from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday — The Pennington Biomedical Research Center hosts the fourth annual Public Forum on Dementia Research from 5 to 8 p.m. in the C.B. Pennington Jr. Building on campus, 6400 Perkins Rd. Doors and exhibits open at 4:30 pm. Register online here.
Tuesday — The LSU Executive Education’s Breakfast to Business series hosts Kerry Sauley, the Marjory B. Ourso Excellence in Teaching Professor in the Rucks Department of Management at LSU, who will discuss the reasons managers don’t give feedback, the importance of feedback in organizations, and some of the common mistakes managers make when they do give employees feedback. The event—which has been rescheduled from an earlier planned date last week—will be held in room 1420 of the Business Education Complex, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The Business Education Complex is located on Nicholson Drive Extension next to Patrick F. Taylor Hall. Cost is $25, with a $5 discount for certain professional organization members. Online registration is available here.
Oct. 2-3 — The Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ annual conference, with the theme this year of “Vanishing Borders, Increasing Impact,” will be held two days from 8 a.m. to 4 p .m. at the Baton Rouge River Center, 275 South River Road. See the full schedule of events here; and get all the specifics and register online here.
Oct. 9 — Network with the region’s top technology professionals at Tech Tuesday, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Celtic Media Centre, 10000 Celtic Dr. There’s no charge to participate. Register online here.
Oct. 10 — The Louisiana Technology and Innovation Breakfast will feature a keynote address by Jay Adelson, whom Time magazine includes in its list of 100 Most Influential People in the World. Adelson is best known for founding and running companies such as Digg Inc. and SimpleGeo Inc. The breakfast will kick off the Louisiana Business Symposium and will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4728 Constitution Ave., beginning at 7:30 a.m. The program will wrap up around 9:15 a.m. Tickets are $20. Get them here.
Oct. 10 — Business Report‘s Top 100 Luncheon will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 4728 Constitution Ave. As in years past, economist Loren Scott will unveil his annual economic forecast for Louisiana and its major cities as keynote speaker at the luncheon. Doors will open at 11:45 a.m., with the program to run till 1:15 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $45. For tickets and complete details, click here.
Oct. 12 — The Louisiana Franchise Expo will take place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Marriott, 5500 Hilton Ave. Get all the details and register online here.
Oct. 18 — The Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors Commercial and Investment Division hosts Mayor Kip Holden for an address to its members at Juban’s, 3739 Perkins Road. The program is slated to run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Members can login and get all the details here.
