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.
Tuesday — The fourth annual ACG Louisiana Awards will be held at 6 p.m. in the Hotel InterContinental in New Orleans. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $100 for ACG members and $150 for non-members. For more information, go to acg.org/louisiana.
Tuesday-Wednesday — The Clean Energy/Clean Technology Incubation Workshop will be held at Crowne Plaza. The event, hosted by the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, Clean Energy Alliance and National Business Incubation Association, will discuss developing and financing clean energy incubators and client companies. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne will speak at the event. Registration is $395 for NBIA and CEA members and $495 for non-members. For more details, click here.
Thursday — The Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the Women’s Energy Network will meet at noon at Juban’s. Gretchen LeBlanc of Dow will discuss energy challenges in the local manufacturing industry. Admission is $30 for members, $40 for non-members. To register, go to wenhouston.org.
Friday — The Jarvis Green Foundation will hold a Wine Tasting Gala at 7 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. The event will feature food, entertainment and appearances from a number of former LSU football stars. Proceeds from the event will go to support victimized single working mothers in disadvantaged, low-income areas in Baton Rouge. Tickets are $75, for more details or to purchase, click here.
May 31 — A workshop on brand names and trademarks will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bluebonnet Library. Justin Ourso, a trademark attorney at the Jones
Walker Law Firm, will discuss how to protect names, brands and logos. The event, sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, is free. To register, click here.
June 2 — The Foundation for Historical Louisiana will sponsor a lecture on A. P. Tureaud, the Louisiana civil rights pioneer at 6:30 p.m. at the Old Governor’s Mansion. Rachael Emanuel and A. P. Tureaud Jr. will be on hand to discuss their new book A More Noble Cause: A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana. Admission is free for FHL members, guests and potential members.
June 2 — The “You are a CEO Entrepreneur Tour” will stop at 6:30 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Marriott. Michael E. Parker, a business expert and author, will demonstrate the online success platform, which uses social networking. For more information or to register, go to youareaceotour.com.
June 9 — Business Report will honor its 2011 Influential Women in Business winners at a luncheon at Crowne Plaza. The lunch starts at 11:45 a.m. and Connie Glaser, an author and syndicated columnist, will be the guest speaker. Admission is $35 and a table of 10 is $325. For more information or tickets, click here.
