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 Society for Emerging Networkers & Serial Entrepreneurs will hold a pitch night at 7 p.m. at the Lyceum downtown. Panelists will include Todd Graves, founder of Raising Cane’s; Jennifer Fowler of LSU’s Louisiana Business & Technology Center; Terry Jones of Dean Capital and Eiad Asbahi of Prescience Investment Group. For more information, click here.
Wednesday – The Baton Rouge Association of Women Attorneys will be hosting a Judicial Forum at noon in the Camelot Club featuring the four Court of Appeal candidates. Judges John Michael Guidry, Wilson Fields, Toni Higginbotham and Tim Kelley are scheduled to participate. Admission is $30. To RSVP, call 767-1003.
Thursday – Roberta Madden will be presented with the 17th Annual YWCA Greater Baton Rouge Social Justice Award at 7:30 a.m. at Juban’s. Madden spent 18 years with the YWCA, notably as director of racial and social justice. Tickets to the awards breakfast are $30. For more information, e-mail events@ywca-br.org.
Thursday — The League of Women Voters of Baton Rouge will hold a public forum on the downtown library branch at noon in Drusilla Place. Participants include Library Board member Stan Bardwell, Tom DuBose, a member of the Greater Baton Rouge Federation of Civic and Homeowners Associations and John Barry, president of Citizens for Main Library Independence. Admission is $25. For more information or to register, go to lwvbr@lwvbr.org.
Thursday – The seventh annual Louisiana Looking Up program, which showcases successful entrepreneurs, will be held at 1:30 p.m. at LSU’s Lod Cook Alumni Center. Participants include Randy Ewing, owner and president of Ewing Timber Company; Holly Clegg, president and CEO of Holly Clegg Inc.; Perry Franklin, president of Franklin Industries; Tony Simmons, executive vice president of McIlhenny Company; and Thomas Teepell, chief marketing officer for Lamar Advertising. Louisiana Looking Up is sponsored by the Flores MBA Alumni Association and supported by Baton Rouge Business Report and Stonetrust Commercial Insurance. Admission is $50 for alumni association members and Flores MBA students, $75 for non-members. To register online or for more information, click here.
Thursday – The Metro Council will hold a community-wide town hall meeting on crime at 6 p.m. at the BREC Headquarters ballroom. Participants include Mayor Kip Holden, Police Chief Jeff LeDuff, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, District Attorney Hillar Moore III and members of the Metro Council. To register online, go to brgov.com.
Thursday – The Louisiana Internet, Software and Technology Association and Kean Miller will sponsor a digital interactive media tax credit workshop at the House of Blues New Orleans. The event will start at 2 p.m. Registration is $25 for LISTA members and $35 for non-members. To register, e-mail rsvp@listainc.org.
Thursday – The Power of HOPE, a benefit to help HOPE Ministries, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Marriott. The event, co-sponsored by Blue Cross of Louisiana, will feature a speech from Liz Murray, who went from being a homeless teen to graduating from Harvard University. A Lifetime TV movie has been made about Murray’s life and she recently published a memoir Breaking Night. Tickets are $50 each. To register or for more information, go to hopebr.org.
Friday – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and LSU are sponsoring the 2nd Annual Louisiana Women’s Conference at the Crowne Plaza. The daylong event starts at 8 a.m. The keynote speaker is Democratic political strategist and New Orleans native Donna Brazile and awards will be presented to the “Most Powerful and Influential Women” and the “Men Who Champion Women”. Admission is $65. For more information, go to nationalwomensconference.com.
Friday – Karen Profita and Denise Burcham will be the guest speakers at Forum 35’s monthly luncheon, discussing the importance of business and philanthropy. Profita is president and CEO of the Capital Area United Way and Burcham is the manager of ExxonMobil Baton Rouge’s plastics plant. For more information or to register, go to forum35.org.
Saturday – Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful will hold its annual Dowtown Beach Sweep Cleanup, with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. in Galvez Plaza. The cleanup will focus on Beauregard Town, Spanish Town, the Riverfront, under Interstate 110 and the Central Business District. To pre-register, go to kbrb.org.
Sept. 21 – Bill Leach Jr., chief executive officer and president of TEKton Executive IT Group, will be presenting at LSU Executive Education’s Breakfast to Business at 7:30 a.m. in Café Américain on Jefferson Highway. Registration is $25. For more information or to register, click here.
Sept. 23 – The Capital Area United Way will hold its annual jambalaya competition at 5 p.m. on Third Street. The event will feature 40 teams competing for this year’s jambalaya cookoff, along with live music and drink samples from downtown restaurants and bars. Tickets range from $7 for a jambalaya plate to $75 for VIP passes. For more information or tickets, go to cauw.org.
Oct. 6-Oct. 7 – The 28th annual BizTech Expo, sponsored by Business Report, will be held at the River Center. The event will feature the Top 100 lunch on Oct. 6, with an exclusive economic forecast from Loren Scott. For more details, go to businessreportexpo.com.
Oct. 9 – Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area will hold their annual Walk/Run to Remember at 8 a.m. at the “Old Front Nine” of the LSU Golf Course. The event will benefit people coping with Alzheimer’s in the Capital Region. To register, or for more information, click here.
Nov. 5 – Author and radio host Dave Ramsey will hold a simulcast of his EntreLeadership 1-Day seminar from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. The event is sponsored by Rosendahl Financial Coaching. Tickets are $39 and include lunch. For more details, go to here.
