Thursday: Ben Broussard, the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association’s director of marketing and membership development, is the featured speaker at the Livingston Economic Development Council’s Quarterly Meeting. The meeting will begin with checkin at 11:30 a.m. at Forrest Grove Plantation, 8743 Stephenson Drive in Denham Springs. The lunch costs $20. RSVP for the meeting by emailing abigail@ledc.net or calling (225) 686-3982 by Wednesday.
Thursday: The Baton Rouge Lodging Association will host a panel discussion called “Hospitality: Race & Culture” at the LSU Lod Cook Alumni Center, 3838 W. Lakeshore Drive. Networking will take place from 11:30 a.m. to noon with the discussion to follow from noon until 1 p.m. The panelists include: Dereck J. Rovaris Sr., LSU’s senior vice provost and chief diversity officer; John Grubb, vice president of the Baton Rouge Lodging Association and Lod Cook’s vice president of hotel and conference operations; and Lisa K. Bowles of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dialogue on Race Executive Director Maxine Crump will moderate the panel. Interested persons must RSVP by the end of business on Tuesday. The event costs $25 for members and $45 for nonmembers.
April 27: You can still purchase advanced tickets for the 2017 Trends in Baton Rouge Real Estate seminar taking place from 7:30 a.m. to noon at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel. Hosted by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors and the Real Estate Research Institute at LSU, this year’s seminar examines the state of the real estate industry in Baton Rouge and focuses on emerging trends. The keynote speaker is Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness. Advance registration costs $55. Register and get more information.
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