Business Happenings

TUESDAY

The Business Council of Douglas County's 11th Annual Critical Issues Conference 2004, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is $40 a person, which includes all sessions, materials and breakfast and lunch. Seating is limited so contact 775-782-6715 or BizCouncilDC@aol.com. The "Douglas County Realities of Today and Visions of Tomorrow" conference will meet at the Carson Valley Inn, 1627 Highway 395 in Minden.

WEDNESDAY

Northern Nevada Development Authority Membership Breakfast, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St. RSVP by Sept. 27 by calling 883-4413 or e-mail nnda@nnda.org.

THURSDAY

Northern Nevada Development Authority Second Annual Business & Tech Expo at the Nevada Appeal building, 580 Mallory Way. Tech floor opens at 8 a.m., business floor opens at 10:30 a.m. Event ends at 7 p.m. For more information call 883-4413.

OCT. 9

Service Corps of Retired Executives seminar on business fundamentals focusing on planning and financing your business for success, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The seminar is at the University of Nevada, Reno, William Raggio Building, room 2006. The cost is $50 per person, including lunch. For more information and for registration call 775-784-4436.

OCT. 13

Reno-Tahoe chapter of the American Marketing Association "Winning Tools for Services Marketing." The panel includes Susan Hill and Edward Simm at Harrah's in Reno. The cost is $20 for AMA members, $26 for non-members and $16 for students. It starts at 11:30 a.m.

OCT. 15

Building Women, Women Building Career Fair sponsored in part by the Western Apprenticeship Coordinators Association at Truckee Meadows Community College, 475 Edison Way in Reno in the Applied Technology Center. The event goes from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with optional interview skills' sessions from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is advised and must be made by Oct. 8. For more information visit www.buildingtradejobs.org or call 775-825-6866.

To list a business event in the monthly calendar contact Becky Bosshart at bbosshart@nevadaappeal.com or 881-1212 or fax the event information, including a contact number, to 887-2420.