Coming Events
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BEST BETS
• The three leading candidates for the position of dean of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's School of Travel Industry Management will be introduced at public presentations this month. The series, "The Future of Travel Industry Management in the Asia-Pacific Region: Academic and Industry Synergies" — each program from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Sunset Reference Center in George Hall at UH-Manoa — will allow the candidates to present their individual visions for the school. The presentations are open to the general public.
• Wednesday: Stephen Smith, professor in the department of recreation and leisure studies at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
• Next Monday: Walter Jamieson, vice chairman of the World Tourism Education and Research Centre at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; also professor of planning, and director of the historical resources intern program, in the university's faculty of environmental design.
• March 19: James Burke, dean at The Collins School of Hospitality Management and professor of hospitality and tourism management at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Information: 956-7166.
• What advocates in the arbitration proceedings do or don't do, including their mistakes, and how that affects the arbitrator's resolution of a grievance will be part of a discussion Wednesday sponsored by the local chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association. The discussion, "GETTING INSIDE THE HEAD OF THE ARBITRATOR," will feature lawyer, mediator and arbitrator Joseph F. Gentile. Gentile, who has arbitrated more than 5,000 cases, has held management positions in industrial relations with major organizations including the California Trucking Association and Kaiser Steel Corp. He is an adjunct professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law and serves as chairman of the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission. The meeting is scheduled from 6:45 a.m. registration through 9:30 a.m. at Ala Moana Hotel's Pakalana /Anthurium Rooms. R.S.V.P. by today: Deborah Wong, 956-8132. Fee; nonmembers welcome.
• What's on the legislative horizon for owners and tenants of condominiums and cooperatives will be the topic of an address Thursday to a meeting of the Hawai'i Council of Associations of Apartment Owners. Speaking on "Pending Condominium and Consumer Legislation" will be state Sen. Ron Menor, D-17th (Mililani, Waipi'o), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing. The meeting is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. registration to 1:30 p.m. in the Banyan Room of the Hale Koa Hotel at Fort DeRussy. Fee. R.S.V.P. by noon tomorrow: 533-2528.
MONDAY
• "STARTING A BUSINESS IN HAWAI'I" seminar, sponsored by Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network, 9 a.m. to noon today, Suite A at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Fee. Call: 522-8131.
TUESDAY
• "TOP 25 TAX STRATEGIES" will be outlined by Peter Matsumoto, certified public accountant and president of Century Small Business Solutions, to the no-host buffet breakfast meeting of the EAST O'AHU BREAKFAST CLUB, 7 to 8:15 a.m., tomorrow at the Hawai'i Kai Golf Course restaurant. Reservations: Tim, 216-8087.
• "HOW TO SHORTEN THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE," a free seminar, will be offered at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow by Hawai'i Pacific University, at 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1100. Information: 544-9300.
• A seminar, "Are You Ready for the New Economy?: Measure Your Entrepreneurial Readiness," will be presented by Wayne Brown Institute, from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Hawai'i Health Center Business Incubator, Suite 2500 of Harbor Court, 55 Merchant St..
Panel members will include Brad Bertoch, Wayne Brown Institute; Greg Kim, of the law firm Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel; Kazuo Shirakawa, Hawai'i Electric Industries; and Mike Possedi and Mike Stollar, both of the Hawai'i Health Care Business Incubator. Sponsors include Hawai'i Electric Industries, the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawai'i Strategic Development Corp. and Pineapple Tweed. Fee. Registration: 587-4763.
WEDNESDAY
• Navigating the Web for potential government contracts will be the subject of a workshop, "HOW TO RESEARCH FEDERAL AND STATE WEBSITES FOR POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS," 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, sponsored by the Minority Business Development Centerú. Co-sponsored by Hawai'i Health Care Business Incubator. Fee. Reservations/downtown location: 521-6221.
• A one-day conference on ways to reduce injury costs in the workplace — and thereby minimize workers' compensation claims — will be offered on two dates by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. Also covered in the conference, "Reducing Injury Costs in Your Workplace," will be ways to prevent back injury, improving safety through good employer/employee relations and how to prepare for Hawai'i Occupational Safety and Health Division inspections. It is scheduled 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Pearl Country Club, and April 3 at the Marriott Waikiki Beach Resort. Fee. Advance registration: 522-8131, No. 221.
THURSDAY
• AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, Ulupono Charter Chapter, meeting, 6 p.m., Thursday, at the Pohai Nani Good Samaritan Retirement Community's Club Room, 45-090 Namoku St. Reservations: 554-2146.
• The HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, a networking opportunity for small-business owners and professionals, meets 12:01 to 1:15 p.m. Thursdays at Sansei Seafood Restaurant, Restaurant Row. Call: Tracy Nakashima, 525-6028.
FRIDAY
• University (of Hawai'i) Connections' "Meet the Researchers," an ongoing series of brown-bag lunch discussions about UH research projects with commercial potential, will continue noon to 1 p.m. Friday, with a look at biophotonics, the use of light and other forms of radiant energy in biomedical research and practice. The speaker will be professor David Yun of the UH-Manoa department of electrical engineering, on three ongoing projects, including a new device for breast cancer detection under development with Hamamatsu Corp. of Japan. The discussion will be in Room 20-B of Ali'i Place, 1099 Alakea St. Free. Reservations: 547-5644.
UPCOMING
• "HAWAI'I CONVENTION CENTER: Where Business and Aloha Meet," a newly launched sales marketing strategy to increase convention center business, will be discussed March 20 by Joe Davis, convention center general manager. His speech is one of an ongoing series of discussions of Hawai'i's transition to a new global economy, sponsored by The Hawai'i Society of Corporate Planners. It is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. sign-in to 1:30 p.m. in the Mauna Kea Ballroom of the Hawai'i Prince Hotel Waikiki. Reduced registration fee by Friday; guests welcome. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.
Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance. By fax: 525-6763. By mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. By e-mail: business@honoluluadvertiser.com.
