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• How to deal with the aging society in Hawai'i will be the focus of a HAWAII PACIFIC GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY meeting. The discussion, "ECONOMICS OF AGING: FINANCING THE GOLDEN YEARS," will include information on financial and health concerns, as well as the economic implications of the aging population for government, community programs and businesses. The discussion, part of the society's 13th biennial conference, is scheduled for Oct. 7 and 8 at the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel. The event is open to all professionals, service providers, caregivers and members of the business community.
Keynote speakers will be John Rother, AARP director of policy and strategy, who is an authority on financial senior care entitlements; John Migliaccio, president of the American Institute of Financial Gerontology, who will speak on "Bridging the Gap Between Business and the Aging Network"; and Paul Pearsall, author and lecturer, who will speak on "Glowing Old — Savoring Our Senior Years.
The conference will also include workshops and panel discussions by local experts on affordable prescription medication, future workforce issues for the kupuna, and elder abuse. Information: Mernie Miyasato-Crawford, 433-2771 or www.hpgs.org.
• Homeland and travel security will be among topics discussed at the next "THE VOICE OF BUSINESS IN HAWAI'I" breakfast, Thursday, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. Speakers will include Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, state Department of Defense adjutant general, whose talk is titled "Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit II," and Sidney Hayakawa, Honolulu International Airport federal security director under the Transportation Security Administration. The buffet breakfast meeting will be in the Dave & Buster's second-floor showroom in the Victoria Ward entertainment complex in Kaka'ako, with registration at 7:30 a.m. Also speaking on the Hawai'i Business Ambassadors Program will be Hawai'i Convention Center general manager Joe Davis. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Reservations by today: 545-4300, ext. 317.
THURSDAY
• Topics such as controlling salaries and related employee costs to improve the bottom line, avoiding mistakes in hiring, and averting legal pitfalls will be discussed at the two-day annual conference Thursday and Friday of the SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. The featured speaker will be Barbara Sanfilippo, national motivational speaker, expert in customer service and sales, and author of the book "Dream Big! What's the Best That Can Happen?" Public invited. Information: Lisa Wong, 943-3526 or www.shrmhawaii.org.
• Geoffrey Segal, an expert in areas such as privatization, government performance, accountability and efficiency who provides his research findings to government bodies nationwide, will speak to the Thursday meeting of the HAWAII ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION: 11:45 a.m. (registration); noon, luncheon and program; at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Information: Myra Brandt, 735-7500. Reservations: myra@brandts.com.
UPCOMING
• Tapping into the burgeoning $16 million spa industry — one recent Gallup Poll showed one of three American consumers considers access to a spa a primary consideration while traveling — will be the focus of a discussion to the PACIFIC ASIA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION. The speaker will be Pete Ellis, honored by Advertising Age as one of the top U.S. marketers for his pioneering Spa Finder Inc. Ellis will discuss spa trends in the United States, Europe and Asia — including the rapidly growing medical spa sector — and offer entrepreneurial strategies. The luncheon meeting of PATA's local chapter is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Oct. 5 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa's Waikiki Ballroom. Ellis' speech, "WHY TAPPING INTO THE BOOMING SPA MARKET SHOULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR GROWTH STRATEGY," is planned for noon. Also included are tours of the Paul Brown's Spa Olakino Salon and a 20 percent spa discount. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations by Friday. Call: 621-2482, ext. 3.
• Friday is also the reservations deadline for a discussion of a controversial land reform concept: "The Land Between" — concerning rural/agricultural property. These areas are increasingly targeted for large-lot residential subdivisions on the Mainland and, more recently, in Hawai'i. An example is the Big Island Hokuli'a development, planned above Kealakekua Bay, which would, if allowed to be completed, include 750 home lots priced from $1 million to $8 million, an 18-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus, a spa, tennis courts, a beach house and a club.
Speakers will be planner Tom Dinell; Peter Young, director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources; Christopher Yuen, director of the Hawai'i County Planning Department; and Rick Holt, a Maui agricultural land developer and "Land Between" proponent as a former Oregon planning commissioner.
Sponsors of the discussion are the local divisions of the American Planning Association and Urban Land Institute, and the Hawai'i Economic Association.
The event will be from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 7 at The Pacific Club. Fee. Reservations by Friday. Information: Lynn, 521-5361.
Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance: Business Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; faxed to 525-6763, or e-mailed to business@honoluluadvertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not as an attachment.)
