TUESDAY

HONOLULU HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT — How It Began, Where It Is Now and Where It's Going: a presentation by PB America's Mark Scheibe, deputy project manager of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project Preliminary Engineering and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Plaza Club, Honolulu/Pacific Room. Among the topics he will discuss are future opportunities for local architects, engineering and construction firms. The event is sponsored by the Society for Marketing Professional Services. Fee: $45. Lunch is included. Register: www.acteva.com/go/smpshawaii. Information: events@smpshawaii.org

WEDNESDAY

HAWAII SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS members-only pau hana event 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Beer, wine, soft drinks and pupu provided by host, Starwood Hotel and Resorts. Door prizes. Fee: $10 at the door. Valet parking; no-host parking at Sheraton Hotel. Register: 537-2356; info@hscp.org.

THURSDAY

HAWAII VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION luncheon and information session on how small companies can best go public using the London Stock Exchange AIM program, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Plaza Club, 20th floor, 900 Fort St. Mall. Featured speakers will be legal practitioners John Nuttal and David Kent, and Debra Guerin, principal with invencor inc., a California venture fund. Aloha attire is requested. Information/registration: 262-7329, windcon@hawaii.rr.com, 263-4982 (fax).

UPCOMING

PROFESSIONAL GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOP. An intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure and skill of professional proposal writing will be offered at The Grant Institute's GRANTS 101 workshop 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 12 through 14 at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. Fee: $597, including materials and certificates. Register: online, www.thegrantinstitute.com, phone 824-4424, e-mail, info@thegrantinstitute.com.

Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column throughout the week. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance: Alan Yonan, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; fax to 525-6763; or e-mail comingevents@honoluluadvertiser.com. For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.