Posted on: Monday, October 24, 2005
Coming events
Advertiser Staff
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"PART-TIME HAWAI'I RESIDENTS — What Is Their Impact on Our Islands?" Who are they? How numerous? And, are they the primary owners of vacation rentals in the Islands? Aaron Peterson, senior project director at SMS Research will share details about the size and scope of part-time Hawai'i residents — both property owners and non-owners — at the luncheon meeting tomorrow of the Travel and Tourism Research Association. The meeting is scheduled 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, with registration beginning at 11:30. Reservations by today. Information, Kate Moore, 621-2482.
Major tropical foliage and flower buyers from around the world are expected to attend the upcoming 10th annual HAWAI'I MIDPAC HORTICULTURAL CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW EXPOSITION, co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Export Nursery Association. The gathering, Sharing Hawai'i Floriculture ... With Aloha!" will be Oct. 25-27 at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel and Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium on the Big Island. Information: (808) 969-2088.
The Japanese gift-giving tradition of omiyage — with a focus on what is being bought, for whom, and for how much — will be the topic of the keynote address to this year's Retail Merchants of Hawai'i annual conference. Speaking will be Mark S. Rosenbaum, assistant professor of marketing, and research director of the Center for Retail Excellence, at the University of Hawai'i. The group will also honor the state's outstanding retailers with its Ho'okela Awards at the conference, scheduled 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. A trade show will be open 7-11:30 a.m. Among seminars are "Creating a Responsibility Based Workplace," "Bottom Line Aloha - The Art of the Sale," and "Managing with Aloha." In addition to the Ho'okela Awards — honoring outstanding retailers, employees, and resort and neighborhood businesses — this year's conference also will incorporate the 19th Annual Governor's Fashion Awards as well as the Shopping Center of the Year Achievement Award, once separate events. Information: Sheryl Yee, 592-4200.
TOMORROW
Michael Kramer — a "socially responsible investment adviser" and longtime environmental educator — will share the latest insights into the social investment movement at a free presentation tomorrow, sponsored by The Sierra Club. Kramer is with Natural Investment Services, and is former director of the Youth Ecology Corps. The "SUSTAINABLE INVESTING WORKSHOP" is scheduled 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Laniakea (formerly Richards Street) YWCA, Room 105. Discussion will include choosing one's financial portfolio in accordance with one's conscience and to promote social causes and environmental concerns; community development banking and investment — even "shareholder activism." Free (free copies of his book, "Investing With Your Values," will be given free.) Information: Betty Gearen, 524-8427.
How commercial business profit can thrive while maintaining the ecological health of the planet and well-being of humanity will be the focus of a discussion sponsored by the University of Hawai'i and nonprofit group, Sustain Hawai'i. The discussion, "CREATING A THIRD LANGUAGE FOR INNOVATION, DESIGN & ENTREPRENEURSHIP," is scheduled 6-9 p.m. tomorrow at the UH-Manoa campus, Architecture Auditorium. Speaking will be Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare, senior corporate advisers on sustainability and corporate responsibility, including for the likes of Starbucks International, Nike, REI, NASA and the U.S. Army and Marines. Also featured will be Sustain Hawai'i's Ramsay Taum, a practitioner of several Hawaiian practices. The discussion is free and open to the public. Reservations at www.sustainhawaii.org /speakerseries.
In observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, HIGH TECH HAWAI'I will bring together a panel of law-enforcement professionals and cyber security specialists to discuss the most significant online risks faced by the public — and how to protect yourself. Taking part will be Honolulu Police Department Detective Chris Duque; University of Hawai'i information security officer, Jodi-Ann Ito, and state Deputy Attorney General Kristin Izumi-Nitao. The presentation, part of the monthly High Tech Hawai'i call-in show produced by UH, will be cablecast 8-9 p.m. tomorrow on Cable Channel 55. It is cablecast live to all islands, except Maui, where it is tape-delayed. Information: 956-5670.
THURSDAY
Bill Wilson, president of Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. Ltd., will speak on "Challenges Facing Hawai'i's Construction Industry," in a breakfast address Thursday to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES. The meeting is scheduled 7:30-9 a.m. at The Pacific Club. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Reservations by tomorrow: Barbie Rosario, 845-4994.
Peter Kay — known for his "Computer Minute" radio spots — will be keynote speaker at the annual membership luncheon meeting Thursday of the HAWAI'I VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION. Kay will also discuss his recent acquisition of Titan Key, the company he founded to fight spam. The meeting is scheduled 11:30 a.m. (registration) to 1:30 p.m. at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Reservations required; reservations deadline, Wednesday: Gail, 262-7329.
Kevin Hughes, internationally known pioneer in Web design — and one of only six members of the World Wide Web Hall of Fame — will provide an overview of the latest in Web technologies coming out of the Silicon Valley, in a brown-bag lunch seminar Thursday. He speaks to the free seminar, sponsored by the University of Phoenix, Honolulu campus, noon1 p.m. in the Topa Financial Center (former Amfac Building), 745 Fort St., Rooms 101 and 102. Free. 536-2686, ext. 35108.
UPCOMING
Leaders from business, government and education will take part in the 2005 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LITERACY CONFERENCE, co-sponsored Nov. 8 by the Hawai'i Council on Economic Education and Sen. Daniel Akaka. The annual conference is scheduled 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel. Information: Elina Koretsky, 956-7009 or www.hawaii.edu/hcee /conference.html.
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; fax to 525-6763; or e-mail. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
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