TOMORROW

Native Hawaiian Tourism Conference, today and tomorrow at Hawaii Convention Center is a Hawaiian marketplace of innovative ideas, products and services. Register: www.nahha.com, 808-628-6370.

ASSOCIATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS' Business Intelligence Workshop and lunch meeting at Honolulu Community College campus, Building 2, 5th floor, featuring Douglas Ellis of IBM Software Group. Registration 7:30 a.m.; Test Drive session 8 a.m.; Selecting the Right Engine 9:45 a.m.; Putting the Pedal to the Metal 11:15 a.m.; lunch registration and networking noon.; lunch with presentation 12:30 p.m. Members: lunch $15, lunch/workshop $25. Non-members: lunch $25, lunch/workshop $40. Late registration $50. Register at aitphawaii@aitp.org.

UPCOMING

HAWAII GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE, 7:30 to 4:30 p.m. May 20 and 21 at Hawai'i Convention Center; targeting Realtors, building and design professionals, engineers, developers, suppliers, government and nonprofit agencies; registration, 833-1681, ext. 24, or gladys@gcahawaii.org; exhibitors, lau@buddhawelt.com or 841-3342; workshops/sessions, gsuzuki@dbedt.hawaii.gov or 587-3802.

HONOLULU JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will hold a seminar to help business owners and managers understand what industries are doing to attract capital to Hawai'i, 9 a.m.-noon May 21 at the Japanese Cultural Center. Registration will begin at 8:45 a.m. in the Manoa Grand Ballroom. Speakers include Steve Bretschneider, chief marketing officer at Department of Business and Economic Development and Tourism; Betty Brow, vice president and manager of international client banking at Bank of Hawai'i; Mike Hamasu, director of consulting and research at Colliers Monroe & Friedlander; Randall Tanaka, assistant general manager of the Hawai'i Convention Center; Lisa Gibson, president of the Hawai'i Science Technology Council; Robert Robinson, executive director of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and E-Business; and Christopher Baker, of Japan External Trade Operation. The fee is $20 for chamber members, their guests and members of partner associations, and $25 for others. To register, call 949-5531 or visit www.honolulujapanesechamber.org.

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