Meetings & Events

West Plains Chamber of Commerce will host a membership breakfast Thursday, July 7, from 7 to 8:30 a.m., at Eastern Washington University, 526 Fifth, Cheney. The breakfast is $15 for members and $18 for others. Lawrence Krauter, CEO/airport director of the Spokane International Airport, will speak. To register or for more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/6yh6c7d.

Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington will hold a free public hearing on the proposed 2012-15 area plan on aging and long term care Thursday, July 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 1222 N. Post. For more information, call 458-2509 or go to www.altcew.org.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will host a Good Morning Greater Spokane breakfast Friday, July 8, from 7:15 to 9 a.m., at Beacon Hill, 4848 E. Wellesley. The event is $25 for members and $55 for others before July 6. Cheryl Kilday, president and CEO of the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau, will speak. To register, call Nancy at 624-1303 or go to http://greaterspokane. org/events. For more information, email [email protected].

Softechnologies Corp. and Intermec will host a free luncheon, Field Service: Basic, Better, Best Trends in the Industry, on Monday, July 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at LaunchPad Inland Northwest, 120 N. Stevens. Roger Cresswell, industry marketing director for Intermec Corp., will speak. To register or for more information, call 327-4624 or go to www.softechnologies.com.

The Washington State Redistricting Commission will hold a free public forum on Tuesday, July 12, at 6 p.m. at Spokane Falls Community College. The five redistricting commissioners will be present. For more information, call Cathy at (360) 786-0770 or go to www.re districting.wa.gov.

The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections lunch Friday, July 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Felts Field MedStar Hangar, 6105 E. Rutter. The lunch is $25 for members. To register, call 924-4994 or go to http://tinyurl.com/3rsalfp. For more information, email [email protected].

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a Business After Hours event Thursday, July 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Steelhead Bar & Grille, 218 N. Howard. The event is free for members and $10 for others. To register or for more information, call 624-1303, email mmcneal @greaterspokane.org, or go to www.greaterspokane.org.

The 18th annual Affordable Housing Conference will be Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 26-28, at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Keynote speakers will include Judith Bell, president, PolicyLink; Michael Pyatok, principal, Pyatok Architects Inc.; Arun Raha, executive director, Economic & Revenue Forecast Council; Robyn Stone, executive director, LeadingAge Center for Applied Research; and John Zogby, chairman of the board and chief insights officer, Zogby International. The conference is $230 after registration by Aug. 15; $300 after registration by Sept. 15; and $375 after registration after Sept. 15. To register or for more information, call 1-800-767-4663, ext. 773, email conf @wshfc.org, or go to www.wshfc.org/ conf.

Workshops & Seminars

SCORE will hold two workshops, How to Start a New Business and How to Write a Business Plan, on Wednesday, July 6, and Wednesday, July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at 801 W. Riverside. The events are $40 to pre-register, $50 at the door, and $15 for each additional person. To register or for more information, call SCORE at 353-2821 or go to www.ScoreSpokane.org.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will host Teaching the Teachers during Washington Business Week on Wednesday, July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Gonzaga University and St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute. The event is free for teachers and $40 for others. To register or more information, call Nancy at 624-1303 or go to www.greaterspokane .org/careers-and-workforce.html.

The Eastern Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center, of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will hold a free Introduction to Government Contracting seminar Thursday, July 14, from 8 to 10:30 a.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. To register or for more information, call 321-3641 or go to http://gsip tac.org.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will host a free Women-Owned Small Business workshop Monday, July 18, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at its headquarters, 801 W. Riverside. Kevin Michael, representative for SBA Procurement Center, will speak. For more information, call 321-3641, email lmiller@greater spokane.org, or go to http://gsiptac.org.

Conventions & Shows

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Inc. Antenna and Propagation International Symposium & URSI Radio Science Meeting
July 3-9, 2011
The Davenport Hotel and Tower
Expected Attendance: 1,200

Alpha Iota Sorority International Convention
July 12-17, 2011
The Davenport Hotel and Tower
Expected Attendance: 80

Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Triennial National Convention
July 12-17, 2011
Doubletree Hotel Spokane City Center
Expected Attendance: 2,000