This article appeared on the Houston Chronicle web site on Friday, December 2, 2011.
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Business calendar
Tuesday
Bio/Medical Technology Club of Houston: Monthly breakfast meeting. 7-8:30 a.m., Rotary House
International, 1600 Holcombe. Speaker: Jason H. Sakamoto, Methodist Hospital Research Institute.
Topic: Nanoporous silicon technologies meeting clinical challenges. Cost: $25-$40. Registration:
www.bmtchouston.org. Information: Deborah Mansfield, 713-201-4378.
Project Management Institute Houston Chapter: North Area meeting. 5:30-8 p.m., Strack Farms
Restaurant, 5707 Louetta. Speaker: David Mathews, founder of Spark of Life Foundation. Cost: $25-$30.
Information: www.pmihouston.org/press.php.
The After Hours Network: Meeting. 6-8 p.m., Little Napoli Italian Cuisine 6445 Westheimer. Speaker:
Donna Fisher. Topic: A new approach to more effective networking. Cost: $15. Information:
www.afterhoursnetwork.com.
Wednesday
Project Management Institute Houston Chapter: Central Galleria Area meeting. 5:30-8 p.m., H.E.S.S.
Club, 5430 Westheimer. Speaker: David Mathews, founder of Spark of Life Foundation. Cost: $25-$30.
Information: www.pmihouston.org/press.php.
Family Law: Continuing education course. 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Lone Star College Training Center, 5000
Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands. Cost: $125. Information: 281-290-2925 or
LoneStar.edu/Professional-Seminars.
Consumer Law: Continuing education training hosted by the Houston Pro Bono Joint Initiative and
Houston Pro Bono Network. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Exxon Mobil Corp., 800 Bell. Speaker: Richard Alderman,
associate dean and director of the Consumer Law Center at the University of Houston Law Center, and
Matt Probus of Wauson & Probus, a member of the Houston Bar Association Consumer Law Task Force.
Cost: Free. Registration: Elizabeth Black Berry, elizabeth.berry@weil.com, or 713-546-5055.
Thursday
American Society of Mechanical Engineers South Texas Section: Monthly dinner meeting. 6-8:30 p.m.,
H.E.S.S. Club, 5430 Westheimer. Speaker: John Hofmeister, retired president of Shell Oil Co., and CEO
and founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy. Topic: Why we hate the oil companies. Cost: $30.
Registration: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/211555.
RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expo: Free career fair. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Minute Maid Park, 501
Crawford. Information: www.recruitmilitary.com.
Friday
Stafford Municipal School District Update: Luncheon hosted by the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce
and the city of Stafford. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Stafford Centre, 10505 Cash Road, Stafford. Program: The
$49 million question and the plan from Superintendent Lance Hindt of Stafford Municipal School
District. Cost: $30-$35. Information: www.FortBendChamber.com or Shauna Williams, 281-491-0277.
Oil Field Breakfast Forum: Hosted by Decision Strategies. 6:30-9 a.m., Westin Galleria, 5060 W. Alabama.
Panelists: Jim Wicklund of Carlson Capital; Bruce Laws of Maersk Oil; James Pappas of RPSEA; and David
Roberts Jr. of Marathon Oil Corp. Cost: $85. Information: Kelly Joseck, 713-465-1110 or
kjoseck@decisionstrategies.com.
The Practical Construction MBA: Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum roundtable luncheon
presentation by Matt Stevens, president of Stevens Construction Institute. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Farnsworth Pavilion in Ley Student Center, Rice University. Cost: $25. Registration: www.forum.rice.edu.
International Trade Center of Houston: Winter White Night Gala. 6:30 p.m., Westin Galleria, 5060 W.
Alabama. The program, hosted by Charles Foster, will feature a reception, dinner, awards ceremony,
silent auction and cultural entertainment from around the world. Keynote speaker: Jim Edmonds,
chairman of the Port of Houston Authority. Information: 832-448-0190 or e-mail jenniferitc@gmail.com
or yuki@itchouston.org.
Saturday
Asset Management - A Savings Plan That Makes Sense: Hosted by PFS Financial Services. 1 p.m., 7211
Regency Square, Suite 131. Cost: Free. Registration: Okoko Davidson or Tasjah Hall at 347-977-2926 or
email investmenthouse1@yahoo.com.
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time, address, cost and phone number to: Katherine Feser, Business Calendar Editor,
katherine.feser@chron.com, two weeks before publication.