Monday-Wednesday
Business conference: The Green Sports Summit is a three-day executive summit designed for leaders from the sports community mixing stories, case studies, lectures, panels, breakout groups and site visits to introduce participants to a range of thinking and best practices around sustainability that produce bottom-line benefits while demonstrating responsible corporate and community citizenship. The event, Monday through Wednesday, in several Portland locations, is presented by the Green Sports Alliance. * http://www.greensportssummit.org/event_details.
Wednesday
Speaker series: Business professionals will offer their expertise in a noon series of meetings in August, sponsored by SoHo Mastermind, at SoHo Marketing Institute, 953 Officers Row. Angela Dockum, “Retirement Plans for Business Owners and Self-employed,” Aug. 3; Dave Blanchard, “The Ultimate Profit Rocket,” Aug. 10; and Mary Jane Weigel, “The ABCs of Bookkeeping,” Aug. 17. Free and open to the public. Registration recommended. SoHo Mastermind, founded by Veronika Noize, the marketing coach, is a members-only business-building community that offers marketing success coaching, consulting and training. * http://www.sohomastermind.com/public_events, 360-882-1298.
Wednesday-Thursday
Energy conference: Annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, hosted by Oregon Wave Energy Trust, 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland. * http://www.oregonwave.org or Cate Millar at cmillar@oregonwave.org
Thursday
Networking event: Southwest Washington Human Resource Management Association sponsors an after-hours networking event, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Three Brothers Vineyard & Winery, 2411 N.E. 244th St., Ridgefield. All human resources, business professionals and job seekers are encouraged to attend. No fee to attend; beverages available for purchase. * Reservations, tracy@tjandassociates.com.
