Meetings & Events
Greater Spokane Incorporated will host a Business to Business Trade Show, titled Betting On Your Business, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd., in Airway Heights. The cost of a booth is $300 for members and $600 for nonmembers. For more information or to reserve a booth, contact Megan McNeal at 321-3630.



Launchpad Inland Northwest LLC, of Spokane, will host a forum, titled Emerging Trends in Technology, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, from 3 to 8 p.m., at the Meadowwood Technology Campus, 24001 E. Mission, in Liberty Lake. Tom Wilburn, area vice president for Cisco Systems Inc., will speak. A panel discussion will include representatives from Cisco, Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., and Microsoft Corp. For more information, contact Bill Kalivas at 953-3305. Register for this event at www.launchpadinw.com.

Workshops & Seminars
Avista Corp. will hold a workshop, titled Powering Our Future: Energy Opportunities, Choices and Costs, on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., at CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. Scott Morris, CEO of Avista Corp., and Dennis Vermillion, president of Avista Utilities, will speak. A luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at a cost of $15. Workshops will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m., followed by a social hour until 6 p.m. For more information or to register, call Lisa Lee at 495-8024 or e-mail her at LisaLee@avistacorp.com.



BizStreet, the small-business program of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will hold a workshop, titled Growing Your Home-Based Business, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., at 801 W. Riverside, downtown. Greg M. Anderson, of Delta Coaching Alliance, of Liberty Lake, will speak. For more information, call 321-3632 or visit www.bizstreetspokane.com.



The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) will hold a workshop, titled Financial Recordkeeping, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, and another, titled How to Start a New Business, on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Both workshops will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at 801 W. Riverside downtown. The cost is $40 if preregistered, or $50 at the door. For more information or to register, call 353-2821 or visit www.scorespokane.org.

Conventions & Shows
Gonzaga University

Fall Family Weekend

Oct. 22-24

Doubletree Hotel Spokane City Center

Expected Attendance: 2,400



LifeWay Christian Resources

Living Proof Live with Beth Moore

Oct. 27-31

Spokane Arena

Expected Attendance; 6,000