The Planner
Local and international impact are the buzzwords of this week’s Planner. Event highlights include a session on understanding the roles and needs of the judicial system, a Symposium of the Council of the Americas, a logistics and trade forum, and the second annual Cuba Internet Freedom Conference. Want more? Submit and view networking, business seminars, trade shows and workshops at SunSentinel.com/BusinessCalendar.
Tuesday
South Florida Logistics and Trade Forum, 7:30-10 a.m., CustomSpace Doral, 2900 NW 112th Ave., Unit 1, Doral. Presented by the Doral Chamber of Commerce. 305-477-7600.
Managing Operations, 9 a.m., Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, 12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 19, Wellington. Topics: operations and company goals; identifying, managing, and measuring critical operations; preparing for growth; Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and dashboards. Presented by Palm Beach SCORE. 561-833-1672.
Wednesday
Leasing: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You, 6 p.m., Keiser University, 2085 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach. Palm Beach SCORE workshop. $30. 561-833-1672.
Thursday
Chamber Business Networking, 7:30 a.m., Colony West Golf Club, 6800 NW 88th Ave., Tamarac. Tamarac Chamber of Commerce. Visit: tamaracchamber.org
Summit for Small Businesses, 8:30 a.m., Airport Hilton, 150 Australian Ave., West Palm Beach. Palm Beach SCORE topics addressed: staying connected to your local city, and governmental issues, how to make you business newsworthy, cyber security risks and social media. Free. RSVP required. 561-833-1672.
Lifetime Achievement presentation, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hyatt Place – Roof Top, 100 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. Networking event; SPBC FAWL will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Palm Beach Circuit Judge Kathleen J. Kroll. Hosted by the South Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers with the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations. $15. Register: //bit.ly/2z1YWpj
Friday
The Ethical Organizational Culture, 7:30 a.m.- 4:35 p.m., Palm Beach State College, FAU Boca Raton Campus, Humanities & Technology Building Lecture Hall 103, NW Eighth Ave., Boca Raton. Sessions will address creating and maintaining an ethical organizational culture while dealing with existing and new ethical issues in daily work experiences.
Understanding the Roles and Needs of the Judicial System, 8-11:30 a.m., iPic Theaters, 301 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Are you interested in helping kids in the 15th Circuit? Informative CLE with Administrative Juvenile Judge James Martz, hosted by the South Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers with South Palm Beach County Bar Association. $38 members SPBCBA and SPBC FAWL; $45 Nonmembers. bit.ly/2ivv9yi
Condo or HOA in Need of Rehab, 12-2 p.m., Holiday Springs Condominium Clubhouse, 3131 Holiday Springs Blvd., Margate. Infrastructure, financial, management. Presented by Katzman Chandler. Free. 954-486-7774. Council of the Americas Symposium 2017 and the 23rd BRAVO Business
Awards, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Four Seasons Hotel, Brickell Ave., Miami. Symposium will open with a discussion on the region’s sustainable economic and social development featuring Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Alexander Mora, Costa Rica’s minister of foreign trade. Andrés Gluski, president and CEO of the AES Corporation and AS/COA’s chairman, will moderate the conversation. $350 and up. bravobusiness.com.
Nov. 7
CIF2017: Cuba Internet Freedom Conference, 8:30 a.m., through Nov. 8., Miami Ad School, 571 NW 28th St., Wynwood Art District, Miami. Second annual event with the participation of Cuban digital entrepreneurs and innovators, and local and international leaders, to analyze the state of connectivity in Cuba and expose the benefits that unlimited Internet access brings to societies. Internet control in Venezuela, a commemorative poster contest and the CIF2017 Awards will be part of the program. Free to the public. Register:cif-2017.eventbrite.com