March 2014 Date Time Event Venue Contact Houston Business Journal: AMA Houston Marketer of the 3/3 5:30 PM Alley Theatre 713-688-8811 Year Awards British-American Business Council: Granite PR Aberdeen Norris Conference 6:45 AM 281-657-3346 Gateway Center—City Centre The Houston Economics Club: Houston’s Housing Outlook 3/4 12:00 PM Federal Reserve Bank 713-844-3616 Presented by David Jarvis, Metrostudy Italian-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas: Business Sorrel Urban Bistro 6:00 PM 713-626-9303 Networking Restaurant Texas Turkish-American Chamber of Commerce: UH Small UH Small Business 9:00 AM Business Development Center presents Doing Business 713-752-8488 Development Center with Turkey Asian Chamber of Commerce: Latest report on the Asian 11:15 AM Hess Club 713- 782-7222 American Consumer 3/5 Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston: 11:30 AM Hess Club 832-746-8372 Dr. Renu Khator (Shell Distinguished Lecture) The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business HCC Administration 5:00 PM Development Agency: Grand Opening Reception for MBDA 713-718-8974 Building Business Center Houston West 7:45 AM Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Coffee Talk [email protected] Chamber Building Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce: His Excellency 8:00 AM Dr. Hassan Babiker, Minister of Trade gives Leadership Westin Galleria Hotel 713-568-8473 3/6 Insight Series of Iraq Asian Chamber of Commerce: Gulf Coast Women In Bayou City Event 8:30 AM 713-775-5257 Leadership Symposium Center Houston Business Journal: Duff and Phelps 6th Annual 1:00 PM Hyatt North Houston 713-688-8811 Private Capital Conference Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce: Luncheon with 11:00 AM Federal Reserve Bank [email protected] Swedish Ambassador Bjorn Lyrvall 3/7 Houston Hispanic Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Business 11:30 AM Chamber of 713-644-7070 Seminar Commerce Building 8:30 AM Greater Houston Partnership: Mexican Energy Reform Omni Riverway Hotel 713-844-3695 British-American Business Council: Energy 2014 Speaker Marriott Westchase 11:00 AM Series—Energy, How Important is the Resource Boom to 832-351-3940 Hotel 3/12 the US Economy Houston West Chamber of Commerce: JumpStart Denis' Seafood 4:30 PM [email protected] Networking 101 Workshop Restaurant World Affairs Council of Houston: Young Professionals Bracewell & Giuliani, 6:30 PM 713-522-7811 Energy 360—The Future of Energy LLP 1 Date Time Event Venue Contact Greater Houston Partnership: State of the Airports—Tour Westin Oaks Galleria 7:30 AM 713-844-3682 and Luncheon Hotel Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania: Houston Business Greater Houston 7:30 AM Breakfast—Lithuania: Easy Access for US Exporters t o [email protected] 3/13 Partnership EU and Eastern European Markets Greater Sharpstown District: A Law Enforcement Houston Baptist 11:30 AM 713-501-8719 Appreciation Luncheon University Houston Business Journal: Bayou City Social Business 3/14 10:00 AM Magnolia Hotel 713-688-8811 Conference The Honorable Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee: Young Women’s 3/18 12:00 PM When Women Succeed, America Succeeds—An College Prep 713-655-0050 Economic Agenda for Women and Families Academy Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Business Over 7:00 AM Westside Cafe [email protected] Breakfast 3/19 Houston West Chamber of Commerce: Women's 11:15 AM Tony's Restaurant [email protected] Excellence in Business Luncheon Asian Chamber of Commerce: Leadership Education for Tracy Gee 3/21 8:30 AM 713-266-8193 Asian Pacific's Community Center Houston West Houston West Chamber of Commerce: SEO 411 (Basics 3/26 11:00 AM Chamber of [email protected] of SEO Monthly Class) Commerce Building US-Russia Chamber of Commerce: Transportation, 7:30 AM Westin Galleria Hotel 713-429-4680 Logistics and Customs in Russia from A to Z 3/27 French-American Chamber of Commerce: Offshore Double Tree NA [email protected] Support Vessel Conference Greenway Plaza British-American Business Council: BABC Royal Ascot Sam Houston Race 3/29 4:00 PM 832-351-3940 Day Park Hilton Americas 10:30 AM Greater Houston Partnership: State of the City 713-844-3695 Hotel 4/1 Asian Chamber of Commerce: 2014 Spirit of Ocean Palace 6:30 PM 713-782-7222 Entrepreneurship Awards Dinner Restaurant U.S. Department of Commerce: Bureau of Industry and Norris Conference 4/8 8:30 AM 713-224-7200 Security Seminar Center Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Annual Hilton Americas 4/17 10:30 AM 713-644-7070 Luncheon Program Hotel International Cultural Events in Houston: Asia Society Texas 3/1 1:00 PM Asia Society Texas Center: Architecture Tour 713-496-9901 Center 3/7 6:00 PM French Cultures Festival 2014 Discovery Green Park 713- 985-3261 Asia Society Texas Center: Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Asia Society Texas 2:00 PM 713-496-9901 3/8 Reaching for the Stars by the author Ai-Ling Louie Center. 8:00 PM Society for the Performing Arts: SamulNori Cullen Theater 713-227-4772 2 Date Time Event Venue Contact Italian Cultural and Italian Cultural and Community Center: Contemporary 6:30 PM Community 713-524-4222 Italian Film Series—“La Migliore Offerta.” 3/11 Center Australian-American Chamber of Commerce: 5th Annual 7:00 PM Continental Club 713-527-9688 Australian Music Showcase Sale-Sucre 3/12 6:00 PM Houston-Nice Sister City Committee: Carnival of Nice [email protected] Restaurant 3/13 7:30 AM Greater Houston Partnership: Tour and Luncheon Westin Oaks Hotel [email protected] Society for the Performing Arts: Alvin Ailey American 3/14 8:00 PM Jones Hall 713-632-8105 Dance Theater 3/14 Anime Matsuri: Anime, Japanese Culture, and Related Arts — 12:00 PM George R. Brown www.animematsuri.com Convention 3/16 Russian Cultural 3/15 10:00 AM Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”: FOTOFEST 2014 713-395-3301 Center Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”: 6th Annual Russian Russian Cultural 3/16 3:00 PM 713-395-3301 Spring Celebration Center Asia Society Texas Center : Resolving Conflict in Asia Society Texas 3/18 8:00 AM 713-496-9901 Afghanistan Pakistan. Speaker Marc Grossman Center French-American Chamber of Commerce: Exclusive Grand Houston Museum of 3/20 7:00 PM 713 - 985 -3280 Finale French Cocktail Party and Exhibit Tour Natural Science 3/21 8:00 PM Society for the Performing Arts: Joffrey Ballet Wortham Center 713-227-4772 Houston-Sister Cities Association: 5th Networking Dinner Culinary Institute 3/25 6:00 PM [email protected] Series Lenotre Society for the Performing Arts: Israel Philharmonic 3/27 8:00 PM Jones Hall 713-227-4772 Orchestra Italian Cultural and Italian Cultural and Community Center: Sagra de Formaggi 3/28 7:00 PM Community 713-524-4222 Freschi” Series Center Italian Cultural and Italian Cultural and Community Center: (Contemporary 3/30 4:30 PM Community 713-524-4222 Italian Film Series for Children)— Cenerentola. Center International Events : 3/19 — CIOOE: The 12th China International Offshore Oil and Gas Exhibition Beijing, China www.ciooe.com.cn 3/21 3/19 CIPPE: The 14th China International Petroleum and Petrochemical — Beijing, China www.cippe.com.cn Technology and Equipment Exhibition 3/21 3/25 Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce: Business Development Belize, Central — 832-875-3977 Trade Mission to Belize, Central America America 3/29 8/25 — Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2014 Stavanger, Norway [email protected] 8/28 3 .