MONDAY

VALPARAISO | Northwest Indiana Professional Networking meets from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Mondays at the South Bend Chocolate Cafe, 57 Franklin St. NIPN members meet to network and chat with others who are in career transition. There is no fee. For information, call (219) 464-4861 or e-mail nipn@kvworks.org.

MONDAY through AUG. 20

GARY | Ivy Tech Community College Northwest and Safework Indiana will offer quality Occupational Safety Health Administration training Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 11 through 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gary campus, 1440 E. 35th Ave. The 30-hour course is designed for managers who need knowledge of OSHA regulations. For more information, call (219) 981-1111.

TUESDAY

VALPARAISO | Small business operators are invited to Duneland Chapter of Business Networking International from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Strongbow Inn. For information, call Sandy Boland at (219) 926-2505.

GARY | Managers, business owners and sales professionals are invited to the Indiana Business Professionals Chapter of the Networking Club from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Baker's House upstairs meeting room, 6004 Miller Ave. For information, call Tammie Galloway at (888) 263-6926, ext 1.

GRIFFITH | The North Lake Chapter of BNI (Business Networking International), which encompasses Hammond, Gary, Griffith and East Chicago, meets from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays at Pepe's Restaurant, 222 E. Ridge Road. For more information, call Michael Pelz at (219) 977-2090 or (815) 370-2940.

VALPARAISO | Business professionals are invited to the Business to Business Development Group from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Tuesdays downstairs at the Fifth Third Bank building, 56 Washington St. For more information, call Jack Kinsey at (219) 531-5331.

WEDNESDAY

SCHERERVILLE | The Highland-Griffith chapter of Leads Club meets at 8:15 a.m. Wednesdays at St. John Township Community Center, 1515 U.S. 30. Call Luba Petryna Balacky at (219) 201-6874 or visit http:www.leadsclub.com.

CROWN POINT | Indiana Business Professionals chapter of the Leads Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Schoop's Restaurant, 1124 N. Main St. Call Michelle Frey at (219) 662-9729 or e-mail mkmfrey@yahoo.com or visit www.leadsclub.com.

VALPARAISO | The Valparaiso chapter of Leads Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Fifth Third Bank, 56 S. Washington St. (on the Courthouse square). Call Barbara Rivera at (219) 759=4274 or e-mail efnbarb@aol.com or visit http:www.valpoleads.com.

THURSDAY

MERRILLVILLE | The Merrillville Noon Kiwanis Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Old Country Buffett off U.S. 30 (1634 E 80th Avenue). For more information call Aaron Yakovetz at (219) 707-5023, e-mail aaron@goiim.com, or visit http:www.kiwanis.org .

SCHERERVILLE | A BNI (Business Networking International) business development group meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Paragon Restaurant at 1545 W. U.S. 30. Call Michael Pelz at (219) 977-2090 for more information.

VALPARAISO | The Porter County Business League meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at the Round-the-Clock restaurant, 217 E. Lincolnway. Contact Kim Michalski at (219) 510-3674 for more information.

FRIDAY

MICHIGAN CITY | The Entrepreneur Center Michigan City, 422 Franklin St., will offer an "Introduction to QuickBooks" training from 12:30 to 4 p.m. The fee is $99 and $89 for Michigan City Area Chamber of Commerce Members. Call (219) 809-4200 ext. 300 to register.

MERRILLVILLE | Northwest Indiana Networking Professionals meet at 7:15 a.m. Fridays at Towne Center Retirement Community, 7250 Arthur Blvd. (73rd Avenue, east of Taft). Contact Beverley Steinman at catchbev@sbcglobal.net or (219) 730-1262. Info: http:www.nwinetworking.org.

AUG. 19

CROWN POINT | A live video feed of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's next Life Science Lunch Series seminar, "Industry-University Collaboration/Commercialization," is set for 10:30 a.m. at the Purdue Technology Center, 9800 Connecticut Drive, Crown Point. For more information, or to register for the program, log on to http://www.btlaw.com/Event.asp?Event_ID=741 or contact Deb Hallberg at deb.hallberg@BTLaw.com or at (317) 231-7356.

AUG. 19 to 22

INDIANAPOLIS | The OSHA 10-Hour Voluntary Course and OSHA 30-Hour Voluntary Course will be offered at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce office, 115 W. Washington St., Suite 850S. Participants in the 10-hour course will attend Aug. 19 and 20.

Those who complete either class will receive a course certification card from the U.S. Department of Labor-OSHA. For more information and to register, visit http:www.indianachamber.com/conferences, or call (317) 264-6885 or (800) 824-6885.

AUG. 20

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana CPA Society's 2008 Fraud Conference will be Aug. 20 at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre. Attendees will earn eight continuing education credits, including four hours of A&A. Cost is $325 for INCPAS members and $475 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, visithttp:www.incpas.org, or call (317) 726-5025 or (800) 272-2054.

NOV. 13 and 14

MERRILLVILLE | The Indiana High Speed Rail Association hosts the 10th annual Golden Spike Seminar a the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza, 800 E. 81st Ave. For information, call (219) 887-1351 or e-mail indianahsrassn@yahoo.com.

To read more calendar, visit www.nwitimes.com/business. To include an item in the local business calendar, send event information, time, date, cost and location to: business@nwitimes.com or fax to (219) 933-3249.