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Today:

* American Crystallographic Association

Citywide

Planned attendance: 720

Runs through: Wednesday

* Durvet Inc.

Snowbird

Planned attendance: 186

Runs through: Friday

Thursday:

* Presbyterian Church (USA)

Hilton Salt Lake City Center

Planned attendance: 225

Runs through: Saturday

* Department of Defense Dependents Schools Overseas Educators

Marriott SLC Downtown

Planned attendance: 500

Runs through: Sunday

Friday:

* CoreVital International

Sheraton Salt Lake City Center

Planned attendance: 600

Runs through: Saturday

Economic Calendar

New economic numbers to be released this week include:

Today:

* Treasury bill auction.

Tuesday:

* National Association of Realtors reports on existing-home sales for June.

* Federal Reserve releases Beige Book survey of regional economic conditions.

Thursday:

* Commerce Department reports on durable-goods orders for June and on new-home sales for June.

* Labor Department reports on weekly jobless.

* Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.

Friday:

* Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product, second quarter, advance.

* Sentencing date for former Qwest Communications Inc. CEO Joe Nacchio, convicted of insider trading.

IPOs planned

Initial public offerings planned for the coming week, as provided by Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, Conn., (http://www.ipohome.com) and SEC filings, include:

* BladeLogic Inc. - Lexington, Mass., 5 million shares, priced $12 to $14, managed by Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Proposed Nasdaq symbol BLOG. Business: Provides data center automation software.

* lululemon athletica - Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 18.2 million shares, priced $10 to $12, managed by Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. Proposed Nasdaq symbol LULU. Business: Designs and sells yoga-inspired apparel under the lululemon athletica brand in 57 stores.

* Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. - Woburn, Mass., 11 million shares, priced $13 to $15 managed by Banc of America Securities. Proposed Nasdaq symbol TYPE. Business: Provides text imaging solutions for consumer electronic devices.

* Perfect World Co. Ltd. - BeiĀjing, China, 11.8 million American depositary shares each representing 5 class B ordinary shares, priced $12 to $14, managed by Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Proposed Nasdaq symbol PWRD. Business: Developer of online 3D video games.

* Rex Energy Corp. - State College, Pa., 14.7 million shares, priced $11 to $13, managed by KeyBanc Capital. Proposed Nasdaq symbol REXX. Business: Oil and gas company operating in the Illinois Basin, Appalachian Basin, and Southwestern United States.

* Validus Holdings Ltd. - Hamilton, Bermuda, 15.7 million shares, priced $24 to $26, managed by Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. Proposed NYSE symbol VR. Business: Provider of property catastrophe reinsurance.

* Voltaire Ltd. - Herzeliya, Israel, 7.7 ordinary shares, priced $12 to $14, managed by J.P. Morgan Securities and Merrill Lynch. Proposed Nasdaq symbol VOLT. Business: Provides Infiniband switches and software for high-performance grid computing.

Utah Events

Wednesday:

* Workshop: The Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training will present the first of six training sessions, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Salt Lake Chamber, 175 E. 400 South, Suite 600, Salt Lake City. Cost is $100 for a six-month membership, $20 per session for guests, $10 per session for graduates of the program.

* Networking: The South Jordan Chamber of Commerce will conduct its monthly luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Daybreak Community Center, 4544 Harvest Moon Drive (11700 South), South Jordan. Cost is $15 with an RSVP or $20 at the door. RSVP: 801-253-5200.

* Networking: The BNI Utah Pros chapter will conduct its weekly meeting, 7 a.m., Village Inn, 1784 W. 5600 South, Roy. Cost is breakfast. Information: Gary Birdsall, utahbni@bnitn.com.

Thursday:

* Networking: The BNI Goldmine chapter will conduct its weekly meeting, 7:30 a.m., Wriggles Cafe at the University of Phoenix, 5373 S. Green St., Murray. Cost is breakfast. Information: Gary Birdsall, utahbni@bnitn.com.

* Workshop: The Women's Business Center will present an orientation to its services,9-10:30 a.m., Women's Business Center, 231 E. 400 South, Suite 350, Salt Lake City. Free. Information: 801-359-8509.

* Networking: The Memorial House in Memory Grove Park will host the Salt Lake Chamber's business after-hours event, 5-7 p.m., Memorial House in Memory Grove Park, 485 N. Canyon Road. (120 East), Salt Lake City. Cost is $12 for members, $25 for nonmembers. Register: http://www.saltlakechamber.org or 801-364-3631.

Friday:

* Networking: The Sandy Chamber of Commerce will present its weekly networking luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Little Italy, 9284 S. 700 East, Sandy. Cost is lunch. Information: Thomas Olsen 801-243-7037, or http://www.sandychamber.com.

Several smaller groups and travel-related tours also will visit Salt Lake City this week.

Source: Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau