Monday

Job Fair, 9 to 11 a.m., with 25 employers, CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way, Lewiston.

Wednesday

Alzheimer’s Educational Conference, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., program and workshops presented by the Maine chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, with keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Raia. Held at Spectacular Event Center, 395 Griffin Road, Bangor. Registration is $45 for family members and people with dementia and $95 for professionals. Lunch is included. Register at http://bit.ly/1nXiQXN.

ProXpo, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., business and professional networking event with exhibitors. Free admission and parking. Presented by Saco River Valley Kiwanis and held at the Elks, 68 Ocean Park Road, Saco.

Mid Coast Edge, 5 p.m., Wii Bowling Tournament and networking with the young professionals group of Southern Midcoast Chamber of Commerce at Frontier Café, Fort Andross, Brunswick.

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Wex USM Leadership and Creativity Event Series, 7:30 to 9 p.m. featuring Walter Isaacson, best-selling author and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Held at University of Southern Maine, Abromson Community Education Center, Bedford Street, Portland. Tickets are $35. For details, go to usm.maine.edu/giving/WEXseries.

Wednesday and Thursday

“Build Maine,” conference focused on community investment returns, quality of life and economic success, with Jeff Speck, author of “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time.” Presented by Congress for the New Urbanism Maine, Maine Municipal Association, Maine Real Estate & Development Association, and GrowSmart Maine. Held at Bates Mill No. 1, Lewiston. A free outdoor beer garden and networking takes place Wednesday night. For more information, contact info@growsmartmaine.org or call 699-4330.

Thursday

Training open house, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the launch for Skill-Up Maine, a program that offers unemployed, underemployed and part-time workers free Microsoft training, as well as customized professional training programs for businesses. Held at Southern Maine Community College, McKernan Hospitality Center, 122 McKernan Drive, South Portland. For more information, contact Peggy Fleury at pfleury@smccME.edu or call 741-5758.

A training day event also will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Maine Community College, Kirk Hall, Lewiston. Featured will be the grand opening of CMCC’s new Center for Testing and Assessment, a state-of-the-art computer testing room that offers Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, ASE Automotive, Maine Real Estate, and CLEP exams. For more information, go to mccs.me.edu and for information specific to training, go to cmcc.edu/ccs/Training or call 755-5280.

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Maine Farmland Trust, 5 to 7:30 p.m., annual meeting with tour of the Chewonki Farm at 4:30 p.m. and screening of the film series, “Growing Local” at 6:30 p.m. Held at Chewonki, 485 Chewonki Neck Road, Wiscasset. RSVP to shannon@mainefarmlandtrust.org.

‘The Hatchery’ Business Training, 6 to 7:30 p.m., free workshop with a focus on larger-scale business startups. Held at MaineStream Finance, 315 Main St., Rockland. Space is limited. Register in advance at www.mainestreamfinance.org.

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