8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. How will small, immigrant-owned businesses fare in today’s economy? Can these enterprises help jump-start New York’s stalled economy? Find out at “A World of Opportunity,” a conference co-sponsored by the Center for an Urban Future and Baruch College’s Field Center for Entrepreneurship. Featuring a keynote address by City Council ...

8 a.m. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses his clean ports plan with Jerry Nadler and Chris Ward at a forum on cleaning up seaports at The Harvard Club, 27 West 44th St. 8 a.m. New York Building Congress releases the city construction forecast through 2010 at a breakfast forum with Amanda Burden at the Hilton New York ...

In case you need more evidence that term limits is the debate of the moment around City Hall, here's a panel being held next month, featuring City Councilman Oliver Koppell and Ken Moltner. Koppell is introducing legislation that would allow city lawmakers to serve three consecutive terms, instead of just two. Moltner is a spokesman for the group New ...