LOVELAND - A few exhibit booths for the Northern Front Range's biggest business-to-business event, Bixpo 2007, are still available, and tickets for the acclaimed Speakers Series are now on sale. Thousands of business people in Colorado and Wyoming are expected to attend the event at the First National Bank Exhibition Hall at The Ranch in Loveland to network with and learn from their peers.

A new addition to the Sept. 19-20 event is the Front Range Economic Update, a half-day look at where the regional economy is headed by local experts and economists. The Economic Update will be held, free of charge with pre-registration required, on Wednesday morning, while the three-presentation Speakers Series will take place on Thursday morning in the McKee 4-H Pavilion at The Ranch.

Speakers for this year's event include B. Joseph Pine II, co-author of "The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre and Every Business Is a Stage;" Mark Hoog, author of the "Growing Field" series of books on conscious leadership; and Susan Graham, personal business coach from Keep It Simple Coaching.

Cost of the half-day Speaker Series is $49. Online registration is now open at www.bixpo.com.

Exhibit spaces still available start with 10-foot-square spaces. To purchase exhibitor space or to become a Bixpo sponsor, contact Jim Rath, NCBR Marketing Director at (970) 221-5400, ext. 202.

Event sponsors include Bank of Choice, Banner Health, EKS&H, Water Valley, Kennedy and Coe, Hewlett-Packard Co., CBS 5 and KUNC 91.5 FM.