All sessions Sept. 24 in the Colvard Student Union of Mississippi State University's 2008 High-Definition Leadership Summit are open to interested media.
Reporters may check with the information center in the second-floor Old Main Lounge for interview access to individual speakers. (Biographies at www.aoce.msstate.edu/summit/speakers/powell.html.)
Opening Session in the ballroom
9 a.m., Vance Watson, Interim MSU President.
9:50-11:30 a.m., "Leadership in a Changing World." Speakers include Ralph Crosby, EADS North America; Carolyn Shanks, Enexus Energy Corp.; Richard Adkerson, Freeport McMoran; Jim Newsome, New York Mercantile Exchange; Hu Meena, Cellular South.
11:45-1 p.m., lunch, with remarks by Walt Coleman, a former 19-year NFL official and motivational speaker.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions, 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Dawg House (first floor), "Fear--Fact or Fantasy." Shirley Olson, Olson Consulting Group.
Room 328, "Identifying and Compounding Key Value Drivers in Your Business." Chuck Boles, Chuck & Buddy College of Business Knowledge.
Room 325, "Transforming Yourself and Your Organization." Carl Hicks, Growth Group.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions, 3-4:30 p.m.
Fowlkes Auditorium, "Tips and Tools for Defining and Building Your Career." Jonathan Lee, Mississippi Products; Haley Fisackerly, Entergy; Jim Perry, Morgan Stanley.
Room 328, "Confronting the Realities of the Global Economy." Barbara Travis, Mississippi World Trade Center; John Hendrix, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Dawg House--"Servant Leadership." David Rumbarger, Tupelo Community Development Foundation.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.
