MESA, Ariz. -- CSP Information Group has unveiled the speaker lineup for its upcoming Outlook Leadership 2008: What's Right With America, taking place September 15-17 at the new Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Md., for the convenience retailing industry's top-level executives. Headlining the event will be Forbes Inc. president and CEO Steve Forbes, who recently served as national co-chair and senior policy advisor for Rudolph Giuliani's campaign for the 2008 presidential election.
Additional speakers include on Monday, E-Z Mart Stores' CEO and incoming [image-nocss] chairman for the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), Sonja Yates Hubbard, and senior economist for the National Center for Policy Analysis, Barry Asmus. On Tuesday, Joni Doolin, CEO and founder, People Report, and former POW and author of I'm No Hero, Captain J. Charles Plumb (retired), U.S. Navy Reserve.
The conference concludes on Wednesday with Thom Blischok, president of consulting and innovation for Information Resources Inc. (IRI), and Senator George Mitchell, former U.S. senate majority leader and partner, chairman of the global board of DLA Piper. Blischok's presentation includes independent and timely research on how today's c-store shoppers are relating to economic challenges. Research includes focus groups, field research and IRI's 12,000-store database analysis.
"With it being an election year and given the current state of the economy, we couldn't have a better stage for this year's Outlook Leadership conference than Washington, D.C.", said David Jobe, president of leadership conferences. "And we have such an amazing speaker lineup. Really superstars in their respective fields, helping us focus on what's right with America."
Paul Reuter, president, CEO and editorial director of CSP Information Group, added, "This is a challenging time in our nation's economy and ultimately, our industry. We need some good news. Attendees are going to walk away with some good news and feeling good about our nation's efforts on multiple fronts."
Outlook Leadership is in its 14th year and is an invitation only leadership training and networking event for executives from the convenience store/retail petroleum industry. For more information, go to www.outlookconference.com or contact Bryn Cotton at (480) 337-3420 or bcotton@cspnet.com.
CSP Information Group, publisher of CSP and CSP Independent magazines, is a business-to-business communication company specializing in the convenience and retail petroleum industry. Its other business units include the CSP Daily News e-mail newsletter, CSPNetwork CyberConferences, CSPTV, CSP Meetings & Conferences, 24-7 Connect Virtual Expo and b2b Solutions LLC Consulting. Visit www.cspnet.com for more information.
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