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Outlook: 'Sully' & Right

CSP releases lineup of its 2010 Outlook Leadership speakers
MESA, Ariz. -- CSP Information Group's Leadership Conferences & Events has released the official speaker lineup for its upcoming Outlook Leadership 2010 conference for convenience retailing industry's top-level executives, August 22-24, 2010, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Headlining the event will be news journalist and bestselling author, three-time Emmy winner and host of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly; and US Airways' hero pilot and author of Highest Duty, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.

Joining O'Reilly on Sunday will be [image-nocss] Saj-nicole Joni, Ph.D., CEO consultant, adviser and strategist, founder and CEO of Cambridge International Group.

On Monday, speakers include Jay Ricker, president of Anderson, Ind.-based Ricker Oil Co. and chairman of the board of NACS; Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large of Fortune and author of Talent Is Overrated; Thom Blischok, president of consulting and innovation for Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group; and Peter Vidmar, 1984 Olympic gold champion and captain of the U.S. men's gymnastics team.

To conclude the conference on Tuesday along with Captain Sullenberger will be Dr. Phillip Verleger Jr., senior adviser of The Brattle Group, Cambridge, Mass.; and a group of c-store guests including Mike Youngblood, Temple, Texas-based McLane Co.'s president of grocery distribution; Terry Marks, president and CEO of Cary, N.C.-based The Pantry; Greg Parker, president and CEO of Savannah, Ga.-based Parker's Cos., and NACS executive committee vice chairman of research; and Darren Rebelez, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc.

"This lineup is one of the best we've ever had at Outlooka once-in-a-lifetime assembly of talent," said Kay Segal, vice president of Leadership Conferences & Events. "With this lineup and our unique networking endeavors, this program is a must-attend event for leaders in our industry."

Outlook Leadership is in its 16th year and is an invitation-only leadership development and networking event for executives from the convenience and petroleum retailing industry. For more information, go towww.outlookconference.com or contact Bryn Cotton at (480) 337-3420 or bcotton@cspnet.com.

Oak Brook, Ill.-based CSP Information Group, publisher of CSP, Fare, Restaurant Business and FoodService Director magazines, is a business-to-business communication company specializing in the convenience retailing, restaurant and on-the-go food industries. In addition to its print products, CSP Information Group's other business units include ID Report, the CSP Daily News email newsletter, MonkeyDish.com, CSPNetwork CyberConferences, CSPedia, CSPTV, CSP Leadership Conferences & Events and CSP Custom Solutions.

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