Elizabeth Warren, head of the Obama administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former overseer of the TARP federal bailout under President Bush, will speak to Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ 48th annual conference April 7-9, 2011, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
The Harvard University law professor is tentatively scheduled to speak Friday, April 8, at the Collins Center at SMU. Click here for registration and hotel information.
Warren joins a list of impressive keynote speakers at the conference, hosted by the nation’s largest association of business newspeople. Already confirmed to attend are the chairmen and CEOs of two major U.S. airlines, American’s Gerard Arpey and Southwest’s Gary Kelly; and the chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy, Aubrey McClendon.
“With the addition of Elizabeth Warren to an already fabulous lineup of top business leaders, our Dallas conference will be an even more of a must-see for any business journalist,” said SABEW executive director Warren Watson in a statement.
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