10/27/05 Contact: David M. Granger, 334/844-9999 (grangdm@auburn.edu)
Deedie Dowdle, 334/844-9999 (ddowdle@auburn.edu)

AU TO HOST LUMINARY SERIES VIA CLOSED-CIRCUIT IN BIRMINGHAM

AUBURN – Auburn University’s Business and Engineering Outreach Program will host the 11th Annual Worldwide Luminary Series – featuring former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, business author Stephen Covey, former General Electric CEO Jack Welch and chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina – live via closed-circuit broadcast at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center on Nov. 2. Programs begin at 9:45 a.m.

This intensive one-day program, produced by LumaCore in cooperation with FORTUNE magazine, is the world’s largest public business event, with an estimated audience of more than 50,000 in 30 countries. The Luminary Series is designed to help organizations inspire and cultivate leadership at every level through the discussion of crucial and timely business topics with the leading minds in business management.

The event attracts participants ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 business executives. Past Luminary Series conferences have been attended by virtually all of the Fortune 500 companies including IBM, Boeing, Ford, GE, Shell, Citibank and Merrill Lynch.

In addition to Giuliani, Covey, Welch and Fiorina, the list of presenters for 2005 features other world-renowned business experts, including one of England’s most famous entrepreneurs, Richard Branson; Malcolm Gladwell, voted one of Time Magazine’s most influential business people in 2005; and Marcus Buckingham, a member of U.S. Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management.

Participants will also share the insight and experience of top CEOs and other practitioners during an exclusive FORTUNE CEO Panel discussion.

For more information on registration, visit www.luminaryseries.com or call 1-800-289-0051.

Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama’s largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

(Contributed by Sharla Wright.)

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