Richard Branson
Founder
Virgin Group of Companies
Session: Opening General Session

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Knight of the Order, founder of the Virgin Group of Companies, and the consummate risk taker! The Virgin conglomerate includes media, airlines and rail, wine, and mobile phone services, among others - all totaling in excess of $8 billion a year in sales. His newest enterprise is Virgin Galactic, a new space tourism company, which will license the technology behind SpaceShipOne to take paying passengers into ...more

Andrew Busch
Director and Global Foreign Exchange Strategist
BMO Capital Markets
Session: Politics and Money: Preview for Mid-Term Elections

Andrew Busch is the Global Market Strategist in the Investment Banking Group for BMO Capital Markets at the Bank of Montreal's Chicago office. He advises institutional and large corporates on foreign exchange hedging and trading strategies. He is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. His views appear in his daily ...more

Peter Cappelli
Director of the Center for Human Resources
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Session: The Human Side of Mergers and Acquisitions

Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA and currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Government of Bahrain for Employment Policy. He has degrees in industrial relations from Cornell University and in labor economics from Oxford where he was a Fulbright Scholar. ...more

Stephen Dubner
Co-Author
Freakonomics
Session: AFP Certification Luncheon, Sponsored by Mellon Financial Corporation

Stephen J. Dubner is the co-author of the international bestseller Freakonomics. Published in May 2005, Freakonomics instantly became a cultural phenomenon. Hailed by critics and readers alike, it first topped the sales charts in the U.S. before moving on to the U.K., Canada, India, Brazil, and even Singapore. Dubner and his co-author, the University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt, have appeared widely on television and are now regular contributors ...more

James K.  Glassman
Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Session: Moderator, Tuesday Morning General Session

James Glassman is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington public policy think tank, where he specializes in issues involving economics, technology and financial markets. Mr. Glassman writes a syndicated financial column, which appears on the front page of the business section of The Washington Post every Sunday ...more

Jonathan S.  Halkyard
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
Session: Panelist, Tuesday Morning General Session

Mr. Halkyard oversees the company’s treasury, cash-management and investor relations functions, as well as the finance and strategic planning analysis departments. Since joining Harrah’s in 1999, Halkyard has played a number of key operations and finance roles, having served as Director of Finance for Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Assistant General ...more

Thomas K. Land
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Palms Casino Resort
Session: Panelist, Tuesday Morning General Session

Since 2002, Thomas K. Land, has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maloof Companies. He works closely with the Maloof Family in all aspects of the family businesses. The Maloof Companies include the Palms Casino Resort, Palms Place Condominium Hotel & Spa, the NBA Sacramento Kings, the WNBA Sacramento Monarchs, Arco Arena, Maloof Music, Maloof TV, and ...more

Steven Levitt
Co-Author
Freakonomics
Session: AFP Certification Luncheon, Sponsored by Mellon Financial Corporation

When mild-mannered economist Steven D. Levitt published a paper linking a rise in abortion to a drop in crime, it set off a firestorm of controversy and had both the conservatives and liberals up in arms. But Levitt has no political agenda and is the last person to be called a moralist. He is a brilliant but uncomplicated man who uses simple questions to reach startling conclusions. ...more

Stephanie Marston
President
Life Quality Seminars
Session: Life Lessons for Busy People: 7 Essential Ingredients for Restoring Your Sanity

Stephanie is an internationally published author, acclaimed speaker and life-quality expert. She has authored more than a half dozen books including Chicken Soup's Life Lessons For Women: 7 Essential Ingredients For a Balanced Life. A licensed psychologist ...more

James  McGregor
Author
One Billion Customers
Session: Executive Institute - Luncheon Keynote / Doing Business in China

James L. McGregor is a journalist-turned-businessman who has lived in Beijing for 15 years. He is a founding partner of BlackInc China L.L.C., a boutique advisory firm which specializes in cross-border investing, business development and mergers and acquisitions involving Chinese and American Internet technology and online media companies. He ...more

Liz Perle
Author
Money, A Memoir
Session: Tackling A Last Taboo

Liz Perle, who worked in book publishing as an editor and publisher for more than twenty years, recently joined the nonprofit world where she is the editor in chief of Common Sense Media, the nation’s leading nonpartisan organization designed to help families make the best media choices for their children. She is also ...more

Robert P. Rozek
Chief Financial Officer
Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Session: Panelist, Tuesday Morning General Session

Mr. Rozek oversees all financial matters for The Venetian’s parent company and its subsidiaries. He worked previously for Eastman Kodak, where he was Director and Vice President of Finance Operations and Vice President, Corporate Finance Group. Prior to that, Mr. Rozek served as an Audit Partner with ...more

John  Sculley
Venture Capitalist
Former Chief Executive Officer, Apple Computer, Pepsi-Cola Co.
Session: Executive Institute - Luncheon Keynote

John Sculley was Pepsi-Cola Co. CEO from 1978 - 1983; during which time 'Pepsi Generation' and 'Pepsi Challenge' marketing campaigns propelled Pepsi into the largest selling packaged good product in America. Sculley was recruited by Steve Jobs to be Apple CEO from 1983 to 1993; during which time, 'Macintosh', 'Desktop Publishing' ...more

Barbara Stanny
Author
Prince Charming Isn’t Coming:  How Women Get Smart About Money
Session: The Secrets of Six Figure Women

Barbara Stanny's mission is to motivate to become financially empowered. She grew up relying on her father (the "R" in H&R Block), then on her husband, to manage her money. But a devastating financial crisis became a personal wake-up call. Ms. Stanny has interviewed hundreds of financially independent women to find out ...more

Michael Staver
President, Chief Executive Officer
The Staver Group
Session: Leadership Isn't For Cowards: Leading Courageously in a Turbulent Age

Michael Staver understands the importance of results. Centered on the fundamental belief that "each person and every organization has the potential to achieve any result to which they are committed", his high-energy and humor make his targeted keynotes ...more

Doug Tatum
Founding Chairman
Tatum, LLC
Session: No Man's Land

Doug co-founded Tatum more than 10 years ago and is a recognized expert on the Capital Markets and emerging growth businesses. Prior to co-founding Tatum, Doug shared the responsibilities of the Office of President of Archibald Enterprises, a corporation comprising three major companies including: Homes and Lands Publishing Corporation, the ...more

Anne Warfield
President
Impression Management Professionals
Session: Outcome Focused Leadership

Anne Warfield is the author of Outcome Thinking: Getting Results Without the Boxing Gloves and Communicating More Effectively. She developed leadership and communication strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Recognized for her ability to help others improve their communication skills, she has been featured in ...more