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October 13, 2008

不良研究所 Business Symposium features business leaders from across the US and World

Students attending the 2008 不良研究所 Business Symposium, themed 鈥淢aking Tough Choices: The Art of Decision Making,鈥� will benefit from the insights and experience of several distinguished business leaders from such renowned companies as Kraft Foods and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The symposium begins Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 10:30 a.m. and concludes Friday, Oct. 17, with an alumni reception.

Martha Richey, president of Richey Construction Inc. of Shreveport, will begin the symposium with 鈥淒ecision Making When It鈥檚 Your Business鈥� Oct. 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the Construction Building, room 100.

At 6:30 p.m. that evening in the Student Union Building, room A, Stephanie Mocatta and Richard Whatton of Insurance Services Group, London, will discuss 鈥淪urviving Very Bad Things that Happen to an Insurance Company: Our Personal Experiences.鈥�

Thursday, Oct. 16鈥檚 sessions will occur throughout the day in various locations, beginning at 8:15 a.m. and concluding at 7 p.m. Options for students include:

8:15-9:15 a.m. in the Student Union Building:

鈥� 鈥淔inancial Structure of Alternative Investment Private Equity Funds鈥� by Jonathan Davies, tax partner for PWC, LLP of Washington D.C.
鈥� 鈥淢aking Tough Business and Personal Decisions in Sales鈥� by Tim Clow, employed by Kraft Foods Inc. of Bella Vista, Ark.

9:30-10:45 a.m. in the Student Union Building:

鈥� 鈥淒ecisions and Values鈥� by Bruce Boulware, chief operating officer for O鈥橫elveny and Myers of San Francisco, Calif.
鈥� 鈥淓ntrepreneurial Challenges: the Launch of a 4X4 Electric Vehicle,鈥� Bill Krutzer, CEO, Stealth Manufacturing, Monroe
鈥� 鈥淒ecision-Making in Business Negotiations: A Few Thoughts from Experience鈥� by Jeremy Ouchley, legal counsel for US Oncology, Inc, Houston, Texas

11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: in the Student Union Building:

鈥� 鈥淢aking Decisions in an International Market鈥� by Albert Ku, president of IntegraSys of Dallas, Texas
鈥� 鈥淭op Down vs. Bottom Up Decision Making鈥� by Alan Hebert, executive district sales manager, hospital division, for AstraZenexa
鈥� 鈥淧anel 鈥� Making the Right Decisions for Your Career鈥� by Mark Robertson of O鈥橫elveny and Myers in New York, Joe Deutsch, the Americas of Monroe, and by Jay Lewis, chief financial officer for Entergy of Jackson, Miss.

2-3:15 p.m. in the Student Union Building:

鈥� 鈥淧anel 鈥� Making Sound Decisions in the Current Economy鈥� by Barry Higgins, partner for Ranger Advisors of Dallas, Texas, and by Tom Shehane, senior vice president for JP Morgan Chase of Monroe
鈥� 鈥淧rioritizing, Organizing and Managing Time鈥� by Teri Fontenot, CEO/president for Women鈥檚 Hospital of Baton Rouge

3:30-4:15 p.m. in the Student Union Building:

鈥� 鈥淲ork-Life Balance: Making the Decision to Have a Life and Career鈥� by Angela McCray and Krystal Pickett of PWC in Dallas, Texas

6-7 p.m. in the Construction Building, room 100:

鈥� 鈥淒ecision Making in the Construction Industry鈥� by David Dumas, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Brown Builders Inc. of Shreveport

Business insights will continue Friday, Oct. 17, in Brown Auditorium:

9:30-10:30 a.m.:

鈥� 鈥淚nternship Success Stories鈥� by panelists Ashley Hester, Ashley Murphy, Pat Avinger, and Brian Evans. Ann Smith, 不良研究所 director of academic internships, will moderate.

11 a.m.-12 p.m. for the plenary session:

鈥� 鈥淐hange Management during Market Uncertainty鈥� by Sean Menke, president/CEO for Frontier Airlines of Denver, Colo.

The community is invited to attend all sessions. For a complete schedule of the 不良研究所 Business Symposium, visit .

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