Duke Hosts Second Coach K-Fuqua Leadership Conference

DURHAM, N.C. -- Eighteen prominent names in global business, news, business education and sports will headline the second annual Coach K & Fuqua School of Business Conference on Leadership on the Duke University campus Oct. 19-21.

"Our inaugural event last August was a big success because it brought a lot of great minds together to learn about leadership," Fuqua Dean Douglas T. Breeden said. "This year we will again offer attendees a unique combination of thinking from outstanding business leaders, as well as the knowledge of leadership and teamwork from a Hall of Fame basketball coach, and leadership development expertise from the top custom corporate educator in the world."

Duke Corporate Education Inc., Duke's 3-year-old, for-profit company that was recently ranked the No. 1 custom corporate educator in the world by the Financial Times, joins Fuqua and Duke Athletics as sponsors of the conference. Its theme is "Leadership: Building a Tradition of Excellence."

Coach Mike Krzyzewski said of the upcoming event, "We will be even more focused this year than last on what it takes to be a leader in the boardroom, on the court or wherever you are called on to lead. People coming to Duke will not only learn from an array of proven leaders, but also network with each other to become better leaders."

Breeden and Coach K will be joined by the following speakers:

-- John Allison, chairman and CEO of BB&T banking corporation;

-- Brad Brinegar, CEO of marketing communications agency McKinney + Silver;

-- Dong-sung Cho, professor of international strategy and former dean of the business school, Seoul National University;

-- Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on CNN;

-- James Donald, president of Starbucks Coffee Company, North America;

-- Chang-Hyu Hwang, president of Samsung Electronics, Korea;

-- Kristina Johnson, dean of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering;

-- Rik Kirkland, managing editor of Fortune magazine;

-- Bruce Mosler, president of U.S. operations for Cushman & Wakefield;

-- Dennis Nally, chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers;

-- Lars Nyberg, chairman of NCR;

-- David Robinson, NBA All-Star and founder of The Carver Academy in San Antonio;

-- John Rogers, chairman of Ariel Capital Management;

-- Charlie Rose, journalist on CBS' "60 Minutes II" and on PBS;

-- Judy Rosenblum, chief operating officer, Duke Corporate Education;

-- and Stephen Volk, chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston.

The conference begins at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Fuqua School of Business. After keynote addresses and panel discussions moderated by Fuqua faculty members Monday morning, Coach K will host the attendees at a normally private practice session of the Duke men's basketball team in Cameron Indoor Stadium. He will then discuss leadership and teamwork with those business leaders in the stands. He will also speak at the gala dinner that night in Cameron's Hall of Honor.

The conference will conclude at lunchtime Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Registration is $1,500, which includes all meals, conference materials and local transportation. Space is limited to 200 attendees.

Major sponsors for the conference include BB&T, CNN, Fortune, Credit Suisse First Boston, Polycom, GlaxoSmithKline and the Teradata division of NCR. Sponsors for individual conference sessions include McKinney + Silver and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

For the second year, UNC-TV will tape the conference gavel-to-gavel and produce an hour-long program on leadership to be broadcast throughout North Carolina. The program that aired this past May 27 was called "New Models of Leadership."

More information can be obtained by calling 1-866-493-8368 or going to www.fuqua.duke.edu/conference.