Former secretary of state Albright to speak at summit

Woman credited with breaking the American political glass ceiling to debate leadership principles with Clinton among others

Dubai, 06 ?April 2005: Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in the USA, has joined the line-up for the international leadership summit Leaders in Dubai, to be held in Dubai on November 28 - 29.

Albright joins eight other business and political headline names, including Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, in the debate on leadership best practices. In addition, Albright's former President, Bill Clinton, will speak at the event via video cast.

In 1997, Dr Albright was voted in as the first woman Secretary of State of America, serving under the Clinton administration.

Since leaving office, Dr Albright founded The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm and she serves on the board of directors of many institutions, including that of the New York Stock Exchange.

Speaking at the event are eight other political and business leaders:

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union and winner of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
Bill Clinton (via videocast), former President of the USA from 1993 - 2001
Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 - 2003
Daniel Pink, the author of Free Agent Nation, the Washington Post bestseller, who will suggest six aptitudes crucial to the survival of white-collar workers
Kenichi Ohmae, the former director of McKinsey Japan, who has earned global acclaim as 'Mr Strategy'
Arie de Geus, who was at the helm of Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years and has been described as "the global statesman" of business change
Spencer Johnson, the author of the bestsellers Who Moved My Cheese and The One-Minute Manager
Scott Bedbury, one of the world's leading brand architects, responsible for Nike's Just Do It campaign and the emergence of the Starbucks brand

Leaders in Dubai is expected to attract more than 2,500 business leaders from across Arabia and will be held at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, from November 28 to 29, 2005.

Delegate prices for the full two-day summit are US $2,995 per person with an early registration offer of an Apple iPod mp3 player. Corporate booking and prices are available through www.leadersindubai.com.

LEADING MINDS, part of the international conference organisers IIR, is a company specialising in presenting the latest thoughts and groundbreaking ideas from pre-eminent international business authorities.

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Editor's notes
LEADING MINDS is a division of the Institute for International Research, the world's leading business information company. LEADING MINDS specialises in organising public events with top business authorities - the leading minds. Just to mention a few: Tom Peters, Gary Hamel, Robert Kaplan, Philip Kotler, Dave Ulrich, Edward de Bono, Jack Trout, Daniel Goleman, Al Ries, Nicholas Negroponte, Don Tabscott and Michael Porter. LEADING MINDS has a global reach, with significant activity in Asia-Pacific, Europe and Africa and has run well over 200 events in the last five years.

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