Yes, we have a
mega event this week at the Johnson School. It's the twentieth anniversary of Sam Johnson's gift to the school (and anniversary of the renaming of the school in Johnson's honor), and we have a gazillion high-profile speakers coming up this week. The full schedule is
here, and following are some notable speakers:
- Abby Joseph Cohen, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Company
- Stephen Friedman, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
- Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Company
- Bill Nye, The Science Guy (yes, really)
- Jeffrey Parker, Chairman and CEO, CCBN
- Warren Staley, Chairman and CEO, Cargill
- Jay Walker, Founder and Chairman, Walker Digital; Founder, Priceline.com
- Sandy Weill, Chairman, Citigroup
The lectures are Wednesday and Thursday. I'm pretty excited to hear from all these folks. I'll let you know if anything interesting happens.