RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corporate strategist Dan Burrus, author of Flash Foresight, will talk to C-suite officers and corporate board members about their rapidly changing responsibilities relative to technology as he kicks off the 9th annual Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance conference.
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The day-long event on Sept. 29 at The University of Texas at Dallas, will include D. Wayne Watts, senior vice president and general counsel at AT&T; Stephen F. Schuckenbrock, president of Dell Services; and Gen. Harry D. Raduege, Jr., (Ret.), from Deloitte Services' Center for Cyber Innovation. In these presentations and others, the underlying message will be the rapidly changing world of technology and risks in corporate governance.
Several panel discussions will take place during the day, including one with Burrus, Schuckenbrock and Philip Asmundson, a managing partner at Deloitte.
Burrus focuses on technological advancements and how to integrate technology with a business strategy. His presentation will cover questions corporate leaders should ask and understand about strategy and technological implementation.
This keynote address by Burrus is the inaugural presentation in the Max Hopper Speaker Series, underwritten by Hopper's widow, Jo Hopper. Max Hopper, known as the "father of automation" in the travel industry, spent 20 years at AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, where he helped research and develop the SABRE reservations system. He was a longtime supporter of the UT Dallas School of Management, home of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance, and had served as chairman of the School of Management's Advisory Council. He died unexpectedly in 2010.
"The IECG conference is designed to help corporate board members and officers better perform their fiduciary responsibilities," says Dennis McCuistion, the center's executive director. "This year's conference, with its focus on technology, should be especially pertinent for corporate leaders who don't feel they are as well versed in the potential dangers posed by technology. They know they should know – they just don't know where to start."
Registration and more information about the event is at iecg.utdallas.edu. The conference begins at 8 a.m. at the UT Dallas campus and concludes at 4:30 p.m. with a reception. Go to utdallas.edu/directions for directions to campus and links to campus maps.