The event offers a new accounting emphasis as well as training in pressing business, international trade, entrepreneurship and moral and ethical issues. A banquet with guest speaker Elder David Sorenson of the Presidency of the Seventy of the LDS Church will be Thursday evening. On Friday evening, a barbecue will be followed by a broadcast of President Hinckley's 90th Birthday Celebration. The conference will end Saturday with a golf tournament at Thanksgiving Point. For those bringing children, teen and preteen programs featuring Especially for Youth speakers, a special pre-showing of the new North American Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point and other events are planned.
Space is limited and early registration is recommended.
The conference will be at the Harman Conference Center on the BYU campus. Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more adults. Meals are included in all registration fees. Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor, will discuss how listening to customers and good management may cause companies to fail when faced with disruptive technology. Such technologies have the potential to seriously affect some of today's strongest institutions, including Bell Atlantic, Toyota and Intel.