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EXECUTIVES FROM TOP BRANDS TO CONVENE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR FORTUNE INNOVATION FORUM
Speakers include executives from Target, Starbucks, FedEx and ElectronicArts

New York, September 19, 2005—Top business executives from America's best brands will convene in New York City on November 30 and December 1 for the second annual FORTUNE "Innovation Forum." The Forum will explore innovation and how it works inside leading companies.

Confirmed speakers for the conference include: William J. Bratton, Chief, Los Angeles Police Department and Former Chief of the New York Police Department; Chris Albrecht, Chairman and CEO, Home Box Office; Scott Cook, Co-founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit; Kenneth T. Lombard, SVP and President, Starbucks Entertainment; Bob Wright, Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, GE and CEO, NBC Universal; Fredrick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, FedEx; William "Bing" Gordon, Founder, Executive VP and CCO, ElectronicArts; Burt Rutan, Aerospace Developer, SpaceShipOne; and Minda Gralnek, Vice President and Creative Director, Target.

America's best brands are creating sustainable growth and value by putting innovation at the core of their businesses. The FORTUNE Innovation Forum will feature proven innovative strategies, tactics, models, and mindsets from inside and outside the world of business with companies like FedEx , Intel, and once-upstarts like Starbucks illustrating why innovation is everybody's business.

Conference underwrites include: Gap International, Inc. and Pitney Bowes with support from Herman Miller. For additional information and a full list of speakers, visit www.fortune.com/conferences.

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