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Posted at 4:57 p.m., Friday, August 17, 2007

International business expert at UH-Hilo Aug. 29

Advertiser Staff

Brian Bacon, an internationally-renowned expert in corporate turnarounds and an advisor to heads of state and multinational corporations, will be at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo Aug. 29 for a rare Hawai'i appearance.

Bacon will give a two-hour talk from 7-9 p.m. entitled "The Winds of Change - A World Cafe Conversation" in which he will discuss the driving forces charting the future of today's world. It will be held in the Campus Center Dining Room.

Tickets are available exclusively to UH-Hilo and Hawai'i Community College students, faculty, staff and community leaders until Aug. 23. Students may attend the event for free. Faculty and staff will be charged $5.

Tickets will be available to the community beginning Aug. 23 for $10.

To reserve a ticket, send an email to UHHSA at: uhhsa0708@gmail.com. For students put "Student ticket" in the subject line. For community leaders put "community leader ticket" in the subject line. For faculty put "faculty ticket" in the subject line. For community members put "community ticket" in the subject line.

The event is sponsored by the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Student Association (UHHSA).

Tickets will be available at Will Call two hours prior to the event. Those not claimed by 6:50 p.m. on the evening of the event will be given away.