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Headlines Hamel to Speak in Hawaii AACSB International has announced key- note speakers for its International Conference and Annual Meeting, which will be held April 13 through 15 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. Author and business guru Gary Minority Students Plan for B-School Students of color in the "millennial" gen- eration are increasingly focused on jobs in business, and they are particularly interested in stable and challenging careers. Those are some of the findings from a new report, Serving those Poised for Success: Increasing Access to Business Educa- tion and Business Careers, which surveyed students of color born between 1978 and 2000. The sur- vey was conducted by the Diversity Pipeline Alliance, a network cre- ated by the Graduate Management Admission Council to increase the pool of students of color prepared for leadership and management. Among those surveyed, 62 per- cent of African Americans, 54 per- cent of Hispanics, and 43 percent of Native Americans indicated they were interested in business careers. Eighty percent of all respondents expected to be better off than their 8 BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2008 parents both educationally and financially. This survey coincides with data from the National Center for Educational Statistics showing significant increases in students of color receiving business degrees at both the bachelor's and master's lev- els over the past five years. According to Nicole Chestang, chief client officer for GMAC, this is a critical time for organizations and stakeholders to commit resources to diversity initiatives. "We must stay focused on this generation of stu- dents who are poised for success— they will need sustained support to succeed," she says. Responses were drawn from near- ly 1,000 surveys completed online by Hispanic, African American, and Native American students attend- ing high school and college. The survey was conducted by Widmeyer Research & Polling and sponsored by Deloitte & Touche. More infor- mation is available online at www.diversitypipeline.org. Hamel will be a plenary speaker on the topic of "The Ultimate Com- petitive Advantage." Hamel is the chairman of Strategos, director of the Woodside Institute, and visiting professor of strategic and interna- tional management at the London Business School. In his ICAM presentation, Hamel will show busi- ness school administrators how to anticipate management challenges, manage for ongoing innovation, and become industry leaders. Speaking on the topic of "Island Wisdom, Global Solutions" will be David Cole, CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company. Cole has led companies in a wide range of industries, from software to pub- lishing to agriculture to hospitality, and he is now focusing on building holistic communities that integrate agriculture, new technologies, wise stewardship of natural resources, and sustainability. The business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma also will recognize its international honoree at the conference in Hawaii. This year's honoree, Chung Po-yang, is co- founder and chairman emeritus of DHL International. He will speak on "Redesigning Your Personal Brand for the Global Marketplace." More information about the confer- ence can be found online at www. aacsb.edu. ANDERSEN ROSS/PUNCHSTOCK