Contact:
Cara Battaglini
+1.703.647.4917
cara@sla.org
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to Speak at
2007 SLA Annual Conference in Denver
Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 11 October 2006 - The Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced today that former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will deliver the opening keynote address during the 2007 SLA Annual Conference in Denver 3-6 June, 2007. Gore will speak to conference participants on Sunday, 3 June during the LexisNexis sponsored SLA 2007 Opening General Session. Gore is also expected to sign copies of his new book prior to his address at the Colorado Convention Center.
"I am thrilled that Vice President Gore is coming to address the SLA conference. Throughout his career in public service, he has recognized and championed the gathering, and use of, quality and insightful information," said SLA Chief Executive Officer Janice Lachance. "His dedication to good information has resulted in his visionary leadership on leading edge issues such as the environment, and the use of technology as an educational and economic driver. Al Gore has always been a person ahead of his time and SLA is honored to welcome a leader of such stature and accomplishment to our conference."
Gore is currently on the paperback best-seller list with the companion book to An Inconvenient Truth, his documentary on global warming. The film, released in June 2006, is the fourth highest grossing documentary of all time and offers a passionate and inspirational look at Gore's crusade to halt global warming by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. Gore's critically acclaimed work seeks to examine the truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" through this portrait of his traveling global warming show.
Gore recently announced he intends to write a third book, The Assault on Reason, which is described as an examination of how "the public arena has grown more hostile to reason," and how solving problems such as global warming is impeded by a political culture with a pervasive "unwillingness to let facts drive decisions." The book is slated to be published immediately prior to his appearance at the SLA Annual Conference in Denver.
About Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is Chairman of Current TV. He also serves as Chairman of Generation Investment Management, is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc.
Al Gore was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and served four terms. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990, and was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993. During that time, Al Gore was a central member of President Clinton's economic team. He served as President of the Senate, a Cabinet member, a member of the National Security Council, and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives.
Al Gore led the Clinton Administration's efforts to protect the global environment and authored a best selling book on the topic, Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (1992).
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org
RSS
Feedback form
