T. Boone Pickens’ Speech Broadcast Live at University Place
9/11/2009 (Kelley Indianapolis)
The IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis will host a special live viewing of the Sept. 18 speech by businessman and energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who will be speaking at the IU-Bloomington campus.
The speech, titled “America’s Foreign Oil Dependency Crisis,” will be streamed live to the auditorium at University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus to allow interested people in Indianapolis a venue to enjoy the presentation.
The event is free and open to the public, although seating is limited. To pre-register for the Indianapolis viewing, please contact Dave Hosick with Kelley Indianapolis at 317.274.6856. Registration also will take place on site beginning at 9 a.m. at the conference center, at 850 W. Michigan St.
Pickens has made headlines in recent years for his $58 million advertising campaign aimed at making America more energy independent. He has championed the use of wind power and natural gas as alternative energy sources to reduce the amount of oil imported into the country. More information about Pickens’ plan can be found at Pickens Plan.
Because of his reputation as a hugely successful businessman, Pickens has generated an enormous amount of interest with his grassroots campaign to support energy independence.
In 1956, he founded Mesa Petroleum, an independent oil company, and it went on to become one of the nation’s largest and best-known independent oil companies. He later became a successful investment fund operator with BP Capital Management, valued at more than $4 billion. Pickens also owns a large stake in the groundwater rights across the United States and is the founder of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a clean energy company advancing the use of natural gas as a fuel alternative.
Pickens’ speech also will be webcast at broadcast.iu.edu.
