The Insurance Accounting & Systems Association said formerSecretary of State Colin L. Powell will give the keynote speech atits annual meeting next year.

Scheduled for June 4, 2007, in Minneapolis, the IASA AnnualEducational Conference & Business Show will offer continuingprofessional education credits for nearly 70 sessions in topicareas concerning property-casualty, reinsurance and life-healthcompanies.

IASA said over 200 exhibitors and solution providers areexpected to be on hand.

Steve Meziere, president of IASA and president of Life ofAmerica Insurance Company, commented, “We have a very powerfultheme for next year–Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow–and Gen.Powell certainly embodies much of what we are striving toconvey.”

Mr. Powell was secretary of state in the George W. Bushadministration. Prior to being named secretary he served as a keyaide to the secretary of defense and as national security advisorto President Reagan. He served for 35 years in the U.S. Army,attaining the rank of four-star general and chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff.

Gen. Powell is currently a limited partner at Kleiner PerkinsCaufield & Byers, a California venture capital firm.

Online registration for the IASA Annual Educational Conference& Business Show will begin in early January. Conference detailsare obtainable through the IASA Web site at www.iasa.org, orMargaret McKeon, IASA conference director, at 636-978-9328 [email protected].