The Black Business Student Association at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business invites you to attend the 41st Annual Alfred L. Edwards Conference and Celebration. Michigan Ross' longest-running conference will kickoff on Friday, Feb. 10, with Susan L. Taylor as the 2017 William K. McInally Memorial Lecture keynote speaker. Taylor is the former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine and the Founder/CEO of CARES National Mentoring Movement. This year's conference theme is "Breakthrough to Excellence: Investing in You and Your Community." The ALE Conference includes various sessions/workshops that focus on the issues, challenges and opportunities encountered by underrepresented minorities in the business world. The keynote address will be in Ross' Robertson Auditorium and is free and open to the public. To register, click on the "Keynote address tickets" link provided below.