ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio University Telecommunications Center (WOUB) will host MainEvent 2002, an interactive Global Town Hall on key topics of leadership for women, Thursday, April 11, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. The teleconference will be held in the Baker University Center Ballroom on Ohio University's Athens campus.

Registration is $10 ($5 for students) and includes a continental breakfast during registration from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and lunch at 12:30 p.m. To register, you can e-mail damronw@ohiou.edu, call (740) 593-4951 or 593-4952, or send your name, place of employment or school, address, phone number and a check for the registration amount to: MainEvent 2002, WOUB, 9 South College Street, Athens, OH, 45701. If you call or e-mail to reserve a place, you can turn in the registration fee when you sign in. Please make all checks payable to the Ohio University Telecommunications Center.

Using satellite technology and live, interactive webcasts, attendees network with one another, not only in their individual locations, but also in corporate locations around the world and on hundreds of college and university campuses. MainEvent 2002 promises to be the best ever, featuring some of the most remarkable leaders in the world, including business and political powerhouses such as Kathleen Bader, Dow Chemical Company; Charlotte Beers, Undersecretary of State; Pat Mitchell, PBS; Rayona Sharpnack, Institute for Women's Leadership; Debra Lee, Black Entertainment Television; Tom Peters, author and management guru; Michele Hanson, The Minute Maid Company; and more.

This year's MainEvent topics include "Carpe Diem: Finding Heroism in Our Work"; "ET, Phone Home: How Can You Leave the Office If You're Always 'There'?"; "Going the Full 360: The Best Leadership is Gender Neutral"; "Think Globally, Act Locally (and vice versa): Developing the Killer Network"; and "Not Your Father's Workplace: How to Create -- and Find -- a Corporate Culture Where People Want to Work."

WOUB's local panel includes Kathy Krendl, dean of Ohio University's College of Communication; Christine Taylor, Ohio University associate vice president for Administration; Pat Gyi, League of Women Voters and director of Equity Programs for the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine; and Rosemary Pennington, recent Ohio University journalism graduate and interim WOUB News managing editor.

For more information, visit www.womenfuture.com.