New York, NY (September 21, 2015) – First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver remarks to the 450 women leaders in business, politics, media, education and philanthropy at Fortune’s annual Most Powerful Women Summit, a Time Inc. event, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

 

In her remarks, Mrs. Obama will speak about the Let Girls Learn initiative, which seeks to help the more than 62 million girls around the world who are not in school—half of whom are of adolescent age—go to school and stay in school, as well as about how organizations can support this important issue. Her remarks at the Kogod Courtyard will begin at 7:15 p.m. ET and will be live streamed on Fortune.com. Press registration is required.

 

The Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit features interviews, panel discussions, breakout sessions and high-level networking among the attendees. The many speakers at this year’s event include US Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser, US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, US Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson, Ivanka Trump, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Fox News’s Megyn Kelly, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, Katie Couric, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

 

Among the Fortune 500 CEOs and members of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list committed to speak are Mary Barra of GM, Ursula Burns of Xerox, Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin, Ginni Rometty of IBM, Irene Rosenfeld of Mondelez and Cathy Engelbert of Deloitte.

 

See the full agenda: http://bit.ly/1ODtFZK

 

The Most Powerful Women summit is an invitation-only event taking place October 12–14 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and at the National Portrait Gallery’s Kogod Courtyard in Washington, DC.

 

Fortune’s 2015 Most Powerful Women in Business list is featured now on www.fortune.com/mpw, as well as in the September 15 issue of Fortune.

 

 

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