Wayne State University will host a stellar line-up of speakers and panel discussion facilitators at its fourth annual E2detroit Entrepreneur's Conference on Wednesday, October 8, 2008.

Guest speakers will include Lisa Stern, CEO and founder of Big Communications, a successful Michigan-based company consistently on the INC 500 list for the past five years, will present "Building a Culture of Success," a guide for entrepreneurial venture. In addition, Mary Ellen Sheets, founder and chair of Two Men and a Truck® International, Inc. will present a keynote address on Franchising: Proven Strategies for Success.

Sandy Pierce, president and CEO of Charter One Bank will offer her wisdom on the fast-changing world of banking industry transformation and how it will affect small businesses now and in the months and years to come. David Brandon, president and chief executive officer of Domino's Pizza will present, Entrepreneurial Spirit and Innovative Thought: Making a Corporate Cultural Norm.

"Listening to Michigan's entrepreneurial leaders, who are also internationally renowned business leaders, will give you the courage and insight to pursue your ideas as they did to become highly successful entrepreneurs right here in Michigan," commented Judy Johncox, director of Venture Development at Wayne State University. "Join us and benefit from the emergence of a new spirit of entrepreneurship."

For more information or to register for E2detroit, visit www.E2detroit.com. Special discounts are available for members of a community partner organization, and Wayne State University alumni, faculty, administrative staff, and students.

Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting, ranking in the top 50 in R & D expenditures of all public universities by the National Science Foundation. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and throughout the world.