WHAT:
New Michigan Media (NMM) will host its Immigration and Michigan's Economic Future conference with Gov. Rick Snyder, who will deliver the keynote address on the role of immigrants and immigration in the revitalization of the state's economy.

The conference, presented in collaboration with Global Detroit and sponsored by the McCormick Foundation and the New Economy Initiative, also includes presentations and panel discussions with former Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos Jr., Detroit City Councilman Kenneth Cockrel Jr., as well as several other business, media, philanthropic, academic and community leaders.

WHEN:
Monday, July 18, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Keynote by Gov. Snyder: 12:30-2 p.m. (in Community Arts Auditorium)

WHERE:
McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 Ferry Mall
Community Arts Auditorium, 450 Reuther Mall
Parking is available in Structure #1 for $4.75.

MORE INFO:
New Michigan Media is a network of ethnic and minority media across the state of Michigan, organized in 2006 by Hayg Oshagan. In addition to being NMM's director, Oshagan is associate professor and director of media arts and studies in Wayne State University's Department of Communication. The NMM network includes more than 100 ethnic and minority media outlets in Michigan, which represent hundreds of thousands of readers, viewers and listeners in the Michigan media market.

For a complete schedule of events, visit www.newmichiganmedia.com. Call Matt Lockwood at (313) 577-9098 or Rasheda Williams at (313) 577-8094 by Friday, July 15, for media RSVP.

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Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution of higher education offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.