Two Emmy winners are among the speakers at LSU event

BATON ROUGE - CNN anchor and Emmy winner Miles O'Brien will join an impressive list of speakers at LSU's upcoming international symposium on risk and exploration, Oct. 28-30. "Risk & Exploration: Earth as a Classroom," will be held on LSU's campus and is free and open to the public and the media. O'Brien is scheduled to speak on Monday, Oct. 29, from 9:05 to 9:45 a.m. Central time and will serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled "Risks of Nature: Impact of and Response to Hurricane Katrina," which is slated for 10:40 a.m. until noon. The panel will feature such guests as Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin "Kip" Holden, LSU Police Chief Ricky Adams and NASA-Michoud official Stephen A. Turner.