Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will be the keynote speaker at the company"s new "technical training event" next month, HP Technology Forum 2005, HP announced Monday.
The news comes after Hurd came under criticism for not planning to speak at the HP World 2005 Conference & Expo due to a scheduling conflict. The conference was later cancelled.
The forum will be held Sept. 12-15 in New Orleans, in conjunction with the Encompass and Open View Forum International user groups.