NEW YORK - Paul Solman, the popular business and economics correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, will be the keynote speaker on Sept. 25th for the opening session and subsequent afternoon panel discussion at the API Polyurethanes 2006 Technical Conference. He will address the topic "China on the Rise" and the current global economic climate.

The conference is being held at the Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City. For more information, visit www.polyurethane.org/conferences/ expo/2006/info.asp.