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Two corporate giants — former Hewlett Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina and JetBlue founder David Neeleman — will speak at a Zions Bank trade and business conference next month.

Fiorina will discuss global competitiveness and innovation during her keynote speech. The conference will be presented at the Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel in Salt Lake City on May 23.

Fiorina is a co-chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Executive Council on Development. She is a member of the Initiative for Global Development's Leadership Council. Fiorina is a founding supporter of the African Leadership Academy, a founder of the One Woman Initiative, and serves on the advisory board of the Foundation for Health Coverage Education.

Fiorina led HP from 1999 to 2005, before she was forced out by the board of directors over the company's controversial deal to buy then-rival Compaq in 2002. Considered risky at the time, the acquisition did not produce the shareholder returns or profits Fiorina had promised. Judged by the company's stock price, however, the deal was a success. Since Fiorina's ouster, HP's shares have gained more than 160 percent.

Neeleman founded JetBlue in 1998, after operating Morris Air in Utah, which was later sold to Southwest Airlines. He was ousted by the airline's board in 2007, three months after an ice storm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport caused a massive service meltdown that stranded thousands of passengers and grounded jets for hours.

Neeleman went on to start Azul, a Brazilian airline, in 2008. In its first 12 months, Azul flew 2.2 million passengers, breaking the previous record for a startup carrier, which was held by JetBlue.

Additional speakers at the conference will be Max Boot, a military historian and foreign policy analyst at the Council of Foreign Relations; and Stephen Moore, an economics writer at The Wall Street Journal.

The conference runs from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost is $35, which includes lunch.

Register online at http://www.zionsbank.com/conference or call 801-844-8573.

Seating is limited.

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If you go • Zions Bank trade and business conference

P When • 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., May 23.

Cost • $35, includes lunch.

Where• Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel, 75 S. West Temple

To register • zionsbank.com/conference or call 801-844-8573.