Energy Pioneer T. Boone Pickens to Speak at Florida Forum on October 15
Series Presented by The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital

Jacksonville, Florida, September 21, 2009 -- Tickets are still available to hear investor, author and oilman T. Boone Pickens speak at the 2009-2010 Florida Forum.

On Thursday, October 15, Mr. Pickens will be discussing "Energy and its concerns: The road to a sustainable energy policy." Lectures begin at 7 pm in the Florida Theatre.

In July 2008, the sometimes controversial Pickens launched the Pickens Plan, which includes an ambitious, self-funded grassroots campaign aimed at reducing the United States' crippling dependence on imported oil through transitioning to natural gas based energy. The much-publicized campaign drew national attention and prompted Pickens to advise then-Senator Barack Obama on his campaign energy policy. Pickens was most recently in the news over a tiff with newly appointed Senator Al Franken over Pickens' involvement in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Pickens is the founder and chairman of BP Capital Management and is principally responsible for the formulation of the energy futures investment strategy of the BP Capital Commodity and Equity Funds. With more than $4 billion under its management, BP Capital manages one of the nation's most successful energy-oriented investment funds. His new book, The First Billion is the Hardest, details what the U.S. must do to win back its energy independence. CNBC has coined him the "Oracle of Oil."

For ticket information, contact The Women's Board at 904.202.2886 or visit www.thefloridaforum.com.