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(For Immediate Release)

“Slate 60” Conference to Gather Decade’s
Top Philanthropists at Clinton Presidential Library

President Clinton, Ted Turner, William H. Gates Sr. To Speak at Conference on Innovative Philanthropy

(New York – August 14, 2006) — Slate Magazine today announced an event that will convene America’s most generous charitable donors.

The Slate 60 Conference on Innovative Philanthropy will take place at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., on November 12 and 13, 2006. It is co-sponsored by Slate Magazine, the Clinton Foundation and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

President Clinton will attend the conference and give a keynote address. Other confirmed participants include CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner, whose challenge led to the creation of the Slate 60, and William H. Gates Sr., co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In 1996, Ted Turner suggested that, just as there's the Forbes magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, there should be a list of the Americans who give the most to charity each year. Slate Magazine (www.Slate.com) quickly took up the challenge, publishing a list of the 60 Americans who give the most to charity each year and analyzing their contributions. Since 2001, the Slate 60 list has been compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy and published each year by Slate.

People who have appeared on the Slate 60 list include Turner, Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Dell, Pierre Omidyar, David Rockefeller, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Steve Case and many others.

Invited guests will include all living people named on the Slate 60 lists in the last 10 years; family members of people who were listed and are not alive, and luminaries and experts in the world of philanthropy. The gathering will feature panel discussions, keynote speakers and a dinner honoring the attendees. The conference will be webcast on Slate.com, and a special section of Slate Magazine will highlight innovations in philanthropy.

Full release at this link: http://www.slate.com/id/2078017/sidebar/2147656/

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