Heads of State, Leading CEOs, Entrepreneurs and World-Renowned Artists Gather in New York City From September 22-23 for the 2010 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit

NEW YORK, September 20, 2010 - The Louise Blouin Foundation (LBF) is pleased to announce the fifth
annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit (BCLS), a forum in partnership with
the United Nations Office of Partnerships that engages in dialogue and
exchanges best practices to successfully confront the challenges and
opportunities brought about by globalization over the coming decade.

From September 22 - 23, 2010, 100 international heads of state, global
CEOs, entrepreneurs, scholars, artists and thought-leaders will assemble in
New York to address critical issues of the 21st century surrounding economic
recovery, global governance, environmental reform, foreign policy, education,
health, poverty and development and technology.

"It is essential that our world leaders engage around the urgent issues
facing us - our collective future; our opportunities and challenges, and how
to develop solutions that will ensure a safer, healthier and more prosperous
planet," says Louise Blouin, Founder and Chairman of LBF. "The BCLS is about
acclaimed global leaders discussing, debating and taking action on issues
that effect us all, across borders and cultures."

The 2010 BCLS heads of state include Prime Ministers from the
Netherlands, Mongolia, St. Lucia and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago;
Presidents of Honduras and the Republic of Namibia; and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Estonia. They will be joined by delegates
including Mark Angelson (World Color Press), Louise Arbour (International
Crisis Group), Francesco Bandarin (UNESCO World Heritage Center), Lisa
Dennison (Sotheby's North and South America), Arianna Huffington (The
Huffington Post), Chris Hughes (Facebook), artist Alex Katz, designer Bruce
Mau, H.E. Amre Moussa (League of Arab States), Lieutenant General Robert
Schmidle (US Cyber Command), Ali Velshi (CNN), Juan Ignacio Vidarte
(Guggenheim Museum Bilbao), Monique Villa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) and
Kandeh Yumkella (UNIDO). For a full list of BCLS participants and panel
topics, or to register, please visit:
www.creativeleadershipsummit.org.

The BCLS will conclude with the Louise Blouin Foundation Awards Ceremony
and Gala, a celebration dedicated to honoring leaders in politics, science,
business and the arts who have made extraordinary contributions on a global
level. This year's honorees include Amir Dossal, Philippe de Montebello,
Yue-Sai Kan, Alex Katz and Nicholas Negroponte.

Contact: Eunice Kim, +1-646-753-9061, ekim@artinfo.com

Eunice Kim of the Louise Blouin Foundation, +1-646-753-9061, ekim at artinfo.com