LAS VEGAS -- President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker for the Summer 2011 Las Vegas Market, Aug. 1-5.

"A Conversation with Bill Clinton" will focus on the challenge of globalization, emphasize our growing interdependence and point the way toward a common future based on shared goals and values.

"Globalization has changed the furnishings industry more significantly than anything else in our time," said Robert Maricich, World Market Center Las Vegas president and chief executive officer. "It indisputably has created new challenges as well as opportunities for our industry."