(ORLANDO, FL) - The National Association of Realtors, representing 1.2 million professionals, expects 25,000 attendees at its 2008 Realtor® Conference & Expo at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Nov. 7-10.

More than 500 exhibitors are expected to display their products at the four-day event. The conference theme is "Destination Success--Full Speed Ahead."

NAR has lined up national speakers for the program. Among them are James B. Lockhardt III, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director;  NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun; Dr. Paul C. Light, New York University Wagner's Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Organizational Performance Initiative; Dr. Mark Dotzour, Chief Economist, Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University; and Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor.

Armstrong's message is entitled, "Choose to be a Champion in Life."  

A complete list of the program's educational sessions and times are available at www.realtor.org/convention.nsf/

Stephanie Singer of NAR will field questions on registration and other program highlights. She may be reached at 1 202 383 1050 and by Email at ssinger@realtors.org.

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