Pres. Monson to speak at BYU Women's Conference

 PROVO — President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be the concluding speaker during this year's Brigham Young University Women's Conference. He will address the attendees at 3:45 p.m. on May 2 in the Marriott Center.Sheri Dew, president and CEO of Deseret Book and a former counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, will introduce this year's theme, "Awake, Arise, and Come unto Him," taken from Moroni 10:30-32, at the conference's opening session on Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Marriott Center.The conference will feature a broad range of instructional sessions and a service event that will "Make the Pathway Bright."Registration for the conference is $47, or $27 for one day. BYU faculty, staff and students with a BYU ID are eligible for a reduced registration of $15 for the full conference or $8 for either Thursday or Friday.Registration may be completed by phone at (801) 422-8925, online at womensconference.byu.edu or in person in the lobby of the Harman Building located northeast of the Marriott Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Delayed broadcasts of selected sessions of the conference will be aired on Thursday and Friday, May 15-16, from 2 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. on BYU TV and byubroadcasting.org. President Monson's address is scheduled to be shown at the end of the May 16 broadcast. Selected sessions will also be available on KBYU-TV, Channel 11 in Utah, in late May. Visit byutv.org for complete broadcast schedules.For more information, visit womensconference.byu.edu, call (801) 422-7692 or e-mail womensconference@byu.edu.