The University of Louisiana at Monroe will host the regional Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference Wednesday, Feb. 13, beginning with registration at 7:30 a.m.

Over 700 junior and senior high students from schools across northeast Louisiana will compete in a variety of events for a chance to move on to the state level of competition.

After registration, the first testing session will be from 8 – 9 a.m. in the Student Union Building Ballrooms A – D. An opening general assembly will begin in Brown Auditorium at 9 a.m., with more testing following until noon.

Then, there will be a voting assembly to elect officers for the group. At 1 p.m., the current events competition will occur in Brown Auditorium, followed by the awards assembly at 2 p.m.

The ULM College of Business Administration gives a $1,000 scholarship to the top winner, and ULM gives a $1000 award to the other top winner (one male and one female, in all).