Steve Forbes will speak at the University of Iowa on Sept. 12, according to a campus-wide email.

Forbes, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, will be part of a panel discussion called “The Power of a Game Plan” in the IMU Main Lounge at 3:30 p.m. that day. John Schlifske, the chairman and chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual, will join Forbes at the discussion, the email said.

The event is free and open to UI students, faculty, and staff, but those interested in attending must RSVP. Attendees can register online at http://www.iowajpec.org/calendar/register.cfm?eid=403.

Northwestern Mutual and the UI Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center are cosponsoring the discussion.