Gary Parsons to speak at two conferences next week

XM Satellite Radio Chairman Gary Parsons is continuing to increase his public profile with the addition of two speaking gigs in the coming week.

Gary will first present at the Merrill Lynch's conference in Marina Del Ray on Tuesday, September 18th - the same conference that Mel Karmazin will be speaking at the day prior. You can catch a live webcast of the presentation from approximately 9:30am to 10:10am Pacific Time (12:30pm to 1:10pm Eastern).

Additionally, Parsons will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs' Communacopia XVI 2007 Conference in NYC, the day after on Wednesday, September 19th. Again, you can tune in via a live webcast from 2:50pm to 3:30pm ET, followed by a breakout session at 3:35pm ET.

Both presentations will be available as archived audio, in case you miss either of them.

The XM Chairman also recently appeared on CNBC to discuss the XM-Sirius merger prospects. While nothing "new" was revealed (well... at least for Orbitcast readers) it's good to see Parsons increasing his public profile. Mel has traditionally held the limelight in the merger PR battle, but with this being a "merger of equals" it's important - and refreshing - to see the XM Chair doing his share of public appearances.