Queen of Jordan at Microsoft CEO Summit

So a queen, a secretary and a salesman walk into a conference room ... and how does the rest of it go?

More than a hundred chief executives will find out Wednesday, at Microsoft's 14th annual CEO Summit in Redmond.

The attendee mix includes the Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a number of corporate titans: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton, J.P. Morgan Chase CEO James Dimon and IAC CEO Barry Diller.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will speak about cloud computing to the crowd of about 125 people Wednesday afternoon. The business leaders represent 11 million employees in 27 countries, Microsoft said.

While Ballmer's speech will be broadcast over the Web, the other sessions at Microsoft's executive briefing center will be closed to the public.

The queen of Jordan will receive a humanitarian award from the Tech Museum on Wednesday at the event. Although the museum is based in San Jose, Calif., the organization will present the award on Microsoft's campus.

The 2010 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award is given to innovators who use technology for the benefit of humanity. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Al Gore are past winners.

Queen Al Abdullah works on education issues internationally and domestically. She has 1.3 million followers on Twitter, where she describes herself as "a mum and a wife with a really cool day job. "

Sharon Pian Chan: 206-464-2958 or schan@seattletimes.com