Sir David Frost, the veteran British TV host and producer, is to headline History Makers: International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers 2008 in New York City, Jan. 17-19, organizer Achilles Media said Thursday.

Frost, currently working for al-Jazeera International, is best known for past big-get interviews with Richard Nixon after Watergate and Henry Kissinger.

Toronto-based Achilles recently broadened its history TV producers conference, formerly known as the World Congress of History Producers, to include news and current affairs programmers.