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ICGN
Annual Conference 2005
"Constructive
dialogue to promote long term value" |
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Wednesday 6 July
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| 15:00 – 18:00 |
Registration |
| 19:30 – 21:00 |
Welcome Reception
hosted by the Department for Trade & Industry
Lancaster House
Welcome address by the Secretary of State for Trade &
Industry
The Right Honourable Alan Johnson, MP
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| 21:00 – 22:30 |
Optional tour on the ‘London Eye’ Millennium
Wheel |
Thursday 7 July
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| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Welcoming
remarks
Alastair Ross Goobey, Chairman ICGN,
United Kingdom |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
The new agenda
for international corporate governance: progress to date
and unfinished business
This opening session brings together ICGN Award winners
from different regions to reflect upon the lessons learned
in corporate governance reform to date, their perspectives
on future priorities, what needs to be tackled and how.
Scene setting
• Sir Adrian Cadbury, United
Kingdom
• Ira Millstein, United States |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Debate
followed by an exchange with the Floor
• Professor Hasung Jang, Chairman,
Peoples Movement for Participatory Democracy, Korea
• Claude Lamoureux, President &
Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Teachers’ Pension
Plan, Canada
• Jaap Winter,
Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, The Netherlands
Moderator:
Anne Simpson, Executive Director ICGN,
United Kingdom |
| 10:30 -11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 -12:45 |
The
globalisation of corporate governance regulation: cross
border issues
In the wake of corporate collapse and scandals, the global
regulatory environment has become tougher and more complex.
What are the advantages of market solutions versus statute
and regulation?
• Keynote address
Congressman Michael G. Oxley, US House
of Representatives
After the keynote address a debate will take
place with:
• Paul Boyle, Chief Executive
Officer, Financial Reporting Council, United Kingdom
• Kayla Gillan, Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board, United States
• Bill Parrett, Chief Executive
Officer, Deloitte, United States
• Jean-Pierre Hellebuyck, Vice
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Axa Investment
Managers, France
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Charkham CBE,
Director, Mizuho International, Japan |
| 12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:45 |
Active
ownership: strategies within and across borders
Shareholders are increasingly expected to have active
communication, voting and engagement strategies which
should promote enterprise value and accountability, both
within and across borders. Are active shareholders striking
the right balance between ensuring accountability and
value and avoiding interference with management prerogatives?
Scene setting:
• The Honourable. E. Norman Veasey,
Former Chief Justice Delaware, Chairman of the American
Bar Association Commercial Law Committee, United States
Debate followed by an exchange with the floor
• Mark Anson, Chief Investment
Officer, CalPERS, United States
• David Jackson, Company Secretary,
BP, United Kingdom
• Heinz-Joachim Neubürger,
Chief Financial Officer, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft,
Germany
• Lindsay Tomlinson, Vice Chairman,
Barclays Global Investors, United Kingdom
Moderator:
John Plender, The Financial Times,
The United Kingdom |
| 15:15 – 15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45 - 17:15 |
Hot
topic workshops:
A What drives value? The importance of non-financial
disclosure
• Moderator: Marianne Huve-Allard
• Speakers: Jesus Estanislao, Raj Thamotheram,
Bengt Hallqvist, William Browder
B Asia: exploring the drivers for change
• Moderator: Teresa Barger
• Speakers: Nami Matsuko, Lu Tong, Jamie
Allen
C Auditors and accountants: what do investors
need?
• Moderator: David Marsh
• Speakers: Robert Hodgkinson
D Do what we say not what we do: issues in
investor governance
• Moderator: Peter Clapman
• Speakers: Janice Hester Amey, Pernilla
Klein, Tom Powdrill
E Putting principles into practice: the dynamics
of the boardroom
• Moderator: Melsa Ararat
• Speakers: Holly Gregory, Rosemary Martin
F Executive remuneration: has anything changed?
• Moderator: Prof. Lutgart Van den Berghe
• Speakers: George Moller, Peter Montangon,
Keith Johnson |
| From 19:30 |
Welcome
reception and gala dinner
Welcome address: The Lord Mayor, Corporation of London
Guest of honour: The Honourable Myron Steele,
Chief Justice, State of Delaware, United
States, who will present the ICGN Corporate Governance
Awards |
| from 23:00 |
Return coaches |
Friday 8 July
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| 07:45 - 08:45 |
Hot Topic
Workshop feedback session sponsored by Entwistle &
Cappucci Speaker:
Bob Monks, Founder, Lens Governance Advisors,
United States
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| 08:45 – 10:30 |
Accountability
and responsibility in the boardroom: making it happen
How do boards of directors address the growing pressures
to ensure accountability and fairness to shareholders
as well as other stakeholders in different legal, regulatory
and cultural environments? What are the competing pressures
which need to be understood in balancing these?
Scene setting:
• Pat Canavan, Vice President,
Motorola, United States
• Sir David Clementi, Chairman,
Prudential
Debate followed by an exchange with the Floor:
• Ann Byrne, Chief Executive
Officer, UniSuper, Australia
• Prof, Marjorie Fine Knowles,
Trustee TIAA-Cref, United States
• Chris Hitchen, Chief Executive
Officer, Railways Pension Trustee Company, United Kingdom
• Roderick Munsters, Chief Executive
Officer, ABP Investments, The Netherlands
Moderator:
Ann Yerger, Chief Executive Officer,
Council of Institutional Investors, United States |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 |
Corporate
governance: private interest and the public good
International guidelines have been agreed to promote
corporate governance reform worldwide sponsored by both
public and private sector bodies. What are the tensions
between the private and public agendas for reform, and
where is there common ground.
Keynote address:
• The Honourable Don Johnston,
Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, United States
Debate followed by an exchange with the Floor:
• Dr Hatsuo Aoki, Chairman,
Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan
• Ken Georgetti, President Canadian
Labour Congress, Canada and Chair, Joint ICFTU/GUF/TUAC
Committee on Workers' Capital
• Russell Loubser, Chief Executive
Officer, JSE Securities Exchange, South Africa
• Alain Leclair, Chairman, Association
Française de la Gestion Financière, France
Moderator:
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman, London
Stock Exchange |
| 12:15 – 12:45 |
Keynote
address
Charlie
McCreevy, European Commissioner for the Internal
Market and Services |
| 12:45 -13:00 |
Closing
remarks and thanks to the Corporation of London
• Alastair
Ross Goobey, ICGN Chairman, United Kingdom
• Michael Snyder, Chairman Policy
and Resources Committee, Corporation of London, United
Kingdom |
| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 16:00 |
ICGN
2005 Annual General Meeting
Non-members are welcome to join the meeting as observers. |
| 16:00 – 17:30 |
Farewell drinks |
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