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Programme
July the 4th, 2009
Welcoming social event: 4th of July picnic and fireworks 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Omni Shoreham GardensJuly the 5th, 2009
ICGN Committee meetings 9:00am - 3:30pm
Registration for conference delegates 10:00am - 6:00pm
The Board at Work: stewardship for value 4:30pm - 6:00pm
What can we learn from different markets about issues such as independent oversight, stewardship for performance, reporting and communication with shareholders, ethics and new areas such as evaluation.
Keynote Address
Ira Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Senior Associate Dean, Yale Center for Corporate Governance and Performance
Global Perspectives
Jesus Estanislao, Chairman, Institute of Corporate Directors, The Philippines
Dominique de la Garanderie, Renault and Garanderie & Partners
Moderator
Peter Dey, Chairman, Paradigm Capital, Canada
Conference Welcome 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Christian Strenger, ICGN Chairman
Reception at the Corcoran Art Gallery 7:30pm - 10:30pm
coaches depart from the Omni Shoreham Parkview entrance at 19:00
July the 6th, 2009
Breakfast debate: all change at the stock exchanges? 8:00am - 9:00am
André Baladi, Euronext International Advisory Board
Peter Clapman, Chief Executive Officer, Governance For Owners USA, Inc
Christian Strenger, Company Director and Government Adviser, DWS Investment GmbH
Moderator
John Plender, Financial Times
Breakfast Meeting 8:00am - 11:00pm
Governance and Value Creation 9:00am - 10:00am
There is evidence and argument that corporate governance is critical to performance. What are the key issues?
Opening Remarks
Mark Anson, CEO, Hermes Investment Management
Global Perspectives
Eric Knight, Knight Vincke, Europe
Siri Marshall, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, General Mills
Ralph Whitworth, Relational Investors
Questions and discussion
Moderator
Peter Clapman, ICGN 2006 organising committee chairman
A conversation between Nell Minow and Bob Iger, CEO of Disney 10:30am - 11:00am
Break 11:00am - 11:30am
Shareholder Rights: time for glasnost in governance? 11:30am - 12:30pm
How can communication between investors and companies be improved?
Keynote address
Paul Atkins, SEC Commissioner
Global Perspectives
Peggy Foran, Senior Vice President & Corporate Counsel, Pfizer
Chris Hitchen, Chairman, Institutional Shareholders Committee, UK, and Railpen Investments
Heinz Neubürger, former CFO, Siemens, Germany
Questions and discussion
Moderator
Alastair Ross Goobey, Chairman, ICGN Shareholder Rights Committee
Lunch 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Investing in Sustainable Development: the value question 1:30pm - 2:45pm
How does corporate governance contribute to sustainable development?
Keynote Address
Paul Wolfowitz, President, The World Bank Group
Global Perspectives
José Guimaraes Montforte, Chairman, Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance
Geoff Rothschild, Director, Government and International Affairs, JSE, South Africa
Moderator
John Wilcox, Chairman of the ICGN Cross Border Voting Committee, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
Break 2:45pm - 3:15pm
The ICGN Round the World Tour 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Parallel sessions led by international leaders in the field, with in-depth regional knowledge
Session I - USA: what needs to be done now, and how?
Moderator
Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library
Speakers
Betsy Atkins, Polycom
Jay Eisenhofer, Grant & Eisenhofer
Janice Hester-Amey, California State Teachers' Retirement System
Bob Pozen, Chairman, MFS Investment Management
Session II - The European Action Plan: unfinished business
Moderator
Stilpon Nestor, Nestor Advisors Ltd and EU Advisory Group on Company Law and Corporate Governance
Speakers
Professor Marco Becht, Executive Director of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Pierre Delsaux, DG Internal Market & Services, European Commission
Session III - What's emerging in emerging markets?
Moderator
Teresa Barger, Director, Corporate Governance Department, World Bank Group
Speakers
Melsa Ararat, Director, Faculty Member, Sabanci University, Corporate Governance Forum Turkey
Mahendra Chouhan, Asian Institute for Corporate Governance, India
Dr Jesus Estanislao, Institute of Corporate Directors, the Philippines
Simon Wong, McKinsey's
Gala Dinner: National Building Museum 7:00pm - 10:00pm
coaches depart from the Omni Shoreham Parkview entrance at 18:30
Presentation of ICGN Awards for 2006
Stephen Davis, Chairman of the ICGN Awards Committee
July the 7th, 2009
Breakfast Meeting 8:00am - 9:00am
Convenor
Bob Monks, Lens Governance Advisors
Introductory remarks 9:00am - 9:15am
Bruce Raynor, Co-chair CII, UNITE HERE National Retirement Fund
Investors – share owners or share traders? 9:15am - 10:45am
Creating a balance between short term targets and long term objectives.
Keynote address
Vice President Al Gore, Chairman, Generation Investment Management, LLP
Global Perspectives
David Jackson, Director, BP Pension Trustee Company
Yuji Kage, Managing Director, Pension Fund Association (Japan)
Carrie A. McCabe, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Risk Management LLC
Moderator
Peter Montagnon, Chairman, ICGN Shareholder Responsibilities Committee
Hot Topic Workshops: what is to be done about … 10:45am - 12:00pm
Executive Compensation
Convenor
Ted White, Chair of ICGN Executive Remuneration Committee
Richard Ferlauto, AFSCME
The ICGN would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ken West who passed away this month and who would have convened this session. He will be sadly missed by all.
NewsCorp: a case study in global shareholder co-operation & issues in shareholder litigation
Convenor
Alan Cleveland, Legal Counsel, New Hampshire Retirement System
Justice Jack Jacobs, Delaware
Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
Michael O’Sullivan, President, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors
Bernard Thuysbaert, Managing Partner, Deminor Belgium
The role of the board in a crisis
Convenor
Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Peter Dey, Chairman, Paradigm Capital Inc.
Peter Gleason, NACD
Robert W. O'Leary, Chairman, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Audit and accounting
Convenor
Claude Lamoureux, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Tim Bush, Director, Hermes Focus Asset Management
Vincent Capucci, Partner, Entwistle and Capucci
John Hegarty, World Bank
Guy Jubb, Head of Corporate Governance, Standard Life
Steve Maslin, Head of Assurance Services, Grant Thornton UK
Responsible governance and responsible investment need non-financial business reporting
Convenor
Colin Melvin, Managing Director, Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited, Working Party on UN Principles of Investor Responsibility
Lydia Beebe, Corporate Counsel, Chevron Corporation
Frank Curtiss, Railpen, Chairman, ICGN Committee on Non Financial Business Reporting
Mike Musuraca, Trustee, New York City Retirement System
Farooq Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Dr Raj Thamotheram, Director, Responsible Investment, Axa
Hedge funds: the lasting impact
Convenor
Jon Lukomnik, Principal, Sinclair Capital
Peter Butler, Founder & CEO, Governance For Owners
Andrew Clearfield, President of Investment Initiatives
Eric Knight, Chief Investment Officer, Knight Vinke Asset Management
Christy Wood, Senior Investment Officer, CalPERS
The role of service providers in corporate governance
Convenor
Richard Koppes, of Counsel, Jones Day
Stephen Davis, President, Davis Global Advisors (DGA)
Bill Patterson, Director, CTW Investment Group
Mark Preisinger, Sr. Director, Shareowner Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Dr. Daniel Summerfield, Senior Adviser, Universities Superannuation Scheme
Investor governance: what needs to be addressed?
Convenor
Peter Montagnon, Chairman, ICGN Shareholder Responsibilities Committee
Ola Peter Krohn Gjessing, Norges Bank Investment Management
The New Agenda in Corporate Governance – what are the priorities going forward? 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Keynote Address
Ángel Gurria, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Moderator
Anne Simpson, Executive Director, ICGN
The New Agenda in Corporate Governance – what are the priorities going forward? 12:45pm
Keynote Address
Ángel Gurria, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Moderator
Anne Simpson, Executive Director, ICGN
Closing Remarks and thanks 12:45pm - 1:00pm
Christian Strenger, ICGN Chairman