We do hope you will be able to join us on July 4th, Independence Day, which is a special day in the United States, particularly in Washington. We will celebrate Independence Day at our main hotel in a truly traditional style with fireworks, a picnic and a Dixieland jazz band. Many other events will be taking place in Washington as well.

On the 5th we have an opening reception at the beautiful Corcoran Art Gallery, the oldest museum in the Nation’s Capital and on the 6th you will be able to enjoy a Gala Dinner at the National Building Museum, a true engineering masterpiece and originally home to the Pension Bureau.

Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, network and make new friends. And if you would like to sponsor this premier international corporate governance event, please look at the sponsorship opportunities that are available.

I would like to thank the Planning Committee and ICGN members for the high quality of this programme and the roster of interesting speakers. I would also like to thank the ICGN Secretariat, our partners the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) and our sponsors, for all their help and support.

We look forward to welcoming you to Washington!

Peter Clapman
Chairman
On behalf of the ICGN 2006 Planning Committee

Mark Anson, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd, Stephen Davis, President, Davis Global Advisors, Margaret Foran, SVP-Corporate Governance, Associate General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Pfizer Inc, Richard Koppes, Of Counsel, Jones Day, Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library, Christian Strenger, Company Director and Government Adviser, DWS Investment GmbH, John Wilcox, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF, Ann Yerger, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors, and Anne Simpson, Executive Director, International Corporate Governance Network