| Conference
Programme |
Tuesday
4 July
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| 17:00 – 20:00 |
Welcoming
social event: 4th of July picnic and fireworks
Omni Shoreham Gardens |
Wednesday
5 July
|
| 09:00 – 15:30 |
ICGN Committee
meetings |
| 10:00 – 18:00 |
Registration for
conference delegates |
| 16:15 – 16:30 |
Conference
Welcome
Christian Strenger,
ICGN Chairman |
| 16:30 – 18:00 |
The Board
at Work: stewardship for value
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. |
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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 |
 |
| 19.30 – 22.30 |
Reception at the
Corcoran Art Gallery
coaches depart from the Omni Shoreham
Parkview entrance at 19:00 |
Thursday
6 July
|
| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Breakfast
debate: all change at the stock exchanges?
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
|
| 09:00 – 10:30 |
Governance
and Value Creation
There is evidence and argument that corporate governance
is critical to performance. What are the key issues? |
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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 |
 |
| 10:30-11.00 |
A conversation between
Nell Minow and Bob Iger, CEO of Disney |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Shareholder
Rights: time for glasnost in governance?
How can communication between investors and companies
be improved? |
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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 |
| 12:30– 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30-14:45 |
Investing
in Sustainable Development: the value question
How does corporate governance contribute to sustainable
development? |
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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 |
 |
| 14:45– 15:15 |
Break |
| 15:15-16:45 |
The ICGN Round
the World Tour
Parallel sessions led by international leaders in the
field, with in-depth regional knowledge. |
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• 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 |
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• 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
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• 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 |
| 19:00 – 22:00 |
Gala
Dinner: National Building Museum
coaches depart from the
Omni Shoreham Parkview entrance at 18:30
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Presentation
of ICGN Awards for 2006
Stephen
Davis, Chairman of the ICGN Awards Committee |
Friday
7 July
|
| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Breakfast
Meeting |
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Convenor
Bob Monks, Lens Governance Advisors |
| 09:00 – 09:15 |
Introductory
remarks
Bruce Raynor, Co-chair
CII, UNITE HERE National Retirement Fund |
| 09:15 – 10:45 |
Investors
– share owners or share traders?
Creating a balance between short term targets and long
term objectives. |
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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 |
 |
| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Hot Topic
Workshops: what is to be done about … |
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• 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 |
| 12:00– 12:45 |
The New Agenda
in Corporate Governance – what are the priorities
going forward? |
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Keynote Address
Ángel Gurria, Secretary General,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Moderator
Anne
Simpson, Executive Director, ICGN |
 |
| 12:45 – 13:00 |
Closing Remarks
and thanks
Christian Strenger, ICGN Chairman |
| 13:00 – 14:00 |
Farewell
lunch |
|
| 14:00 – 16:00 |
ICGN 2006
Annual General Meeting |
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Reports
from committee chairmen
Election of board members
Any other business |
| 16:00 – 17:00 |
Farewell drinks
for ICGN Members |
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