Program Agenda
Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
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| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Opening Cocktail Reception - University of San Diego's Institute for Peace & Justice |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner & Keynote Chat: Nelson Peltz, CEO and founding partner, Trian Partners; chair, Wendy's, director, H.J. Heinz and Legg Mason, Inc., conducted by TK Kerstetter, president, Corporate Board Member (Includes After-Dinner Social) |
Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome & Introductions: Linda Sweeney, executive director, Corporate Directors Forum Larry Stambaugh, conference program chair, Corporate Directors Forum Open Conference: James Hale and Anne Sheehan, Meeting Co-Chairs |
| 8:15-9:30 a.m. | Plenary Session: "Shareholder Hot Topics" |
| Moderator | Anne Sheehan, director of corporate governance, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) |
| Panelists |
Michelle Edkins, managing director, global head of corporate governance & responsible investment, BlackRock Michael Garland, executive director, corporate governance, Office of New York City Comptroller Brandon J. Rees, deputy director, office of investment, AFL-CIO John K.S. Wilson, director, corporate governance, TIAA-CREF |
| 9:45-11:00 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker: Robert Khuzami, director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 11:15-12:30 p.m. | Plenary Session: "Did We Learn Anything From the Financial Crisis: How Have the Reforms Changed Doing Business?" |
| Moderator | Gary H. Stern, former president & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; director FINRA and The Dolan Company |
| Panelists |
Donna F. Anderson, VP & global corporate governance analyst, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Dane Holmes, head of investor relations, Goldman Sachs Laban P. Jackson, Jr., director, JP Morgan Chase; chairman & CEO, Clear Creek Properties, Inc. James A. Lawrence, CEO, Rothschild North America; director, International Airline Group; Avnet, Inc. |
| 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Debate: "Shareholder Activism: Has it Moved the Needle or Not?" |
| Moderator | Richard H. Koppes, founder, & current administrative officer, NAPPA; director, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International; former general counsel, CalPERS |
| Panelists |
David Hirschmann, CEO, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC), U.S. Chamber of Commerce Ann Yerger, executive director, Council of Institutional Investors |
| 2:15-3:30 p.m. | Plenary Session: “Who Shall Govern the Proxy Governance Organizations?” |
| Moderator | Charles M. Elson, chair & director, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware; director, HealthSouth Corporation |
| Panelists |
Lydia I. Beebe, corporate secretary and chief governance officer, Chevron Corporation Philip S. Garon, of counsel, Faegre & Benson Todd Hartman, senior vice president, deputy general counsel, Best Buy Robert McCormick, chief policy officer, Glass Lewis & Co. Patrick S. McGurn, special counsel, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) |
| 3:45-5:00 p.m. | Plenary Session: “What’s So Bad About Poison Pills, Staggered Boards and Chair/CEOs, Anyway?” (2 vs 2) |
| Moderator | Frank Partnoy, George E. Barrett professor of law and finance; director, University of San Diego Center for Corporate and Securities Law |
| Panelists |
Steven A. Rosenblum, partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Marc Rome, VP, corporate governance and assistant corporate secretary, Chesapeake Energy Corporation VS Lisa Lindsley, director, capital strategies, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Scott Zdrazil, first VP & director, corporate governance, Amalgamated Bank |
| 5:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner and Keynote Speaker: J. Travis Laster, vice chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery (Includes After-Dinner Social) |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 |
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| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00-9:15 a.m. | Plenary Session: “Board Meetings: The Good (Bad & Ugly) in One Act” |
| Moderator | James Hale, former EVP, general counsel & corporate secretary, Target Corp.; director, The Tennant Company |
| Panelists |
Carol S. Eicher, business group VP, The Dow Chemical Company; director, Tennant Company Peter Gleason, managing director & CFO, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Bonnie G. Hill, director, The Home Depot; YUM! Brands; AK Steel Holding Corp.; FINRA; PCAOB Yvonne R. Jackson, director, Winn-Dixie; former director, Best Buy; chair of the board, Spelman College Gregory P. Williams, director, Richards Layton & Finger |
| 9:30-10:45 a.m. | Plenary Session: “What Should the Board be Considering with Respect to Global Market Uncertainties and Risk?” |
| Moderator | Christianna Wood, chair, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) |
| Panelists |
Robert F. Cullen III, partner/principal, advisory risk services, Ernst & Young LLP Adam Epstein, founding principal, Third Creek Advisors, LLC; director, OCZ Technology Group, Inc. Robert L. Lumpkins, chair, Mosaic Co.; director, Ecolab, Inc.; Airgas Inc. Jay Rembolt, chief financial officer, treasurer and VP of Finance, WD-40 Company |
| 11:00-12:00 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker: Stephen I. Chazen, president & CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation |
| 12:00-12:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks and Box Lunches James Hale and Anne Sheehan, Meeting Co-Chairs |