Full Program

Yale Governance Forum 2010
June 16-18, 2010
Living with a New Era in Corporate Governance
Agenda

 

Pre-Forum
June 16 2010
 
1:00-4:00pm Millstein Center Advisory Board Meeting ( for Board members only-closed session)-The Study Hotel-Gallery Room
6:30-7:30pm Shuttle from The Study Hotel to St. Thomas More
  7:00-9:00pm   Rising Stars of Corporate Governance 2010 Award Reception
The Golden Center at St. Thomas More, 268 Park Street, New Haven, CT  
8:30-9:30pm Shuttle from St. Thomas More to The Study Hotel

 

Day 1
June 17 2010
 
7:30-8:30am Shuttle from The Study Hotel to Yale Law School
7:45-8:45 am Breakfast
Yale Law School Dining Hall, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
8:45 - 9:00 am
Yale Law School
Room 127
Welcome Remarks -Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
  • Sharon Oster, Dean, Yale School of Management
  • Ira Millstein, Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance, Yale School of Management
   
9-10:30 AM
Yale Law School
Room 127
Plenary 1
The State as Shareowner: Global Lessons and Exit Strategies Moderator: John Sullivan, Executive Director, Center of International Private Enterprise
  • Hon. Richard Brodsky, Assemblyman, New York State Assembly
  • Anurag Goel, Member, Competition Commission of India
  • James Millstein, Senior Restructuring Officer, US Treasury Department
  • Mette Wikborg, Director General, Ownership Dept, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway

 

   
10:30-12:00 PM
Yale Law School
Room 127
Plenary 2
How Do Boards Adjust to Post-Crisis Expectations? Moderator: Ira Millstein, Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance, Yale School of Management
  • Rhonda Brauer, Senior Managing Director, Georgeson
  • Robert Kueppers, Deputy CEO, Deloitte, LLP
  • William McCracken, Chairman and CEO, CA, Inc.
  • Shelly Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
   
12:00 -1:30 pm Lunch
Yale Law School Dining Hall, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
   
  1:30-3:00 pm
Yale Law School
Room 127
Plenary 3
Moving Shareowners to Responsibility Moderator: Stephen Davis, Executive Director Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance
  • Phyllis Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, US Department of Labor
  • Stephen Haddrill, CEO, UK Financial Reporting Council

Respondents:

  • Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal, Manges
  • Michael Musuraca, Managing Director, Blue Wolf Capital Management and Chair, Shareowners.org
  • Edward Waitzer, Partner, Stikeman Elliot LLP
3:00-3:30 pm Coffee Break
Yale Law School Dining Hall, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT


BREAKOUTS
3:30 pm -5:00 pm
Yale Law School
Room 127
Focus Session 1
How Can Investors Tell if Boards are Overseeing Risk? Moderator: John Plender, Journalist, Financial Times

Presenter: Philip Soulanille, Senior Manager, US Center for Corporate Governance, Deloitte LLP and Visiting Fellow, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance

  • Rick Funston, Principal, Deloitte
  • Jon Lukomnik, Managing Partner, Sinclair Capital and Program Director, IRRC Institute
  • Simon Osborne, Director, Board Performance Unit, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
  • Eric Tracey, Senior Independent Director, Chloride Group PLC

 



BREAKOUTS
3:30 pm -5:00 pm (continued)
 
Yale Law School
Room 122
Focus Session 2
How Can Investors Handle New Board Election Powers? Moderator: Julie Hembrock Daum, Co-Leader, CEO Succession Practice, Spencer Stuart
   
Yale Law School
Room 120
Focus Session 3
How are Online Tools and Social Networking Changing Corporate Governance? ModeratorPaul Ingrassia, Former President, Dow Jones Newswire Division and Pulitzer Prize-winning Financial Journalist
  • Douglas Chia,Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary, Johnson & Johnson
  • Marcy Murninghan,, Senior Researcher, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government,� Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Michael J. Ryan Jr., President & CEO, PROXY Governance
  • Mark, Schlegel, Vice President of Business Development, MoxyVote LLC
   
Yale Law School
Room 128
Focus Session 4
How are Value Funds, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Changing Strategies Post-Crisis?  Moderator: Martijn Cremers, Associate Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
  • Zhiwu Chen, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
  • Roy Katzovicz, Chief Legal Officer , Pershing Square Capital Management, LP
  • David Nierenberg, President, Nierenberg Investment Management Company
5:00-5:30pm Shuttle from The Yale Law School to the Study Hotel
6:30-7:30 pm Shuttle from The Study Hotel to the New Haven Lawn Club
7:00 - 9:30 pm Cocktail Reception and Dinner
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT

Dinner Keynote Address: Lord Paul Myners, CBE, Former Financial Services Secretary to HM Treasury
8:30-10:00pm Shuttle from New Haven Lawn Club to The Study Hotel
Day� 2
June 18 2010
 
7:30-8:30am Shuttle from The Study Hotel to Yale Law School
   
8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast
Yale Law School Dining Hall, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
Focus Panel Summaries
9:00-10:30 am
Yale Law School Room 127
Plenary 4
Is it Time for a US Corporate Governance Code? Moderator: Kurt N. Schacht, Managing Director, CFA Institute
  • Peter Clapman, President and CEO, Governance for Owners USA, Inc.
  • Bill Donaldson, Chairman, Donaldson Enterprises; Former Chairman, SEC
  • Richard Laxer, President and CEO, GE Capital, EMEA
  • Anne Simpson, Senior Portfolio Manager, Investments, Global Equity, CalPERS

 

   
10:30 -12 pm
Yale Law School Room 127
Plenary 5
The New Chief: What it Takes to be a Great Communicator in a World of Active Boards, Engaged Investors, Government Scrutiny and Informed Consumers A conversation with Stephen Girsky, Vice Chairman, General Motors and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs & Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management
   
12:00-12:10 pm
Yale Law School Room 127
Farewell Remarks
Stephen Davis, Executive Director, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, Yale School of Management
12:00-1:00pm Shuttle from Yale Law School to Union Train Station and Study Hotel