The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors
The theme of the tenth conference in the series which took place in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013 was The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors.
With Lithuania holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the organisers are most grateful for the support of the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington and for sponsorship of the 2013 conference by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Programme
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
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Registration and coffee
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Conference Chair
Speaker(s)
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Welcome
Speaker(s)
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Remarks from the EU Presidency
Speaker(s)
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Session 1 - Opening remarks
Speaker(s)
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Session 2 - Activist Shareholders and Shareholder Value: Long Term v. Short Term
Moderator
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Briefings
Speaker(s)
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Panel
Speaker(s)
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Coffee and tea
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Session 3 - The European perspective
Speaker(s)
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Introduction and Q&A moderator
Moderator
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Lunch
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Session 4 - SEC Commissioner's remarks
Speaker(s)
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Session 5 - Proxy Advisors: Do they wield too much influence? Whether and how to regulate - the lessons from Europe
Moderator
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Briefings
Speaker(s)
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Panel
Speaker(s)
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Coffee and tea
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Session 6 - Say on Pay: Is it working? How far should it go?
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Moderator
Speaker(s)
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Briefing
Speaker(s)
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Panel
Speaker(s)
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Session 7 - Summing up, Assessment and the Way Ahead
Speaker(s)
Speakers
Ronald Gilson
Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business
Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School
Fellow,
Research Member
David Larcker
James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Research Member
Jeffrey Gordon
Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law and Co-Director, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
Columbia Law School
Fellow,
Research Member
Jill Fisch
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Research Member
Randall Thomas
John S. Beasley Professor of Law and Business
Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management
Research Member
Marco Becht
Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Fellow,
Research Member
