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Agenda

Monday, November 16, 2009

1:00 pm REGISTRATION FOR PEER EXCHANGES
2:30 pm director PEER EXCHANGES – choose two
  • Succession Planning
  • The Profit of Courage – Crisis Communications in the Digital Age
  • Compensation Best Practices and Corporate Governance
  • Audit Committee Challenges and Priorities
  • Product Recall Liability – What the Board Needs Senior Management to Know
  • D&O Liability – You’re Personally Liable!
  • IT Privacy and Security – Questions for the Boardroom on Privacy and Security IT Decisions
  • Capital Markets – Capital Structure and Risk or Shareholder Activism and the Board
4:15 pm Panel: MEET THE Experts – THE 2010 FORECAST
Our panel of corporate governance experts review the peer exchange findings and look ahead to changes in the major areas of boardroom oversight
the directorship 100 dinner
5:00 pm RECEPTION
6:00 pm WELCOME to the directorship 100 recognition and hall of fame induction dinner
Jeffrey M. Cunningham, chairman, CEO, and editorial director
6:10 pm 2009 Directorship Video tribute
brought to you by The Altman Group
Introduction: Scott Cutler, executive VP, Global Corporate Client Group, NYSE Euronext
6:20 pm Directorship 100 RECOGNITION DINNER
In which the most influential people in corporate governance are recognized for their achievements and influence in boardrooms across the country
7:15 pm DIRECTORSHIP’S CORPORATE GOVERnANCE HALL OF FAME
A special tribute and conversation with Thomas J. Neff, chairman, Spencer Stuart U.S.; Pearl Meyer, senior managing director, Steven Hall & Partners; Martin Lipton, founding partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; and Jay Lorsch, Louis E. Kirstein professor of human relations, Harvard Business School, moderated by Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times’ Dealbook editor and author, Too Big to Fail
8:00 pm KEYNOTE: executive compensation — new opportunities and pitfalls
Introduction: Charles Gasparino, on-air editor, CNBC and author, The Sellout
Kenneth Feinberg, special master for executive compensation, United States Treasury Department

Boardroom Leaders Forum

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

7:15 am NETWORKING BREAKFAST
8:15 am KEYNOTE: emerging trends in director and officer fiduciary duty litigation
Introduction: John Napoli, co-managing partner, New York office, Seyfarth Shaw
Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court speaks to changes ahead in Delaware law and how they will affect the boardroom and corporate litigation
9:15 am DISCUSSION: THE COUNSELORS AND THE LITIGATION OUTLOOK
Lorie Almon, co-managing partner, New York office, Seyfarth Shaw; David Kistenbroker, managing partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman; Stephanie Goldstein, partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Moderator: John Coffee, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
10:00 am networking break
10:30 am DISCUSSION: THE RISK MAVENS & REINVENTING RISK OVERSIGHT
Ursula Fairbairn, president and CEO, Fairbairn Group; director, Sunoco, VF Corp.; Mary Pat McCarthy, executive director, KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute; U.S. vice chair, KPMG LLP; John Biggs, executive-in-residence, New York University Stern School of Business and director, Boeing
Moderator: John Elliott, Dean and Professor of Accountancy, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, The City University of New York
11:30 am DISCUSSION: COMPENSATION, MOTIVATION, AND COMMUNICATION
Julie Daum, practice leader, North American Board Services Practice, Spencer Stuart; Bonnie Hill, president, B. Hill Enterprises; co-founder, Icon Blue; director, AK Steel, California Water Service Group, Home Depot, Yum! Brands; Pearl Meyer, senior managing director, Steven Hall & Partners 
Moderator: Benjamin W. Heineman Jr., former general counsel of General Electric and senior fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
12:15 pm Luncheon
1:00 pm a conversation with goldman sachs ceo, lloyd blankfein
Introduction: Mary Pat McCarthy, executive director, KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute; U.S. vice chair, KPMG LLP
From the Heart of Wall Street, a Call for Sensible Reform: The leader of Goldman Sachs will offer his views on the most pressing issues facing business today, including risk management, corporate governance, and the prospects for recovery and growth.
2:00 pm the investor’s view
Robert Pozen, former vice chairman of Fidelity Investments, now chairman of MFS Investment Management, and author of the soon-to-be-released book, Too Big to Save: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System, interviewed by Mark Preisinger, director of corporate governance, The Coca-Cola Company
2:45 pm discussion:  view from the c-suite
Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications and director, Procter & Gamble, Yahoo!, Xerox, and Tribune Co.; and Susan Ivey, chairman, president and CEO of Reynolds American
Moderator: Paul Parker, managing director and head of Global M&A, Barclays Capital
3:30 pm discussion: MEDIA AnD THE BOARDROOM
Lessons in Communication: How to improve the dialogue between the board, management, shareholders and the media.
Becky Quick, co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Carol Loomis, senior editor-at-large, Fortune; and Richard Levick, president and CEO, Levick Strategic Communications
Moderators: Jeffrey M. Cunningham, chairman, CEO, and editorial director, Directorship and Judy Warner, chief content officer, Directorship
4:20 pm Conclusion
Closing remarks: Jeffrey M. Cunningham, chairman, CEO, and editorial director, Directorship
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