Agenda

The Conference Board Corporate Governance Academy is designed to help Governance leaders develop and execute effective strategies for their organizations.

Program Format and Agenda Topics

Over the course of two 2-day in-person sessions and two inter-session webcasts, the Academy will review the key elements of an effective Governance strategy. Participants will hear real-world lessons from current and former Goveranance leaders and experts that can be applied to their own organizations.  

Some of the topics to be covered include: 

• Fiduciary Duties of the Board of Directors for Unitary and Two-Tier Boards
• Board Evaluation
• Organizing an Enterprise Risk Management Process, Reputational Risk and Crisis Management
• Issues of Ethics and Fraud
• Disclosure and Compliance
• Audit Committee Practices
• "Say on Pay" - Voting on Remuneration Issues
• The Changing Nature of Capital Markets
• Corporate-Investor Communications
• Proxy Voting and Relations with Investors
• Sustainability Issues
• Formulating Key Policies with External Constituencies
• Integrating Sustainability and External Constituency Issues with the
  Company’s Strategy