Roundtable Directors' Institute Program - Corporate Governance

Directors' Institute — Roundtable Forum

This intensive, one-day program focuses on key corporate governance issues in a rigorous and comprehensive program. Upon completing this 8-hour program, your company receives an upward adjustment to its ISS governance rating.

Upcoming programs:

March 25-26, 2010
Chicago, IL

June 3-4, 2010
New York, NY

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Our director and expert faculty will discuss such questions as:

Where is the economy going? What can we expect from the capital markets?
What kind of oversight and monitoring should boards do regarding complex derivative securities?
How are individual and sovereign wealth pools of money changing the capital markets?
How should boards communicate with new shareholder activists, and how can they find alliances with "traditional" long-term pension funds?
How can boards integrate dissident directors who join a board following a contested election?
How can boards meet the challenges of working for long-term sustainability of the environment in the face of shareholder pressure for shorter-term results?
Are audit committees prepared for IFRS?
How does a board develop a crisis management plan?
How can boards avoid paying excessive CEO compensation? Should compensation committees consider "clawbacks" in employment contracts with senior executives?
How should compensation committees communicate their decisions to investors and to the public as a whole?
To what extent are boards prepared for identifying new enterprise risk priorities in a changing environment?