Governance Meeting

Corporate Governance

The Conference Board governance programs helps companies improve their processes, inspire public confidence, and ensure they are complying with regulations. Through the Directors' Institute, the program provides corporate directors with a nonacademdic, impartial forum for open dialogue about the real-world business challenges they face.

Relevant
Since 1993, the Corporate Governance program at The Conference Board has helped corporations develop strong core principals by improving their governance processes through a variety of programs including director training and global ethics education. Become a part of this program.

Distinguished
Our Governance Center provides unique opportunities by bringing together senior executives from leading world-class organizations and institutional investors in a non-adversarial setting to debate and develop innovative governance practices.

Respected
In 2002, The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise was established to address the causes of declining public and investor trust in companies, their leaders, and America's capital markets. It is considered by many to be a major force in reforming governance and pay practices.

The Conference Board Governance Center

Join a distinguished group of senior executives from leading world-class companies and influential institutional investors in a non-adversarial setting. The Governance Center provides:

Valuable Networking - Access a global organization of major companies and institutional investors who share common interests and issues.
Relevant Knowledge - Share perspectives with prominent senior executives from global companies in meetings, workshops and symposia.
High Visibility - Be a key part of domestic and international events and research projects through sponsorship.
Team Approach - Executives within a company can participate together, encouraging teamwork and leveraging the individual experience.
Cutting Edge Research - Benefit from The Governance Center's research on trends and best practices, both in the United States and internationally.

The Conference Board Directors' Institute

The premier provider of governance education for directors, the Directors' Institute offers your choice of round table forums or customized in-house forums. The Directors' Institute brings together current and former directors, chairman, and CEO's to share their experiences and wisdom with your company's directors in a completely non-academic, hands-on format.

Only foremost directors and practitioners—not academics—serve as faculty, sharing their vast experience.
Topics covers practical "real-world" and "red-flag" issues.
Limited session size and restricted attendance to sitting directors to provide high-level peer dialogue.
One intensive program provides directors with a time-efficient method of getting up to speed with the latest best practices.
The Conference Board Directors' Institute programs are accredited by ISS as a "preferred Boardroom Education Program."

Events/Forums

Governance Center Meetings
Directors' Roundtable Forum June 4, 2008 (Pre-Roundtable Session) June 5 - 6, 2008 New York, NY

Councils

European Legal Council
Updates on EU competition law developments, building a European legal team, controlling outside costs, and the interface between legal and global management are principle items on this council's agenda.

Council on Corporate Governance & Risk Management-India
This council provides directors and top-management an exclusive forum for discussion of governance and risk management issues. The Council enables the candid exchange of views and best practices on areas of common concern such as: board responsibilities

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Research Working Group

Hedge Fund Activism
This research working group on Hedge Funds provides corporate executives, institutional investors and intermediaries the opportunity to develop practical solutions to common issues.

Webcast

Protecting Business Reputation: A Corporate Governance Perspective

Hedge Fund Activism: Confronting the Newest Force in Corporate Governance

Publications

Executive Action Reports
Political Money: The Need for Director Oversight Until recently, companies' political expenditures were not fully disclosed and were rarely subject to oversight by boards. The lack of attention that these expenditures normally receive has exposed companies to serious legal and reputation risks.		The Allure of Private Equity and Its Impact on Performance Pay in Publicly Held Companies Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, privateequity packages may not help public sector companies win the war for talent.
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Research Reports
Reputation Risk: A Corporate Governance Perspective This report is intended to increase the awareness of reputation risk as a corporate governance matter and offer guidance on how corporate boards can approach their fiduciary responsibilities in this area.		Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices This handbook is intended to be an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and rules and the best practices adopted by leading companies.
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