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 nonacademic, 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."

Latest News

Directors’ Compensation Continues to Grow, But Slowly, The Conference Board Reports
Total director compensation rose in most industries in 2008.

Events/Forums

Governance Center Meetings
Directors' Roundtable Forum March 26, 2009 Chicago, IL	Corporate Governance & Compliance Crash Course June 9-10, 2009 New York, NY
Corporate Governance and Sustainability Working Group February 26-27, 2009 New York, NY	Roundtable on Corporate Political Accountability January 28, 2009 Washington, D.C.

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.

Global Council on Business Conduct
Builds a global perspective in discussion of the on concerns of companies from diverse regions such as articulation of core principles, developing effective compliance systems, and balancing stakeholder interests.

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Research Working Group

Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Integrating Corporate and Investor Perspectives
The focus is to better understand and recommend to companies a framework for institutionalizing and mainstreaming their approaches both to designing sustainability programs and to communicating with institutional investors on the nature of these programs.

Stakeholder Engagement on the Global Stage: 2010
This Research Working Group prepares executives with the knowledge, contacts, and strategies they need to navigate global events and crises, with a special focus on global political and sports events.

Publications

Executive Action Reports
Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation: Pressure Points for Corporate Directors This report highlights "pressure points" for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward shareholders.		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.
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Research Reports
Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008 This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.		Hedge Fund Activism: Findings and Recommendations for Corporations and Investors This report contains findings and recommendations of the Research Working Group on Hedge Fund Activism instituted by The Conference Board in May 2007.
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