2015 Annual Meeting

October 29 - 30, 2015 | New York, NY

Please join us for the Governance Center’s Annual Meeting on October 30^th from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  As in the past, this is a highly interactive, invitation only meeting that brings together key thought leaders from corporations and institutional investors to discuss and debate issues in governance. A detailed agenda can be found here for download.

You are also invited to a breakfast briefing of a new research report - Is Short-term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? - which will be held immediately before the Annual Meeting. The report examines trends putting sustainable capitalism under pressure and provides recommendations for creating a balance between producing profit today while preserving and creating value for the future.  Breakfast will be available beginning at 8:00 and the briefing will begin at 8:45 AM. 

Topics for the Annual Meeting Include:

• Investing with Activist Hedge Funds
• Corporate Political Spending—New Report from the Governance Center
• Capitalists Arise!  We  Need to Deal With Income Inequality
• Current Audit Committee Issues
• Key Governance Issues for 2016
• Executive Compensation Rules, Ratios and Clawbacks
• A Look Back and Look Forward at Proxy Season Activity, (ISS/Glass Lewis voting policy updates, universal proxies, etc.)

 Please register here to attend.

1. Program Details:

Should you have any questions about the meeting or research report, please contact Judy McLevey, Assistant Director, Governance Center, at 212.339.0276 or judy.mclevey@conferenceboard.org.