 
The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors
The theme of the tenth conference in the series which took place in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013 was The Realities of Stewardship for Institutional Owners, Activist Investors and Proxy Advisors.
With Lithuania holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the organisers are most grateful for the support of the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington and for sponsorship of the 2013 conference by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Programme
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
      
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      Registration and coffee
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      Conference Chair
Speaker(s)
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      Welcome
Speaker(s)
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      Remarks from the EU Presidency
Speaker(s)
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      Session 1 - Opening remarks
Speaker(s)
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      Session 2 - Activist Shareholders and Shareholder Value: Long Term v. Short Term
Moderator
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      Briefings
Speaker(s)
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      Panel
Speaker(s)
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      Coffee and tea
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      Session 3 - The European perspective
Speaker(s)
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      Introduction and Q&A moderator
Moderator
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      Lunch
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      Session 4 - SEC Commissioner's remarks
Speaker(s)
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      Session 5 - Proxy Advisors: Do they wield too much influence? Whether and how to regulate - the lessons from Europe
Moderator
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      Briefings
Speaker(s)
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      Panel
Speaker(s)
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      Coffee and tea
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      Session 6 - Say on Pay: Is it working? How far should it go?
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      Moderator
Speaker(s)
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      Briefing
Speaker(s)
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      Panel
Speaker(s)
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      Session 7 - Summing up, Assessment and the Way Ahead
Speaker(s)
Speakers
 
                      
  
          Simonas Šatūnas
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Simonas Šatūnas
       
                      
  
          Mary Jo White
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Mary Jo White
       
                      
  
          Wei Jiang
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Wei Jiang
       
                      
  
          Justice Jack B. Jacobs
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Justice Jack B. Jacobs
       
                      
  
          Ugo Bassi
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Ugo Bassi
       
                      
  
          Daniel Gallagher
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Daniel Gallagher
       
                      
  
          Ira M. Millstein
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Ira M. Millstein
       
                      
  
          Laurent Degabriel
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Laurent Degabriel
       
                      
  
          Gary Retelny
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Gary Retelny
       
                      
  
          Fabrizio Ferri
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Fabrizio Ferri
       
                      
  
          Donna Dabney
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Donna Dabney
       
                      
  
          Katherine Rabin
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Katherine Rabin
       
                      
  
          Geoffrey Aronow
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Geoffrey Aronow
      Ronald Gilson
Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business
      Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School
      
                            Fellow,
                        Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    David Larcker
James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting
      Stanford Graduate School of Business
      
                            Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    Jeffrey Gordon
Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law and Co-Director, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
      Columbia Law School
      
                            Fellow,
                        Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    Jill Fisch
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
      University of Pennsylvania Law School
      
                            Fellow,
                        Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    Randall Thomas
John S. Beasley Professor of Law and Business
      Vanderbilt University Law School and Owen School of Management
      
                            Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    Marco Becht
Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
      Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
      
                                      Fellow,
                        Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
     
 
 
 
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
