ECGI Roundtable Series

Technology and Corporate Governance

Date

26 Nov 2018 - 26 Nov 2018

Location

Allen & Overy London

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*** This Event is by invitation only. ***

(ECGI Institutional and Patron Members may submit attendance requests by email however spaces are limited)

The Roundtable focused on the impact of new technologies such as blockchain and AI on corporate governance. The discussion revolved around the following questions: Does blockchain have promise as a tool for registering ownership claims and the exercise of voting rights in listed corporations? What is the impact of AI and big data analysis on firms’ management and governance? Will smart contracts affect the boundaries between firms and markets in a number of industries?

Organisers

Marco Becht, Solvay Brussels School, ECGI and CEPR

Luca Enriques, University of Oxford and ECGI

Schedule

15:00 Registration

15:20 Welcome

15:30 Blockchain and Corporate Governance

16:50 Tea/ Coffee break

17:10 AI and Corporate Governance

18:30 Drinks reception

19:00 Ends

Contact

Programme queries should be directed to Marco Becht (Marco.Becht@ecgi.org) or

Luca Enriques (luca.enriques@law.ox.ac.uk)

Practical queries should be directed to Elaine McPartian (roundtables@ecgi.org)

Programme Outline:

The event is structured around introductory briefings from previously designated participants. These interventions are intended to stimulate further interventions and discussion between all attendees. The use of slides is possible but not necessarily encouraged. The prior distribution of written material is encouraged.

Briefings

15:30 - 16:50: Blockchain and Corporate Governance

Briefing: Christoph Van Der Elst, Tilburg University and ECGI

Background reading: Blockchain and Smart Contracting for the Shareholder Community

17:10 - 18:30: AI and corporate Governance

Briefing: John Armour, University of Oxford Faculty of Law and ECGI

Background reading: A machine in the C-suite

Confirmed Participants:

Ms.	Lisa	Rabbe	CEO	Stratosphere Adbisors LLC
Dr.	Michael	Viehs	Associate Director, ESG Integration	Hermes Investment Management
Prof.	Horst	Eidenmüller	Freshfields Professor of Commercial Law	University of Oxford
Mr.	David	Jackson	Company Secretary	BP p.l.c.
Mr.	John	Plender	Columnist	Financial Times
Mr.	Edmund	Schuster	Associate Professor	London School of Economics
Mr.	Mike	Everett	ESG Investment Director	Aberdeen Standard Investments
Prof.	Franklin	Allen	Professor of Finance and Economics	Imperial College London
Dr.	Andrea	Zorzi	Aggregate professor	University of Florence
Mr.	James	Baird	Honorary Professor	University of Glasgow
Dr.	Cristina	Ungureanu	Head of Corporate Governance	Eurizon Capital
Dr.	Anne	Lafarre	Assistant Professor	Tilburg University
Mrs.	Tracy	Gordon	Director Corporate Governance	Deloitte
Dr.	Marco Claudio	Corradi	Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer	Stockholm University/The University of Oxford
Ms.	Nikita	Aggarwal	Research Associate	Oxford Internet Institute / University of Oxford
Mr.	Thom	Wetzer	DPhil Candidate in Law and Finance	University of Oxford
Dr.	Cristie	Ford	Professor	Allard School of Law, UBC
Prof.	Christoph	Van Der Elst	Professor of Business Law	Tilburg University
Prof.	John	Armour	Hogan Lovells Professor of Law and Finance	University of Oxford
Prof.	Luca	Enriques	Allen & Overy Professor of Corporate Law	University of Oxford
Prof.	Marco	Becht	Professor of Finance	Solvay Brussels School
Mr.	Peter	Montagnon	Associate Director	Institute of Business Ethics
Mr.	George S.	Dallas	Policy Director	International Corporate Governance Network
Mr.	Jaime	Gornsztejn	Director	Hermes EOS
Ms.	Daniela	Weber-Rey	Non-executive director (NED)	HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt and Groupe FNAC DARTY
Dr.	Martin	Petrin	Associate Professor	University College London
Mr.	Luca	Sportelli	Associate	Cleary Gottlieb
Prof.	Patrick	Bolton	Professor	Imperial College London