2017 Corporate Governance Symposium

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 9:15 AM to 5:15 PM

@Clayton Hall, University of Delaware :

The focus of the 2017 Corporate Governance Symposium will be “Governance Issues of Critical Importance to Boards and Investors in 2017.” The Symposium will begin with an address by our John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker – Ronald P. O’Hanley, President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors. Mr. O’Hanley will be followed by a panel of representatives from the corporate and investor community, and a former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, during which each panelist will share what matters most to them in 2017. The panelists are:

Amy Bilbija, Managing Director, Strategic Governance Advisors
Glenn Booraem, Principal & Fund Treasurer, Vanguard
H. Rodgin Cohen, Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Abe Friedman, Managing Partner, CamberView Partners
Joann S. Lublin, Management News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Ronald P. O’Hanley, President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors
Brian L. Schorr, Partner and Chief Legal Officer, Trian Fund Management, L.P.
Linda E. Scott, Managing Director and Associate Corporate Secretary, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Myron T. Steele, Partner, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP; and former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

Moderator: Charles M. Elson, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance, Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, and Professor of Finance

The panel will be followed by Joann Lublin from The Wall Street Journal, who will be our luncheon speaker. She will be discussing her recently published book, Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World.

The presentation of academic papers on topics that are of critical importance to boards and investors will occur in the afternoon. The papers being presented are:

“Captured Boards”: The Rise of “Super Directors” and the Case for a Board Suite, by Kobi Kastiel, Harvard Law School (Q&A Participant) and Yaron Nili, University of Wisconsin Law School (Presenter)
Winner of the Best Paper Award
Click here for a copy of the paper

Discussant: Jeffrey Gordon, Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
The Golden Leash and the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty, by Greg Shill, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance (Presenter)
Click here for a copy of the paper

Discussant: David M. Silk, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Affiliated Corporate Donations and Director Independence, by Ye Cai, Santa Clara University; Jin Xu, Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business (Presenter); and Jun Yang, Indiana University.
Click here for a copy of the paper

Discussant: Todd Gormley, Washington University in St. Louis

DE CLE/CPE: Approval for DE CLE is pending. CPE credits will be provided by our event partner, Sallie Mae. There is no charge for the program, which includes a complimentary lunch, A book signing for Ms. Lublin’s book will take place during the lunch break after her talk, and copies of the book will be available for purchase.

To Register go to:https://wccg-cgsym2017.eventbrite.com

Invitation

Global Delaware Blog Pre-Event Article

UDaily Post-Event Article

CorpGov.net Post-Event Article

Transcript of address of Ron O’Hanley, President and CEO of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)

SSGA’s Guidance on Enhancing Gender Diversity on Boards

SSGA March 7, 2017 Press Release on Gender Diversity

SSGA’s • Enhancing Gender Diversity on Boards

“State Street to Start Voting Against Companies That Don’t Have Women Directors,” Joann Lublin and Sarah Krouse, The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2017 (subscription only)

Investor Stewardship Group (main website)

ISG’s Stewardship Principles