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Please join one of the three roundtable discussions below: Compensation roundtable discussion ESG roundtable discussion Boardroom best practices roundtable discussion

The details of boardroom management – how you write minutes, how you set board agendas, the cadence of “critical item” review, how to decide on what goes in the deck and what stays out, even the email addresses that independent directors use – are more important than ever before. This session will offer a deep […]

An increasing number of institutional investors, employees, and consumers are expressing interest in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors. President Biden has made tackling climate change an administration priority, and the pandemic and widespread racial justice movements have helped push social issues such human rights, labor and equality, and health and safety into the spotlight. […]

After years of facing new developments related to tariffs and the trade war with China, and CFIUS (The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States), boards and management teams were confronted with the global pandemic, which introduced new challenges related to global health, vaccine development and distribution, and supply chain disruption as the global […]

This session will review the latest trends in executive compensation, including the current practices on tying pay to performance; the shifting focus of incentive pay from traditional performance metrics to emphasize other key strategic initiatives, such as meeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives; best practices for compensation […]

Please join one of the three table top exercises below: Human Capital Management/Return to Work tabletop Shareholder Activism tabletop Internal Investigation tabletop

Litigation risks facing directors, officers, and corporations are inevitable and increasingly complex. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have stated their intention to pursue, punish, and deter the individuals who are responsible for corporate misconduct, and both agencies are increasingly focused on cooperation and self-reporting from target companies. Private securities […]

Human capital is a critically important value driver for corporations in today’s economy, where a corporation’s most significant assets walk out the door each evening. In response, boardroom attention has begun to focus on “human capital management,” which includes topics ranging from employee health and safety to workplace diversity to employee recruitment, training, development, and […]

This session is designed to provide “ordinary” and/or newly appointed board members with concrete suggestions to monitor potential issues related to financial reporting. The classroom-style presentation seeks to improve directors’ understanding of accounting principles in a way that cuts to the chase and de-emphasizes “traditional practices” in favor of more practical strategies. The session will […]

Shareholder activism is not going away, but it is evolving in directions that demand high level boardroom attention. This session will review the state of the art in aggressive activist techniques and best practices for effective corporate defense.  The panelists will pay particular attention to the unprecedented proxy battle at Exxon, where an insurgent activist […]