Skytop Strategies

Engagement & Communication

For Management, Boards and Institutional Shareholders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON
1 LIBERTY PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY

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AGENDA

The Skytop Strategies team is dedicated to crafting thought provoking
agendas that are diverse, not only in areas of thought and experience,
but in the broad range of attending speakers.

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Time	Agenda Day 1
6:00-8:00 PM	Preconference Networking Reception and Dinner
6:30-7:00	Kickoff Keynote Presenter and Q&A
Time	Agenda Day 2
8:00-8:40 AM	Registration & Networking
8:40-8:45	*Welcome Remarks*
8:45-9:15	*Keynote Presentation* Corporate Character: Impact of CSR as Emerging Risks and Value Drivers in Engagement and Communication Presenter: Georg Kell, Chairman, Arabesque and Founding Executive Director, UN Global Compact
9:15-9:40	*Armchair Chat* Integrated Reporting: From Tangible to Intangible Valuation in Corporate Disclosure Discussants: Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Martin Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, JUST Capital
9:40-10:10	Panel Discussion The “E” of ESG: How Stakeholders are Engaging on Creating Value, Responsibly Moderator: David Hackett, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP Panelists: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor,Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP Tim Kubarych, Deputy Director of Research and Partner of the Firm, Harding Loevner LP George Parker, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Sustainable Insight Capital Management Laurel Peacock, Director Sustainability, NRG Energy
10:10-10:55	Panel Discussion The “S” of ESG: How Stakeholders are Challenging Companies to Adapt Global Standards, Locally Moderator: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor,Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP Panelists: Yafit Cohn, Associate Group General Counsel, The Travelers Companies, Inc. (unconfirmed) Nancy J. Laben, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Booz Allen Hamilton Katie Lever, Chief Legal Counsel, Drew Las Vegas Christine Salerno, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Marsh & McLennan Companies (unconfirmed) Jake Walko, Vice President, ESG Investing, Neuberger Berman Heidi Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2)
10:55-11:15	*Networking Break*
11:15-11:45	Panel Discussion The Globalization of Engagement: A Regional Comparative of Best Practices in Stakeholder Relations Moderator: Jeremy Fielding, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kekst CNC Panelists: Christopher Couvelier, Director, Shareholder Advisory, Lazard Carol Nolan Drake, Founder & CEO, Carlow Consulting LLC Friederike Edelmann, Director Investor Relations at Criteo \| Member, Standards Advisory Group David Katz, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
11:45-12:15 PM	Interview Small and Mid Cap Companies: Emerging Issues and Opportunities Interviewer: Duncan M. Herrington, CFA, Managing Director \| Head of Activism Response & Contested Situations, Raymond James Interviewee: Jeffrey Korn, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Crexendo, Inc Darin Lippoldt, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Neurocrine Biosciences Christine Pellizzari, Chief Legal Officer, Insmed Incorporated
12:15-12:45	Panel Discussion Legal Disclosure Issues: What to, What Not to and How to Disclose Moderator: Panelists: Michael D. Hutchinson, Vice President and Advisor to the CEO, Stryker Corporation James R. Reid, EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Fortis Inc. Steven Yadegari, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Cramer Rosenthal & McGlynn
12:45-1:45	*Networking Luncheon*
1:45-2:35	Panel Discussion PG&E Case Story: An Analysis of a Proxy Fight Moderator: Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Panelists: Josh Black, Editor-In-Chief, Activist Insight Lawrence Ebaum, Partner and Co-Head, Shareholder Activism Practice, Vinson & Elkins
2:35-3:35	Workshops 1 and 2 Workshop 1: TBD Leader: Jeremy Fielding, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kekst CNC Workshop 2: TBD Leader: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor,Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP
3:35-4:05	Panel Discussions Workshop Findings
4:05-4:35	Panel Discussion Outlook for the 2020 Proxy Season: Emerging Issues and How to Prepare to Address Them Moderator: Panelists: George P. Long, III, Managing Chief Counsel, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Vidish J. Shah, CFA, Associate, Morgan Stanley Bruce Goldfarb, President & Chief Executive Officer, Okapi Partners
4:35-5:05	Panel Discussion ISS and Glass Lewis: Emerging issues and practices Interviewer: Andrew Ramonas, Reporter, Bloomberg Law Interviewee:
5:05-6:10	*Networking Reception*