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	Program Agenda
8:00-8:40 AM	Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:40-8:45	*Welcome Remarks* Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & CEO, Skytop Strategies
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: Yafit Cohn, Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer and Group General Counsel, The Travelers Companies, Inc. Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Martin Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, JUST Capital
9:40-9:55	Presentation Corporate Disclosure: A Powerful Tool for Identifying Climate Risks & Opportunities Presenter: Lauren Wisbeski, Sector Lead – Corporate Engagement, Carbon Disclosure Project
9:55-10:35	Panel Discussion The “E” of ESG: How Stakeholders are Engaging on Creating Value, Responsibly Moderator: David Hackett, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP Panelists: Margaret Brown, Associate, Morgan Stanley 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
10:35-11:15	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: Jessica Bissey, Head of Corporate Citizenship, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Booz Allen Hamilton Katie Lever, Chief Legal Counsel, Drew Las Vegas Jake Walko, Vice President, ESG Investing, Neuberger Berman Heidi Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2)
11:15-11:35	*Networking Break*
11:35-12:15	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: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor,Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP Friederike Edelmann, Director Investor Relations at Criteo \| Member, Standards Advisory Group Jenna E. Levine, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
12:15-12:45 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: Darin Lippoldt, General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer, Neurocrine Biosciences Christine Pellizzari, Chief Legal Officer, Insmed Incorporated
12:45-2:00	*Networking Luncheon*
2:00-2:40	Panel Discussion Legal Disclosure Issues: What to, What Not to and How to Disclose Moderator: Kai Liekefett, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP 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
2:40-3:20	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 Patrick Gadson, New York Shareholder Activism Practice Chair, Vinson & Elkins Bob Marese, Managing Director, MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
3:20-4:20	Panel Discussion Outlook for the 2020 Proxy Season: Emerging Issues and How to Prepare to Address Them Moderator: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor, Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP 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 Jeremy Fielding, President & Chief Executive Officer, Kekst CNC Randall Rice, Deputy Director, Communications and Shareholder Engagement, Rhode Island State Treasury
4:20-4:50	Panel Discussions Helping Investor Relations and Sustainability Executives Find a Common Language: Findings from a Recent Workshop Moderator: Jim O’Donnell, Senior Director, Corporate Transformation Services, Alvarez & Marsal Panelists: Stephen L. Brown, Senior Advisor,Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Duncan Herrington, Managing Director, Raymond James
4:50-5:25	Panel Discussion ISS and Glass Lewis: Emerging Issues and Practices Interviewer: Andrew Ramonas, Reporter, Bloomberg Law Interviewee: Michelle Lowry, TD Bank Professor of Finance, Academic Director, Raj & Kamla Gupta Corporate Governance Institute
5:25-6:30	*Networking Reception*