Skytop Strategies

Shareholder Activism

Unlocking Shareholder Value

JANUARY 28, 2021
SHERATON NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE HOTEL
811 7th AVENUE, W 53rd St.
NEW YORK, NY

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Time	January 27, 2021
7:30-8:00 AM	Networking Breakfast & Registration
8:00-9:00	*Opening Panel* A Buoyant Bounce Back: How Activists will Gain More Traction in the Post COVID-19 Reality Moderator: Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight Ltd Panelists: Eric Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO, Crescendo Partners Phil Goldstein, Principal, Bulldog Investors Dianne McKeever, Chief Investment Officer, Ides Capital Eleazer Klein, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
9:00-9:30	Exclusive Interview: Modernizing an Outdated Oil and Gas Business Model: An Activist Push for Financial Discipline and ESG Reform Special Anchor: Leslie Picker, Reporter, CNBC Exclusive Guest: Benjamin Dell, Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Kimmeridge
9:30-10:05	M&A Panel An Uptick of Unanticipated M&A Activities: Consolidation, Rescaling and Positioning for the New Wave of Growth Moderator: Ed Mullane, North America Editor, Activistmonitor, Acuris Panelists: Jason Frankl, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting Charles Elson, Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair of Corporate Governance, University of Delaware John Glenn Grau, President and CEO, InvestorCom
10:05-10:20	*Networking Break*
10:20-10:50	Fireside Chat Topic TBA Discussants: Kai Liekefett, Partner and Chair, Shareholder Activism Practice, Sidley Austin, LLP Dan Zacchei, President, Special Situations, Sloane & Company
10:50-11:30	*Panel Discussion* The Intersection of Distressed Debt and Activism: The Next Wave in Maximizing Shareholder Value Moderator: Panelists: Steven J. Pully, Director, Multiple Boards; Co-Founder, Speyside Partners
11:30-12:00	Director Panel Boards and Corporate Ratings: Will Board Representation Affect How Companies Get Back to the Future Moderator: Fred Pletcher, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Panelists: Jeffrey Korn, General Counsel/Secretary, Crexendo Zachary George, Co-Founder, FrontFour Capital Group Carol Nolan Drake, Corporate Governance, ESG and Diversity, and Federal Relations Attorney and Author, Carlow Consulting
12:00-12:30PM	*Fireside Chat* The Role of the White House on the Global Stage: What Investors and Business Leaders Need to Know Special Guests: Cameron Munter, United States Ambassador (retired)
12:30-1:30	*Networking Luncheon*
1:10-1:30	*Interview* ESG Data Conundrum: What Investors May Be Missing On the S Side Interviewer: Interviewees: Jason Judd, Executive Director, Cornell University New Conversations Project, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Cornell University Sarosh Kuruvilla, Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Cornell University (Unconfirmed)
1:30-2:00	Keynote Presentation Raising The Bar: What Board Directors Need To Do To Stay A Step Ahead Presenter: W Graeme Roustan, ICD.D, NACD Corporate Director Institute, Director, Executive Chairman, Roustan Capital
2:00-2:35	Panel Discussion The Impact of Homogenous Boards: Both Lack of Minorities and Lack of Women on Board and Firm Performance Moderator: Panelists: Jared Landaw, Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Barington Capital Group, L.P.
2:35-3:05	Panel Discussion Debt Activism: The Trends, The Opportunities, The Strategies Moderator: Lex Suvanto, Global Managing Director, Financial Communications, Edelman Panelists: David Katz, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Aneliya S. Crawford, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel Katherine Doherty, Corporate Finance Reporter, Bloomberg News
3:05-3:20	*Networking Break*
3:20-4:00	*Panel Discussion* Hit and Misses: Proxy Outcomes During the Covid-19 Crisis Moderator: Panelists: Townsend “T” Belisle, CEO, EP and Creative Director, Haystack Needle, LLC Kai Liekefett, Partner and Chair, Shareholder Activism Practice, Sidley Austin, LLP Heidi Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainable Investments Institute Bob Marese, President, MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
4:00-4:40	*Panel Discussion* Private Equity: State-of-Play and Its Impact on Activism Moderator: Panelists: Daniel Yunger, Partner & Member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, Kekst CNC
4:40-5:10	*Interview* ESG & Covid-19: Could the Last Year Been Avoided Interviewer: Andrew Behar, CEO, As You Sow Interviewees: Rhonda Brauer, President and Founder, RLB Governance LLC
5:10-5:50	*Panel Discussion* TBA Moderator: Panelists:
5:55PM	*Networking Reception Begins*