Skytop Strategies

Shareholder Activism

Unlocking Shareholder Value

JANUARY 25-27, 2021
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	Day 1
5:45-7:30 PM	Preconference Networking Dinner & Reception
Time	Day 2
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
9:00-10:30	Exclusive Interview: Modernizing an Outdated Oil and Gas Business Model: An Activist Push for Financial Discipline and ESG Reform Special Anchor: Exclusive Guest: Benjamin Dell, Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Kimmeridge
10:30-10:45	*Networking Break*
10:45-11:20	*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
11:20-12:00	*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
12:00-1:00	*Networking Luncheon*
1:00-1:30	Director Panel Boards and Corporate Ratings: Will Board Representation Affect How Companies Get Back to the Future Moderator: 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
1:30-1:50	*Networking Break*
1:50-2:10	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
2:10-2:45 PM	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.
2:45-3:15	Keynote Presentation Presenter:
3:15-3:35	*Networking Break*
3:35-4:05	*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
4:05-4:35	*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
4:35-5:05	*Interview* ESG & Covid-19: Could the Last Year Been Avoided Interviewer: Interviewees: Rhonda Brauer, President and Founder, RLB Governance LLC
5:05-5:35	*Closing Keynote* A New Boom: What it Means for a Return to Normal Presenter:
5:35	*Conference Adjourns*
5:40-6:40	*Networking Reception*