Engagement & Communication
For Management, Boards and Institutional Shareholders
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON
1 LIBERTY PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY
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.
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:00-8:25 AM | Networking Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:25-8:30 | Welcome Remarks Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & CEO, Skytop Strategies |
| 8:30-8:45 | Keynote Presentation Board and Management Communication Presenter: Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
| 8:45-9:25 | Transparency: How to Align Boards, Management and Institutional Shareholders Presenter: |
| 9:25-10:05 | Putting an Activist on the Board: How to Manage a New Dynamic Moderator: Ethan A. Klingsberg, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Panelists: David Kastin, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Vitamin Shoppe James A. Mitarotonda, Chief Executive Officer, Barington Capital Group L.P. Jim Snyder, President, Global Mobile, LLC |
| 10:05-10:30 | Networking Break |
| Breakout Track A: Management and Boards | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Breakout Session 1 Effectively Avoiding Groupthink: How to see the Signs of a Bubble, and How to Pop it Facilitator: Sandra Flow, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP |
| 11:15-12:00 PM | Breakout Session 2 Effectively Reporting to the Audit Committee: Assessing and Communicating Facilitator: |
| Breakout Track B: Institutional Shareholders | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Breakout Session 1 The Yahoo Cyber Breach: A Case Analysis Facilitator: Pamela L. Marcogliese, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
| 11:15-12:00 PM | Breakout Session 2 Crisis Management and Insider Leaks Facilitator: |
| 12:00-12:20 | Concurrent Breakout Session Findings Panel Moderator: Panelists: |
| 12:20-1:20 | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:20-2:10 | Internal Corporate Governance Standards: How They Shape Engagement Outcomes Moderator: Jeffrey Neuman, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Honeywell International Inc. Panelists: |
| 2:10-2:40 | Virtual Shareholder Engagement: Do They Work? Interviewer: Mary A. Francis, Corporate Secretary & Chief Governance Officer, Chevron Corporation Interviewee: |
| 2:40-2:55 | Networking Break |
| Breakout Track A: Management and Boards | |
| 2:55-3:40 | Breakout Session 1 Managing an Activist Investor Facilitator: |
| 3:40-4:25 | Breakout Session 2 Insider Leaks: How to Manage the Message in Special Situations Facilitator: |
| Breakout Track B: Institutional Shareholders | |
| 2:55-3:40 | Breakout Session 1 The Rise of the Super-Director: How Boards Depend on Management for Information Co-Facilitators: Kobi Kastiel, Research Director, Project on Controlling Shareholders, HLS Program on Corporate Governance, Harvard Law School (unconfirmed) Yaron Nili, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School (unconfirmed) |
| 3:40-4:25 | Breakout Session 2 Crisis Management and Insider Leaks Facilitator: |
| 4:25-4:45 | Concurrent Breakout Session Findings Panel Moderator: Panelists: |
| 4:45-5:15 | What Went Wrong with Wells Fargo’s Vote Moderator: Panelists: Professor Charles Elson, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair in Corporate Governance, University of Delaware, Lerner College of Business & Economics Brandon Rees, Deputy Director, Officer of Investment, AFL-CIO |
| 5:15-5:20 | Closing Remarks |
| 5:20 | Program Adjourns; Networking Reception Begins |
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