Agenda
ISS Governance Services
Accredited Director Education Program

8:00 am

 Registration/Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcoming Remarks & Introduction
 

Brian Sullivan, Chairman & CEO, CTPartners
 

Roger Kenny, President, CTPartners Board Consultants
8:30 am - 9:15 am Getting the Right Things Done by the Board in This Crisis - What is Different Now?
 

Ram Charan, Highly Acclaimed Author, Business Advisor and Speaker
 
9:15 am - 10:15 am The Global Effect of the Crisis on Board Governance - What are the New Priorities?
 
Introduction:

Peter Kindler, Partner, CTPartners Board Consultants
Moderator:

Roger Kubarych, Chief US Economist, Unicredit Markets
Panelists:

E. Noël Harwerth, Director, RSA Insurance Group Plc; Harry Winston Diamond Corp; Impellam Group Plc; Logica Plc; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe; The Tote
 

Robert Weissman, Former CEO of Dun & Bradstreet; Former Chairman and CEO-IMS Health Director: State Street Bank, Pitney Bowes, Information Services Group Inc; Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
 

Robert Holland, General Partner, CSW Private Equity; Former CEO, Ben & Jerry’s; Director - Lexmark International, Inc.; Carver Bancorp Inc.; YUM! Brands, Inc.; Neptune Orient

 

Hans W. Decker, Former Vice Chair and President USA – Siemens Corp.; Adjunct Professor of International and Public affairs and an Executive In-Residence, International Finance and Business, Columbia University
10:15 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:45 am Directors and Risk Oversight - How are Their Roles Changing? Are There Smart Ways to Manage Risk and Compliance?
 
Introduction:

Brian Sullivan, Chairman & CEO, CTPartners
Moderator:

Jules Kroll, Founder, Kroll, Inc.
Panelists:

W. Ronald Dietz, President & CEO, W.M. Putnam Company; Director, Capital One Financial Corp.
 

Thomas Johnson, Former Chairman & CEO – GreenPoint Financial Corp.; Director, Alleghany Corp.; Phoenix Companies; R.R. Donnelley

Fred Salerno, Former Vice Chairman & CFO, Verizon Communications; Director, CBS Corporation; Viacom, Inc.; National Fuel Gas Company; Akamai Technologies

 

Janet Morrison Clarke, Founder and President of Clarke Littlefield LLC; Director: Asbury Automotive Group, Cox Enterprises, Expressjet Holdings

 

Peter T. Metzger, Vice Chairman, CTPartners
11:45 am - 1:00 pm The Impact of Hard Times on Governance - What's Ahead for Boards? Are There New Issues for Directors?
 
Introduction:

Peter Kindler, Partner, CTPartners Board Consultants
Moderator:

William J. Holstein, Business Journalist and Author of a new book: “Why G.M. Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon”
Panelists:

John J. Castellani, President, The Business Roundtable
 

E. Norman Veasey, Senior Partner, Corporate Governance, Weil Gotshal
 

William McCracken, Chairman, CA; President of Executive Consulting Group, LLC; Director, CA, Inc.
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Luncheon
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Executive Pay - Where Did We Go Wrong? What Must Committee Members do to Get it Right?
 
Introduction:

Roger Kenny, Vice Chairman, CTPartners Board Consultants
Moderator:

Pearl Meyer, Senior Managing Director, Steven Hall & Partners
Panelists:

Daniel J. Ryterband, President, Frederic W. Cook & Co.

Edward A. Kangas, Chairman, Tenet Healthcare; Director, United Technologies, Tenet Healthcare, Intuit Inc., Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Eclipsys Corp.
 

R. William Ide III, Chairman, The Conference Board Governance Center Advisory Board; Partner, McKenna, Long & Aldridge; Director, AFC Enterprises, Inc., Albemarle Company
  Paul DeNicola, Associate Director, The Conference Board Governance Center
 

R. David Hoover, Chairman, President & CEO, Ball Corporation; Director: Ball Corporation, Energizer Holdings; Irwin Financial; Qwest Communications
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Keynote Honoring: Steven S. Reinemund, Dean of the Babcock and Calloway Business Schools at Wake Forest University; Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo, Inc.; Board Director, American Express Company; Marriott International; ExxonMobil; Former Director, Johnson & Johnson
 

With Remarks by:

Kenneth Chanault, Chairman and CEO, American Express; Company; Co-chair of the Business Roundtable; Director at IBM; Member, The Council of Foreign Relations
 

Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President and CEO, IBM; Director: Exxon Mobil,
Remarks read by Roger Kenny
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm The Financial Crisis - What Does it Mean for the Audit Committee? How Are They Getting Ahead of Risk?
 
Introduction:

Barry Bregman, Vice Chairman, CTPartners
Moderator:

Mary Pat McCarthy, Executive Director of KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute, and US Vice Chair, KPMG LLP
Panelists:

J. Thomas Presby, Retired COO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International; Director: American Eagle Outfitters; Invesco Funds; Tiffany & Co.; First Solar Inc; World Fuel Services Corporation
 

Norman R. Sorensen, President, Principal International, Inc.; Director: Sara Lee Corporation
 

Ruth Owades, Founder Calyx & Corolla and Gardener’s Eden; Director: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm How the Rules Are Changing Now for Board Directors. How Does This Affect Their Roles?
 

Introduction:

Debra Germaine, Partner, CTPartners

Moderator:

Stephen P. Norman, Secretary & Corporate Governance Officer, American Express Company
Panelists:

Holly Gregory, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
 

Sanford Cloud, Jr., Chairman & CEO, The Cloud Company, LLC; Director: The Phoenix Companies Incorporated; Northeast Utilities
 

John Biggs, Former Chairman & CEO, TIAA-CREF; Director: The Boeing Company
 

Robert J. (Kam) Kamerschen, President, Kam Enterprises, Ltd.; Director: R.H. Donnelley Corporation, MDC Partners Inc.
 

Stephen P. Norman, Secretary & Corporate Governance Officer, American Express Company
 

Hye-Won Choi, Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks
 

Roger Kenny, Vice Chairman, CTPartners Board Consultants 
5:00 pm Cocktail Reception