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Integration and Globalization
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM  download
Conference program and
executive
education plan
9:30 - 10:00
Opening Session - Welcome
address Prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński (Rector, WSPIZ) George Vojta (Chairman, eStandards
Forum, Inc.; Yale International Institute of Corporate Governance) Prof. Grzegorz W. Kołodko
(Director, Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research - TIGER, WSPiZ)
10:00 - 11:15
LATEST TRENDS IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: WHY? Chair: Wiesław Rozłucki (President,
Warsaw Stock Exchange) William Witherell (Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs OECD)
The New Context for Corporate Governance: A Global Summary Holly Gregory (Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP)
Corporate Governance after The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Dr. Wiesław
Rozłucki (President, Warsaw Stock Exchange)
The Warsaw Stock Exchange - Adaptation to New Challenges 11:15
- 11:30
Coffee Break 11:30 - 12:45
THE IMPACT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
ON THE BOARD ROOM Chair: Andrzej S. Nartowski (Editor in Chief of Gazeta Bankowa) Holly
Gregory (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
The Assertive Board Prof. Stanisław Rudolf
(Lodz University)
Role and Position of the Polish Supervisory Boards - Tendencies for Change
John Stout (Director, Association of Corporate Directors)
Challenges for Board Oversight
12:45 - 13:00
Coffee Break 13:00 - 14:15
THE INCREASING
SIGNIFICANCE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS Chair: Andrzej S. Nartowski (Editor in Chief of Gazeta
Bankowa) John Stoudt (Director, Association of Corporate Directors)
U.S.: CaIPERS
and Others William Witherell (Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs OECD)
Which
Way for the Institutional Investor Prof. Krzysztof Kalicki (President, Deutsche Bank Polska
S.A.)
Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors - A Company Perspective
14:15 - 15:00
Lunch Corporate Governance Initiatives/Announcement of Adult Education
Program at the Academy Jonathan Koppell (Associate Professor, Yale School of Management)
Corporate Governance: Future Developments/Priorities 15:00 - 16:15
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE - THE SUPERVISORY BOARD/THE MANAGING BOARDS - DOES THE MODEL WORK? WHAT SHOULD CHANGE?
Chair: Prof. Robert Rządca (WSPiZ) Jarosław Stępniewski (Deputy President,
Prochem SA) Zdzisław Ingielewicz (President, Firma Chemiczna Dwory SA) Paweł
Miller (President, Nordea Życie SA) Sergiusz Najar (President, Bank Ochrony Środowiska)
16:15 - 16:30
Coffee Break 16:30 - 18:00
THE ENTREPRENEUR, THE SME, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Invited Chair: Geoffrey Mazullo (Director,
Partners for Financial Stability Program, East-West Management Institute) John Stoudt (Director,
Association of Corporate Directors)
U.S. Trends Stilpon Nestor (EU Commission
on Corporate Law and Governance) E.U. Trends Dr. Izabela Koładkiewicz (WSPiZ)
Corporate Governance in Small and Medium Enterprises - Polish Experience and Practice Prof.
Ricardo Bebczuk (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Dr. Oskar Kowalewski (WSPiZ)
Corporate
Governance and Ownership: Corporate Performance and Dividend Policy in Poland 18:00
- 18:30
FAREWELL Prof. Andrzej K. Koźmiński (Rector, WSPiZ) Prof. Grzegorz
W. Kołodko (Director, TIGER, WSPiZ) George Vojta (Chairman, eStandards Forum, Inc.; Yale
Center for Corporate Governance) Organizers:
Prof. Grzegorz W. Kołodko
George Vojta
Prof. Robert Rządca
Dr. Izabela Koladkiewicz
Dr. Oskar Kowalewski
Andrzej
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