IIEF 6th Annual Global Shareholder Activism Conference

IIEF 6th Annual Global Shareholder Activism Conference
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November 29 to 1, 2007 New York, NY - Code: Z1607

Thursday, November 29, 2007 (Day 1)

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pre-Conference Workshops - Legal Ethics - Select As Appropriate

2:00 PM

Registration

	2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
	Elective: Ethical Issues for Attorneys When a Corporate Fraud is Uncovered or Alleged

	Moderator(s)
	Steve Grygiel Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Speaker(s)
	Stanley Arkin Founding Member & Senior Partner Arkin Kaplan Rice
	Tina Kadisak Juror United States v. Conrad Black
	Geoffrey Miller Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law New York University School of Law
	Peter Zimroth Partner Arnold & Porter

	3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
	Elective: Lawyers at Risk: Third-Party Liability For Corporate Scandals and Fraud

	Moderator(s)
	James Sabella Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Panelist(s)
	Scott Bieler First Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Merrill Lynch
	David Brodsky Partner Latham & Watkins
	Joshua Hochberg Partner McKenna Long & Aldridge
	Jay Kasner Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

5:00 PM

Cocktail Reception

Friday, November 30, 2007 (Day 2)

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7:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

7:00 AM

Registration

8:30 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker(s)

Stuart Grant
Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.

Jay Eisenhofer
Founder & Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.

8:45 AM

Criminalization of Corporate Law: Has It Gone Too Far or Not Far Enough?

Moderator(s)

Keith Fleischman
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.

Panelist(s)

Robert Fink
Partner
Kostelanetz & Fink

Charles Stillman
Founding Member
Stillman, Friedman, & Shectman, P.C.

Thomas McQuillan
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U. S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern Dist of VA

Steven Tyrrell
Chief, Fraud Section
U.S. Department of Justice - Fraud Section

10:00 AM

Shareholders or Directors: Who’s In Charge Here?

Moderator(s)

Damon Silvers
Associate General Counsel
AFL-CIO

Panelist(s)

Richard Ferlauto
Director of Benefits and Pension Policy
AFSCME Employees Pension Plan

Lucian Bebchuk
Director, Program on Corporate Governance
Harvard Law School

Lawrence Hamermesh
Director, Widener Institute of Delaware Corporate Law
Widener University School of Law

Trevor Norwitz
Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

11:00 AM

New York, London or Asia: Where Is the World’s Future Financial Capital and Why?

Moderator(s)

Kurt Schacht
Managing Director
CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity

Panelist(s)

G. Andrew Karolyi
Professor of Finance
Ohio State University

Leslie Silverman
Partner
Cleary Gotlieb Steen & Hamilton

Peter Montagnon
Director of Investment Affairs
Association of British Insurers

Pamela Gilbert
Partner
Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Luncheon Updates - Select As Appropriate

	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
	Elective: Delaware Law Update

	Moderator(s)
	Cynthia Calder Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Panelist(s)
	Beth Young Senior Research Associate The Corporate Library
	Alan Stone Partner Milbank, Twed, Hadley & McCloy

	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
	Elective: International Law Update

	Moderator(s)
	Sidney S. Liebesman Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Panelist(s)
	Rene Maatman Chief Counsel ABP Investments US
	Daniel Summerfield Corporate Governance Advisor Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd.
	Jordan Berger Chair, Investment Committee, OPTrust Ontario Public Service Employes Union

	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
	Elective: Lead Plaintiff Update

	Moderator(s)
	Megan McIntyre Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Panelist(s)
	Mark Brossman Partner Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
	Jill Fisch Director, Fordham Center for Corporate, Securities & Financial Law Fordham University Law School
	Gregory Smith General Counsel Colorado Pera

	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
	Elective: Shareholder Activism Update

	Moderator(s)
	Michael Barry Partner Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
	Panelist(s)
	Jon Lukomnik Managing Partner Sinclair Capital
	Peter Mixon General Counsel CalPERS
	Stephen Davis Senior Fellow Yale University School of Management's Millstein Center for Corporate Governanace and Performance
	Daniel Pedrotty Director, Office of Investment AFL-CIO Office of Investment

1:30 PM

Are Auditors Misunderstood?

Moderator(s)

James Sabella
Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.

Panelist(s)

Douglas Carmichael
Professor
Baruch College/CUNY

Ralph Ferrara
Partner
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae

Jonathan Weil
Columnist
Bloomberg News

Michael Young
Co-Chair, Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice Group
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

2:15 PM

Panel: Hedge Fund Activism — Help or Hindrance?

Moderator(s)

Patrick McGurn
Vice President & Special Counsel
Institutional Shareholder Services

Panelist(s)

Randall Thomas
Director, Law & Business Program
Vanderbilt University School of Law

Ken Altman
President
The Altman Group

April Klein
Associate Professor, Accounting
NYU Stern

6:00 PM

Cocktails & Dinner

Speaker(s)

Senator Charles E. Schumer

Saturday, December 1, 2007 (Day 3)

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7:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM

Panel: Securities Litigation: The Debate Continues

Moderator(s)

Michael Perino
Professor
St. John's University School of Law

Panelist(s)

Keith Johnson
Chair
Reinhart Institutional Investor Services

John Coffee
Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law
Columbia Law School

Gregg Jarrell
Professor of Finance and Economics
University of Rochester

10:15 AM

Panel: Private Equity Buyouts: Rip-Off or Value-Added?

Moderator(s)

Gregory P. Taxin
Partner
Spotlight Captial Management

Panelist(s)

Stuart Grant
Managing Partner
Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.

William Patterson
Capital Strategist
Change To Win

Robert Stewart
Vice President of Public Affairs
Private Equity Council

11:15 AM

Featured Speaker

Erin Brockovich

12:00 PM

Conference Concludes