Agenda
November 2019 Roundtable
November 5, 2019
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
| 6:45 pm | Reception |
| 7:30 pm | Dinner |
November 6, 2019
Harvard Law School
Wasserstein Hall – Milstein West AB (second floor)
1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
| 8:00–9:00 am | Registration and continental breakfast |
| 9:00–10:30 am | First morning session: Keynote session with Barbara Novick, Vice Chairman & Co-Founder, BlackRock |
| 10:30–10:45 am | Coffee break |
| 10:45–11:30 am | Second morning session |
| 11:30–11:45 am | Coffee break |
| 11:45 am –12:40 pm | Third morning session |
| 12:40–1:40 pm | Lunch |
| 1:40–2:35 pm | First afternoon session |
| 2:35–2:55 pm | Coffee break |
| 2:55–3:50 pm | Final session |
| 4:00–5:00 pm | Issuer-only meeting in Room 3015 and Mutual fund and pension fund-only meeting in Room 3016 |
Roundtable Discussion Topics
The Roundtable will focus on current issues in corporate governance. The Roundtable will begin with a keynote session on index fund stewardship with Ms. Barbara G. Novick, Vice Chairman & Co-Founder of BlackRock. Subsequently, depending on the interests of Roundtable participants, subjects that the Roundtable may discuss are: (i) current discussions of stakeholders and corporate purpose, including the recent statement of the Business Roundtable and the broader debate on corporate purpose and stakeholder interests; (ii) engagement between issuers and investors, including topics such as the 2020 proxy season, share buybacks, emerging consensus on governance arrangements, virtual meetings, and the SEC’s new guidance on proxy advisors; and (iii) compensation issues, including current compensation practices and proposals for aligning compensation with corporate purpose.
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