ISS Accredited Boardroom Education Program
2003 CONFERENCE AGENDA
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2003
Deluxe Continental Breakfast & Registration
7:00 – 8:15 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:15 – 8:30 AM
Legal & Regulatory Update
8:30 – 10:15 AM
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Sarbanes-Oxley: One year later
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Stock Exchange rules |
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PACOB actions |
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Other significant regulatory actions |
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:30 AM
Who’s Measuring Corporate Governance?
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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Why the market has developed |
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Who follows the measurements? |
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Are they valid measurements of good corporate governance? |
Luncheon & Speaker
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Building an Effective Board
1:30 – 2:45 PM
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Director independence and performance evaluations |
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Qualifications of directors |
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Board recruitment and retention issues |
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Board evaluation under Stock Exchange rules |
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Nominating committee—management recruitment and succession planning |
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Interpersonal dynamics between board members and within committees |
Audit Committee Panel
2:45 – 4:00 PM
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Audit committee basic principles |
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Creating a framework for effective audit committee oversight |
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Current issues facing audit committees |
Afternoon Break
4:00 – 4:15 PM
Breakout Sessions (Choose one of three)
4:15 – 5:15 PM
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Nuts and Bolts: Policies, Practices
& Procedures Designed to Promote
Good Governance
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The things you need to put into place before a crisis occurs |
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Codes of conduct |
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Questions for auditors |
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Whistleblower provisions |
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Should You Be a Public Company?
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Going public in today’s environment |
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Public going private (with governance implications) |
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Lessons learned from accounting failures |
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Pros vs. cons |
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Implications for Foreign-Based Corporations
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To what extent do the rules impact you? |
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Perspectives from overseas |
Cocktail Reception
5:15 – 7:00 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2003
Deluxe Continental Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Program Review
8:00 – 8:15 AM
How Are Effective Boards Operating?
8:15 – 9:30 AM
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Is oversight still the board’s function or is it more? |
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What is oversight? |
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Where does oversight end and managing begin? |
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Does the effective board need to use outside advisors? |
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What drives substance? |
How to Detect, Deter & Deal with
Corporate Wrongdoing
9:30 – 10:30 AM
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Anatomy of an investigation |
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The role of the board |
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The Special Committee |
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When to call the authorities |
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Work product and privilege issues |
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How to deal with parallel proceedings with conflicting objectives |
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Cooperation—what it means |
Morning Break
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Enforcement Actions
10:45 – 11:45 AM
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SEC hotspots: Key enforcement actions and initiatives |
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Liability issues for officers, employees and auditors |
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Criminal enforcement and prosecution |
Litigation & Shareholder Actions
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
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Judicial activism: Has corporate scandal turned the tide in securities litigation? |
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Significant developments in securities and corporate litigation |
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D&O insurance update: In a hard and demanding market, how good governance can help you maximize your liability coverage and minimize your risk |
Final Thoughts & Open Forum
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Conference Ends
1:00 PM
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KPMG created the Audit Committee Institute (ACI) to enhance the awareness, commitment, and ability of audit committee members and senior officers to implement effective audit committee processes. ACI’s initiatives include semiannual roundtables, publication of KPMG’s Audit Committee Quarterly, conference and board presentations, a toll-free hotline, periodic distribution of time-sensitive information, and a Web site, www.kpmg.com/aci. |
