Join institutional investors and leading academics and advisors at this exclusive forum. The following is the current agenda and list of confirmed speakers for the Global Shareholder Activism Conference 7eu. 

Keynotes:

• US Senator Paul Sarbanes
• Chief Justice Myron Steele, Delaware Supreme Court

Panels:

• U.S. vs. European Shareholder Rights - What are the Differences?
• U.S. vs. European Shareholder Rights - The Prospects of European Class Actions
• Corporations That Cook The Books – Can You Catch Them?  Can You Stop Them?
• Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity: A Boom For Whom?
• Should Investors Avoid Socially Irresponsible Companies or Countries?
• Stichting Shell Reserves Compensation Foundation Update
• Sub-Prime Debt Crisis – How Far Will the Dominos Cascade?
• Executive Compensation – Can Anything Be Done?
• Class Action Claims Settlements
• Shareholder Litigation 101: Dispelling The Myths

Panelists:

• Horst Benin, Managing Director, Auda Deutschland GmbH
• Bob Bertram, Executive Vice President Investments, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
• Jon Brilliant, Managing Director, Atelier Management
• Stefanie Buchmann, General Counsel, Metzler Investment GmbH
• John Coffee, Adolph A. Berle Professor and Director of Center on Corporate Governance, Columbia Law School
• Charles Cronin, Head, EMEA, CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity
• Stephen Davis, Fellow, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance & Performance, Yale School of Management
• Jay Eisenhofer, Managing Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
• Ralph Ferrara, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Paul Frentrop, Head of Corporate Governance, APG Investments
• Stuart Grant, Managing Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
• Abigail Herron, Corporate Governance Analyst, Responsible Investment, Co-operative Financial Services
• Francis Hounnongandji, CEO, Allied Business Controls
• Bess Joffe, Associate Director-Americas, Hermes Equity Ownership Services
• Keith Johnson, Chairman, Reinhart Institutional Investment Services
• Alexis Krajeski, Associate Director, Governance & Sustainable Investment, F&C Management Limited
• Nadine Viel Lamare, HEad of Corporate Communications and SRI, AP1
• Catherine LaMarr, General Counsel, Office of the Treasurer, State of Connecticut
• Michael Lofing, CPA, Managing Director Financial Analysis, Glass Lewis & Co.
• Daan F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Partner, NautaDutilh N.V.
• Peter Montagnon, Director of Investment Affairs, Association of British Insurers     
• Walt Pavlo, Lecturer and Author, Etika LLC
• Jim Peterson, Financial and Accounting Columnist, International Herald Tribune
• James Prutsman, Vice President, Epiq Systems
• Alexander Reus, Managing Partner, Diaz Reus & Targ LLP
• Philippe Roesch, Managing Director - Head Private Equity Europe, Auda Private Equity Europe
• Joanne Segars, Chief Executive, National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF)
• Daniel Summerfield, Co-Head Responsible Investment, Universities Superannuation Scheme, Ltd.
• Dario Trevisan, Partner, Studio Legale Trevisan & Associati
• Annette van der Krogt, Manager Responsible Investments, Syntrus Achmea Asset Management
• Curtis Verschoor, LBQ Research Professor, DePaul University