Institutional investors, leading academics and advisors attended this exclusive forum. The agenda and speakers for the Global Shareholder Activism Conference 7eu included. 

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, L&Q Research Professor, DePaul University