| Past events |
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Corporate Governance After the Crisis |
| Date: |
Fri 13 January 2012 - Sat 14 January 2012 |
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| Venue: |
Oxford Law Faculty and Said Business School, Oxford |
| Organisers: |
Columbia Law School, the European Corporate Governance Institute and the Said Business School, University of Oxford |
| Programme: |
See the programme and accompanying papers on the ECGI website |
| Details: |
An academic conference: attendance by invitation only. A report will appear on this website in due course. |
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Shareholder Engagement: What is 'Appropriate'? |
| Date: |
Thu 15 December 2011 |
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| Venue: |
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington |
| Organisers: |
A free all-day conference organised by the ECGI and Columbia Law School |
| Programme: |
Keynote speakers were Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Nadia Calvino, Deputy Director General, DG Internal Market and Services at the European Commission. See full programme, video recordings and presentations on the TCGD website. |
| Details: |
The eighth conference in the TCGD series - see TCGD background information and online registration |
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11th European Corporate Governance Conference |
| Date: |
Tue 15 November 2011 |
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| Venue: |
The Sheraton Hotel, Warsaw |
| Organisers: |
Inter alia, the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The ECGI is organising a session "Corporate governance rules as policy instruments for change" in the conference programme. |
| Programme: |
See the conference programme and registration on the Conference website |
| Details: |
The 11th in the series of EU Presidency conferences on European Company Law and Corporate Governance |
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ECGI's 2011 General Assembly and Annual Lecture |
| Date: |
Thu 7 April 2011 - Fri 8 April 2011 |
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| Venue: |
Amsterdam |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme in the public area of this website
ECGI members can see the programme for all three events in the members' area of this website (password required) |
| Details: |
Annual Dinner for Members and Working Paper Prize-giving on the evening of Thursday 7th April. Annual Lecture (open to the public) and General Assembly (ECGI members only) on the morning of Friday, 8th April |
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10th European Corporate Governance Conference (ECGI Session - Shareholder Activism : A Source of Value Creation?) |
| Date: |
Mon 6 December 2010 - Tue 7 December 2010 |
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| Venue: |
ING, Troonstraat 1, rue du Trone, 1000 Brussels |
| Organisers: |
Guberna, European Commission, ECGI, EABiS, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and ecoDa under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the EU |
| Programme: |
See details on the Conference website. The ECGI organised the session on Tuesday, 7th December between 11.00 and 13.00 (This session only was free-of-charge to ECGI members). |
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Corporate Governance and Performance: causation? |
| Date: |
Fri 12 November 2010 - Sat 13 November 2010 |
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| Venue: |
Yale School of Management |
| Organisers: |
Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, the European Corporate Governance Institute and the Said Business School |
| Programme: |
See the Schedule on the conference website |
| Details: |
An academic conference in the Yale ECGI Oxford (YEO) series held at the Yale School of Management. Attendance was by invitation only. |
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Corporate Governance and the new Financial Regulation: Complements or Substitutes? |
| Date: |
Mon 25 October 2010 |
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| Venue: |
Bibliotheque Solvay, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
A free all-day conference in the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue (TCGD) series under the auspices of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the European Commission, organised by the European Corporate Governance Institute, the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School. |
| Programme: |
See the programme on the TCGD website |
| Details: |
The seventh conference in the TCGD series - see Presentations and speeches and List of attendees |
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Management Compensation |
| Date: |
Fri 3 September 2010 |
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| Venue: |
Council Chamber of the Glamorgan Building at Cardiff University |
| Organisers: |
Cardiff Business School, The Journal of Corporate Finance and the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme on the conference website |
| Details: |
See Conference website for further details |
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The Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions: Lessons from the Crisis |
| Date: |
Wed 16 June 2010 |
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| Venue: |
Madrid campus of the IESE Business School |
| Organisers: |
CEPR, IESE Business School and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme |
| Details: |
See research papers and speech given at the Conference in Volume 8 of ECGI's Research Newsletter |
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ECGI's 2010 General Assembly and Annual Lecture |
| Date: |
Thu 6 May 2010 - Fri 7 May 2010 |
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| Venue: |
Dinner for ECGI members and invited guests at the offices of ArcelorMittal in Luxembourg. General Assembly and Annual Lecture at the University of Luxembourg |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme in the public area of this website |
| Details: |
See Photographs of the event and a video recording of the Annual Lecture by Professor Patrick Bolton |
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Beyond the Crisis - New Challenges for Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Wed 2 December 2009 - Thu 3 December 2009 |
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| Venue: |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| Organisers: |
The Swedish Corporate Governance Board and the ECGI in conjunction with the Swedish EU Presidency |
| Programme: |
See the Conference programme |
| Details: |
See Conference report with presentations and speeches and Delegates |
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The New Role of Government in Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Thu 17 September 2009 |
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| Venue: |
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington |
| Organisers: |
A free all-day conference organised by the ECGI, the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School |
| Programme: |
See the programme on the TCGD website |
| Details: |
The sixth conference in the TCGD series - see Video recordings and speaker presentations and Registered delegates |
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Corporate Governance in Crisis? |
| Date: |
Thu 18 June 2009 |
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| Venue: |
Chambre de Commerce Luxembourg, 7 Rue Alcide de Gasperi, Kirchberg |
| Organisers: |
University of Luxembourg and the ECGI with support from the Chambre de Commerce, Luxembourg and the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs |
| Programme: |
See the programme, Working Papers and audio recordings, background, list of participants and photos taken on the day |
| Details: |
A free half-day Conference on the occasion of the signing of an agreement between the European Corporate Governance Institute and the University of Luxembourg on the possible establishment of the European Corporate Governance Research Foundation in Luxembourg |
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ECGI's 2009 General Assembly and Annual Lecture |
| Date: |
Fri 17 April 2009 |
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| Venue: |
Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme |
| Details: |
The Annual Lecture on the theme of corporate governance and the current crisis was given by Professor Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and ECGI Fellow. A report on the lecture which was open to ECGI members and invited guests will appear soon.
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Bank governance - before, during and after the crisis |
| Date: |
Wed 18 March 2009 |
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| Venue: |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London |
| Organisers: |
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the Centre for Economic Policy Research
and the European Corporate Governance Institute
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| Programme: |
See the programme, transcript of the proceedings, list of conference registrants (in the public domain) and audio recording (available only to ECGI Members in the Members' area) |
| Details: |
A one-hour discussion forum at the EBRD, co-hosted by the CEPR, open to ECGI members and invited guests only. |
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Corporate Ownership and Control: Economic, Historical and Legal Aspects |
| Date: |
Mon 12 January 2009 |
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| Venue: |
Faculty of Law, Cambridge |
| Organisers: |
Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), University of Cambridge and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the Conference flyer |
| Details: |
See Conference Report |
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Financial Intermediaries and Markets at the Crossroads: Economic and Legal Perspectives on Financial Stability, Liquidity and Corporate Control |
| Date: |
Fri 26 September 2008 - Sat 27 September 2008 |
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| Venue: |
Hotel Hilton Royal Park Soestduinen, The Netherlands |
| Organisers: |
The University of Amsterdam, York University and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme
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Emerging Markets Workshop |
| Date: |
Fri 19 September 2008 - Sat 20 September 2008 |
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| Venue: |
Yale University, Millstein Center of Corporate Governance, New Haven |
| Organisers: |
The Global Corporate Governance Forum and Asian Institute of Corporate Governance, sponsored and supported by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, the ICGN, the ECGI and the Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey |
| Programme: |
Follow-up to the conference in Istanbul in November 2007 |
| Details: |
Click here |
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Final Conference of the European Corporate Governance Training Network |
| Date: |
Thu 11 September 2008 - Fri 12 September 2008 |
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| Venue: |
IESE Business School, Barcelona |
| Organisers: |
ECGTN |
| Programme: |
See Programme on the ECGTN website |
| Details: |
On the ECGTN website |
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Corporate Governance Standards and Financial Stability |
| Date: |
Tue 9 September 2008 |
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| Venue: |
Charlemagne Building, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme on the TCGD website |
| Details: |
The fifth conference in the TCGD series - see presentations and video recordings |
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Summer school: Corporate Governance: Economic, Financial, and Legal Perspectives |
| Date: |
Mon 11 August 2008 - Fri 15 August 2008 |
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| Venue: |
International University Menendez dez Pelayo, Santander |
| Organisers: |
Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) with ECGTN
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| Programme: |
See programme on the CEMFI website |
| Details: |
The Summer School was for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in economics, finance, and law. Participation was compulsory for Early Stage Researchers of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN). See ECGTN website |
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Corporate Governance Best Paper Competition conference |
| Date: |
Tue 10 June 2008 - Wed 11 June 2008 |
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| Venue: |
Oxford |
| Organisers: |
ECGI, the Review of Finance and the Swedish Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) |
| Programme: |
See the programme on this website |
| Details: |
See details in the Corporate Governance Best Paper Competition pages on this website |
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ECGI's 2008 General Assembly and Annual Lecture |
| Date: |
Fri 11 April 2008 |
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| Venue: |
IESE Business School, Barcelona |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme. Professor Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor Entrepreneurship & Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and ECGI Fellow was the keynote speaker |
| Details: |
The Annual Lecture and subsequent panel and floor discussions were held under the Chatham House rule. A video of this is available, however, in the restricted Members' area |
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Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Voting and Corporate Performance
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| Date: |
Fri 21 March 2008 - Sat 22 March 2008 |
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| Venue: |
University of Cagliari, Sardinia |
| Organisers: |
University of Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (Netherlands), the Department of Ricerche aziendali: Business, Law and Communication of the University of Cagliari (Italy), and the Law and Business Program of the Vanderbilt University School of Law in collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute and the
Journal of Management and Governance. |
| Programme: |
See the programme |
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Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets |
| Date: |
Thu 15 November 2007 - Sat 17 November 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Sabanci University, Istanbul |
| Organisers: |
Sponsored by the Global Corporate Governance Forum and Asian Institute of Corporate Governance, endorsed and supported by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, the ICGN, the ECGI and the Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey |
| Programme: |
See the programme on the Sabanci conference website |
| Details: |
See papers and presentations |
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Challenges for the Control of Corporate Europe |
| Date: |
Wed 17 October 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Ritz Four Seasons Hotel, Lisbon |
| Organisers: |
Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme and presentations |
| Details: |
See list of those who attended |
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Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue |
| Date: |
Tue 9 October 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington |
| Organisers: |
American Law Institute (ALI) and the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See Programme |
| Details: |
The fourth conference in the TCGD series - see presentations and speeches and video recordings |
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Control Enhancing Mechanisms
in Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Tue 18 September 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen |
| Organisers: |
A free all-day conference organised by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, the Copenhagen Business School and the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme |
| Details: |
See the final report.
Other details can be found on the conference website
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Latest Development in Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Mon 3 September 2007 |
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| Venue: |
London Business School |
| Organisers: |
The Centre for Corporate Governance at the London Business School and the
ECGI sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council. |
| Programme: |
See programme |
| Details: |
Attendance at this academic conference was restricted to ECGI research and academic members only. |
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Corporate Governance and Capital Markets |
| Date: |
Sun 12 August 2007 - Sun 19 August 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Eltville (near Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
| Organisers: |
Center for Financial Studies (CFS) jointly with the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN) |
| Programme: |
See programme |
| Details: |
See background information |
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Contractual Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Fri 22 June 2007 |
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| Venue: |
University of Sheffield Management School |
| Organisers: |
University of Sheffield Management School, the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Journal of Corporate Finance |
| Programme: |
See programme and papers on the University of Sheffield website |
| Details: |
See a short report on the conference. The papers presented at the Symposium have been published in a special issue of the Journal of Corporate Finance |
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Workshop on How to get Published in Top Finance Journals |
| Date: |
Thu 21 June 2007 |
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| Venue: |
University of Sheffield |
| Organisers: |
University of Sheffield Management School and the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN) |
| Programme: |
See programme |
| Details: |
See report on the workshop |
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Financial Contracting: Theory and Evidence |
| Date: |
Fri 20 April 2007 - Sat 21 April 2007 |
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| Venue: |
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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| Organisers: |
University of Mannheim, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the European Corporate Governance Institute, the German National Science Foundation, and the Center for Financial Studies |
| Programme: |
See Background Information and Programme
and papers |
| Details: |
This event immediately followed the ECGI meeting the day before. |
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ECGI's 2007 General Assembly, Annual Lecture and Debate |
| Date: |
Thu 19 April 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Institute for Law and Finance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the Programme in the public area of this website |
| Details: |
Download a video recording of the debate and photographs taken during the eve |
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Enforcement of Corporate Governance Rules |
| Date: |
Fri 30 March 2007 - Sat 31 March 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Harvard Law School |
| Organisers: |
Harvard Law School and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) with support of the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See Programme |
| Details: |
This conference was by invitation only |
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Activist Investors, Hedge Funds and Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Thu 8 March 2007 - Fri 9 March 2007 |
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| Venue: |
Hotel Grand, Amsterdam |
| Organisers: |
University of Amsterdam and Vanderbilt University |
| Programme: |
See the programme |
| Details: |
Conference Fee - €200 includes refreshments, lunch, and written documentation for one delegate. To register contact: Ms. Irene Wamelink, Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance (ACCF) Email: acle@uva.nl
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Controlling shareholders and corporate governance: Better monitors or more self-dealing?
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| Date: |
Tue 27 June 2006 |
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| Venue: |
Charlemagne Building, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
American Law Institute (ALI) and the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme on the TCGD site |
| Details: |
The third conference in the TCGD series - see speeches and transcripts, list of attendees and photo gallery |
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Alternative Views of Corporate Governance |
| Date: |
Fri 10 March 2006 |
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| Venue: |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| Organisers: |
ETH Zurich, European Corporate Governance Training Network, the Review of Finance, and the Wharton Financial Institutions Center |
| Programme: |
See Programme and papers |
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ECGI's 2006 General Assembly, Annual Lecture and Debate |
| Date: |
Thu 9 March 2006 |
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| Venue: |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
The open meeting, comprising the keynote speech from Professor René Stulz and the Oxford Union-style debate on the topic “This House believes that company top executives should be paid like government ministers”, was open to the public. |
| Details: |
See the programme of the Open Meeting and a copy of Professor Stulz's presentation
See video clips of the Oxford Union-style debate |
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Shareholder Activism in the United Kingdom |
| Date: |
Thu 9 February 2006 |
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| Venue: |
The Royal College of Gynaecologists, Nuffield Hall, 27 Sussex Place, London, NW1 4RG |
| Organisers: |
LBS Centre for Corporate Governance, the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance and the ECGI |
| Programme: |
See the programme |
| Details: |
See short report on the research study and video recordings of the presentations |
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Corporate Board Elections and Internal Controls |
| Date: |
Tue 27 September 2005 |
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| Venue: |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Organisers: |
American Law Institute (ALI) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme on the TCGD site |
| Details: |
The second conference in the TCGD series - see transcripts of speeches |
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The Ownership of the Modern Corporation: Economic and Legal Perspectives on Private versus Publicly-listed Corporations |
| Date: |
Fri 16 September 2005 - Sat 17 September 2005 |
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| Venue: |
NH Zandvoort Hotel, Zandvoort, The Netherlands |
| Organisers: |
The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) at the University of Amsterdam and The Journal of Financial Intermediation |
| Programme: |
See programme |
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Debate: "This house believes that shareholders should NOT have the right to vote on corporate acquisitions" |
| Date: |
Thu 26 May 2005 - Fri 27 May 2005 |
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| Venue: |
SAS Radisson Hotel, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
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| Details: |
See video clips of the Oxford Union style debate on the motion "This house believes that shareholders should NOT have the right to vote on corporate acquisitions" |
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ECGI's 2005 General Assembly and Panel Discussion "The European Commission's Corporate Governance Action Plan" |
| Date: |
Mon 9 May 2005 |
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| Venue: |
SDA Bocconi School of Management |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme |
| Details: |
See presentations and speeches in the Members' area |
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Inaugural Network Conference of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN) |
| Date: |
Fri 28 January 2005 - Sat 29 January 2005 |
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| Venue: |
Said Business School, Oxford |
| Organisers: |
European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN) |
| Programme: |
See programme on the ECGTN website |
| Details: |
See background on the ECGTN |
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Regulatory Competition and Subsidiarity in Corporate Governance in a Transatlantic Perspective |
| Date: |
Mon 12 July 2004 |
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| Venue: |
Bibliotheque Solvay, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
American Law Institute (ALI) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme of this launch event |
| Details: |
The first, launch, conference in the TCGD series - see transcripts of speeches and list of attendees |
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ECGI's 2004 General Assembly and Annual Lecture |
| Date: |
Wed 10 March 2004 |
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| Venue: |
London Business School and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
A detailed report can be found in the Members' area |
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European Financial Markets Convention: ECGI session on Executive Remuneration |
| Date: |
Fri 13 June 2003 |
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| Venue: |
The Guildhall, London |
| Organisers: |
The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
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| Details: |
A detailed report can be found in the Members' area |
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ECGI's 2003 General Assembly and panel discussion 'The Future of Corporate Governance in Europe Post-Enron' |
| Date: |
Wed 15 January 2003 |
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| Venue: |
The offices of Fortis, 20 rue Royale, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
A detailed report can be found in the Members' area |
| Details: |
A precis of this report can be found in the public area of this site |
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European Financial Markets Convention: ECGI session on ' The Future of Corporate Takeovers in Europe' |
| Date: |
Fri 31 May 2002 |
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| Venue: |
Flanders Conference Centre, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) and ECGI |
| Programme: |
See programme and presentations |
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Corporate Governance and the "New Economy" |
| Date: |
Sat 13 April 2002 - Sun 14 April 2002 |
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| Venue: |
Brussels |
| Organisers: |
CEPR and ECGI in collaboration with ECARES |
| Programme: |
See programme and papers |
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ECGI session on 'Systems of Corporate Governance compared - Anglo-Saxon countries and continental Europe' |
| Date: |
Fri 1 March 2002 |
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| Venue: |
Deutsche Bank AG, Unter den Linden, Berlin |
| Organisers: |
Deutsche Bank Research |
| Programme: |
See programme on this site
or see Deutsche Bank Research site
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| Details: |
enquiries: Dr. Klaus Gunter Deutsch, DB Research Email: klaus.deutsch@db.com |
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The Launch of the ECGI |
| Date: |
Tue 15 January 2002 |
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| Venue: |
Bibliothèque Solvay, Parc Léopold, Brussels |
| Organisers: |
ECGI |
| Programme: |
See launch programme |
| Details: |
See short report and slides used in presentations |
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