Established
by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and
the American Law Institute (ALI) in order to bring together
leading academics from law, economics and finance, regulators,
judges, law makers, corporate leaders, investors and other
corporate constituencies to engage in forward-looking discussions
of corporate governance issues that are or will be at the
forefront of policymaking on both sides of the Atlantic.
Background
to the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue
The
European Corporate Governance Institute and the American
Law Institute (ALI) have established the Transatlantic
Corporate Governance Dialogue in order to bring
together leading academics from law, economics and finance,
regulators, judges, law makers, corporate leaders, investors
and other corporate constituencies to engage in forward-looking
discussions of corporate governance issues that are or will
be at the forefront of policymaking on both sides of the
Atlantic. The Dialogue is endorsed by the European Commission.
The
Dialogue was launched with a full-day public conference
held in Brussels on 12 July 2004 thanks to support from
the European Commission (see below for further details).
2007 Conference: Washington DC
The theme of the
2007 Conference was
"Corporate Governance Standards
and
Capital Market Competitiveness". The Conference
took place on Tuesday, 9 October
2007 at the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C. See:
The theme of the 2006 Conference was "Controlling
shareholders and corporate governance: Better monitors
or more self-dealing?". The Conference
took place on Tuesday, 27 June 2006 at
the Charlemagne Building, Brussels. See:
In
2005, the twin themes of the Conference were "Corporate
Board Elections and Internal Controls".It
took place at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
Tuesday, 27 September 2005.
The theme of the launch Conference
was “Regulatory Competition and Subsidiarity
in Corporate Governance in a Transatlantic Perspective”.
Over 220 delegates attended the Conference
which was held in Brussels at La Maison de l'Europe at la
Bibliothèque Solvay on Monday, 12th July 2004. See:
