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Corporate Governance Trends and Issues in the UNECE Region
Round Table
Geneva, 9th February 2005
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10.00-10.10
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Welcome and brief introduction by Mr. George
Kowalski, Director, Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise
Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
Geneva, Switzerland [text]
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10.10-10.25
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Introduction: Corporate Governance in the UNECE Region: Past and
Prospects, by Mr. Bruce Kogut, Professor, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France,
and Co-Chair of the Round Table
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Session I.
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Corporate Governance and Regulation
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10.25-11.40
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Chair: Mr. Erik Berglof, Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
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Presentations and speakers:
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Corporate Governance and Regulation, Introduction, by Mr. Erik Berglof,
Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden [presentation]
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The European Stock Exchanges and Corporate Governance, by Mr. Paul Arlman,
Secretary General, Federation of European Stock Exchanges, Brussels,
Belgium
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Corporate Governance in Canada and the CSA Corporate Governance
Initiatives, Ms. Susan Wolburgh Jenah, Vice-chair, Ontario Securities
Commission, Toronto, Canada
[presentation]
[text]
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Corporate Governance Trends in Poland and the Role of the Warsaw Stock
Exchange, by Mr. Wieslav Rozlucki, President and CEO, Warsaw Stock
Exchange, Warsaw, Poland
[presentation]
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Capital Market Board Role in Shaping Corporate Governance, by Mr. Dogan
Cansizlar, Chairman, Capital Market Board, Ankara, Turkey
[presentation]
[text]
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Discussion, Questions and Answers
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Session II.
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Identifying and Implementing the Best Approaches for Improving
Corporate Governance: The View of the Private Sector
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11.40-13.00
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Chairs: Ms. Kim Olson, Managing Director & Regulatory Liaison, Fitch
Ratings, New York, USA and Mr. Andrey Korotkov, Senior Vice President,
Chief Information Officer, Vneshtorgbank, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Presentations and speakers:
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Corporate Governance from the Bondholder's Perspective: Measurement and
Analytical Considerations, by Ms. Kim Olson, Managing Director &
Regulatory Liaison, Fitch Ratings, New York, USA
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance - Implementation, Challenges and Trends, by Mr. Felix
Horber, Legal Counsel, UBS HQ, Zurich, Switzerland
[presentation]
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Assessment of Corporate Governance as a Risk Factor in an Comparative /
International Context by Mr. George Dallas, Managing Director and Global
Practice Leader, Governance Services, Standard & Poor, London, United
Kingdom
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance Ratings and Shareholder Value by Ms. Anne-Maree
O'Connor, CEO, Core Ratings, London, United Kingdom
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Implementation of Corporate Governance, by Mr. Thomas Pletscher, Board
Member, Economiesuisse, Zurich, Switzerland
[presentation]
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Discussion, Questions and Answers
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Session III.
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Strategies and Policies for Advancing Corporate Governance in the UNECE
Region: Key Challenges and Roles
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15.00-16.30
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Chair: Mr. Ronald Freeman, formerly COO, EBRD; currently, director, Troika
Dialog, London, United Kingdom
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Presentations and speakers:
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Key Challenges and Roles in Advancing Corporate Governance in the UNECE
Region, by Mr. Ronald Freeman, formerly COO, EBRD; currently Director,
Troika Dialog, London, United Kingdom
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Corporate Governance Developments in France, by Mr. Alain-Xavier Briatte,
Secretary General, French Corporate Governance Association, Paris, France
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance Developments in Turkey, by Ms. Melsa Ararat,
Executive Director and Professor, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey and
Mr. Mehmet Ugur, Professor, Greenwich University, United Kingdom
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance Developments in Spain, by Mr. S. Gomez Anson,
Professor, Oviedo University, Spain
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance Developments in Greece, by Mr. Dimitris Tsibanoulis,
Managing Partner, Tsibanoulis & Partner, Athens, Greece
[text]
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Corporate Governance Developments in Germany, by Mr. Hans-Martin Buhlmann,
CEO, VIP, Schiltigheim, Germany
[presentation]
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Discussion, Questions and Answers
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Session IV.
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Improving Governance Practices: Firms and Public Policy
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16:30-17:40
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Chair: Mr. Sead Vilogorac, Head, Industrial Restructuring and Enterprise
Development, UNECE, and Co-Chair of the Roundtable
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How to Improve Corporate Governance Practices, by Mr. Joachim Schwalbach,
Professor, Institute of Management, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
[presentation]
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Mandatory Legislation Versus Voluntary Corporate Governance Codes, by Mr.
Simon Wong, Corporate Governance Expert, McKinsey and Co., London, United
Kingdom
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Annual General Meeting in the Spirit of Corporate Governance, by Mr. Olli
Virtanen, Secretary General, Association of Board Members, Helsinki,
Finland
[presentation]
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Corporate Governance of Institutional Investors, by Mr. Christian Strenger,
CEO, DWS, Frankfurt, Germany
[presentation]
[text]
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Corporate Governance and Return on Investment, Mr. Burcin Yurtoglu,
Professor, Vienna University, Austria
[presentation]
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Discussion, Questions and Answers
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17.40-18.00
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Concluding remarks by Mr. George Kowalski and Mr. Bruce Kogut
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