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About Stanford University
Dynamic Corporate Strategy
- Overview
- Who Should Attend
- Learning Objectives
- Program Outline
- Faculty
- To Apply
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Corporate Governance
- About Stanford Law School
- Program Overview
- Who Should Attend
- Program Benefits
- Faculty
- Registration
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Program Benefits
  • Understand the essential questions that board members should be asking and outside experts regarding financing, disclosure, governance, succession planning, compensation and litigation.
  • Learn what Audit Committee members should know about revenue recognition, off-balance sheet financing, and accounting methods and disclosures.
  • Develop a framework for legal and prudential strategies to help board navigate in today¡¦s litigious environment.
  • Understand the benchmark against best practices in corporate governance.
  • Evaluate the role of the board in strategy development, evaluation and evolution.
Program Agenda
Day 1:
Friday, December 15
Registration 8:30 - 9:00am
9:00 - 10:30
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Director's Duties: A General Overview
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Stanford Faculty
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Break 10:30 - 11:00am

11:00 - 11:45

Sarbanes Oxley in details

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11:45 - 1:00

Shareholders, governance and ratings:

Implications of the Evolution
(Plus an overview of Institutional

Investor Issues)

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Stanford Faculty

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Lunch 1:00 - 2:00pm

2:00 - 3:30

Directors' Liability: the realities, the anomalies and the emerging trends
(Plus and overview of D&O Insurance)

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Stanford Faculty

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Break 3:30 - 4:00pm
4:00 - 5:30
The Audit Committee: Qualifications, Responsibilities and Best Practices

Stanford Faculty

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5:30 - 6:00pm
Synthesis and Discussion
6:15 - 7:00pm
Cocktail Reception
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Day 2:
Saturday, December 16
Registration 8:30 - 9:00am
9:00 - 10:30
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Policy Issues Related Greater China including: Issues, Institutional Investors and Entrepreneurs
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Laura Cha
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Break 10:30 - 11:30am
10:30 - 12:30
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Local HK Issues of Concerns to Issuers in HK and China
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Laura Cha and Stanford Faculty
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Lunch 12:30 - 1:30pm

1:30 - 3:00
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The Compensation Committee: Responsibilities, Emerging Issues and Best Practices


Stanford Faculty

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Break 3:00 - 3:30pm
3:30 - 5:00
Merger & Acquisition: Board Level Process and Best Practices
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5:00 - 6:00
Synthesis & Wrap-up
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Stanford Faculty
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Note: All sessions and session faculty are subject to change.