European Commission Green Papers on Corporate Governance and the ECGI Research Agenda

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
Thursday 8 September 2011
An academic conference to identify the corporate governance research agenda of relevance to issues raised in the European Commission's Green Papers on the Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions and on the Corporate Governance of all European corporations. Attendance is by invitation only.
Introduction | Programme | Report of proceedings and research recommendations | List of participants | Background papers
Programme
Wednesday 7 September
19.30 – 21.30 Dinner at the Cercle de Lorraine, Place Poelaert 6, Brussels - see Directions
Thursday 8 September Institut d'Etudes Européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 39, 1050 Bruxelles - see Directions
9.00 Introduction
09.15 - 10.45 Session 1: Shareholders and Other Investors
Chaired by: Professor Julian Franks
10.45 - 11.15  Coffee
11.15 - 12.45 Session 2:  Boards and Directors
Chaired by: Professor Colin Mayer
12.45 - 13.45  Lunch
13.45 - 15.15 Session 3: Gatekeepers
Chaired by: Professor Marco Becht
15.15 - 15.30 Conclusion
15.30 - 16.00  Tea and Depart
The meeting is supported by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) under its Politics, Economics and Global Governance the European Dimensions (PEGGED) programme and the London Business School’s Centre for Corporate Governance.