Strata Property Update 2004


Course Date: June 3, 2004

Welcome and Introduction

Joseph A. Garcia — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver

Hot Button Corporate Governance Issues for Today’s Boards

  • board compensation
  • shareholder engagement
  • CEO succession planning
  • risk management
  • regulation vs. market-led initiatives
  • meaningful and effective board and director evaluation

Daniel A. Burns — Daniel Burns Law Corporation and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Accend Capital Corporation, Vancouver
Elizabeth J. Watson — Watson Advisors Inc., Vancouver 

Directors' & Officers' Insurance and Indemnities

  • specific policy issues
  • mining companies

Anne F. Barnes — Vancouver Branch Manager, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, Vancouver
Albert J. Hudec — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
John E. Stark — Stikeman Elliott LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

The Changing Role of the Corporate Secretary in Supporting Corporate Governance

  • the changing expectations for good corporate governance
  • what the board needs from the corporate secretary
  • interactions with outside counsel
  • managing conflicts of interest
  • practice points

Kelly Stark-Anderson — KSA Law Corporation, Vancouver

Luncheon With Featured Speaker

Beverly Behan — Board Advisor LLC, New York

What is a Lawyer to Do?

  • an interactive panel discussion regarding difficult governance dilemmas

Paul L. Goldman — Goodmans LLP, Vancouver 
Trisha L. Robertson — Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Herman H. Van Ommen — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Corporate Opportunity

  • what the courts say
  • real life problems
  • practical solutions

Leo Raffin — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Mark L. Skwarok — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Trends

  • recent US developments
    • say on pay
    • proxy access
  • Canadian trends in shareholder activism
  • what else do we forsee?

Daniel M. Miller — Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Vancouver
John Smith — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments


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