CLE Online

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