The next ICGN Mid-year Event will examine the future of capital markets after the banking crisis. It will consider how capital markets may be constrained or curbed by regulation and the impact this has on corporate accountability to shareholders. We will debate the impact of the crisis on the role of long-term shareholders and their ability to influence the governance of the companies in which they invest.

Leading speakers include: the Honourable Chief Justice Myron Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court, Chris Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS, Jean Pierre Hellebuyck, Vice Chairman of AXA, David Blood, Co-founder, Generation Asset Management and Neri Bukspan, Global Chief Accountant at Standard & Poors. The event is hosted by the State of Delaware and will take place in Wilmington on 10 December at the Hotel DuPont with a reception and dinner the evening before.

The Organising Committee comprises Cynthia Kane, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, State of Delaware, Marjorie Knowles, Trustee, TIAACREF, Carl Rosen, Head of corporate governance and communications, Second Swedish National Pension Fund, Anne Simpson, Executive Director, ICGN and John Wilcox, Chairman, Sodali Ltd.

The International Corporate Governance Network gratefully acknowledges the support of the State of Delaware in connection with this event.