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The second ICGN mid-year meeting of 2008, hosted by the State of Delaware, will take place in Wilmington, Delaware on Wednesday December 10, at the Hotel DuPont, with a reception and dinner beforehand on December 9.
This conference will build on the important initiatives that developed out of the inaugural ICGN / Delaware conference held in October 2004. It will look at the new reform agenda in corporate governance in the US market following the impact of the US presidential elections and consider how these affect and are affected by global developments.
To register and find out more about the conference programme, travel and accommodation, please click here |
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The 2009 ICGN Annual Conference and General Meeting will take place in Sydney, Australia between the 13-15 July, hosted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees
The 2009 Annual Conference willbring together investors, directors, policy makers and stakeholders in a global dialogue with a focus on practical action.
To reserve your place for the 2009 ICGN Annual conference in Sydney and find out more about the conference, travel and accommodation, please click here |
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| ICGN Newsletter: Issue 10 June 2008 |
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The latest edition of the ICGN newsletter reports on the Gothenburg conference: issues surrounding Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Nordic model of corporate governance which were the twin themes of that conference. Peggy Foran and Peter Butler explain the thinking behind the establishment of an ICGN Directors-Shareholders Working Group. Tina Chande and Audrey Hart, two new members of the ICGN staff, are profiled. Click here to download a copy. |
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Almost 400 delegates from 49 countries attended the ICGN's 2008 Annual Conference in Seoul. Seung-soo Han, Prime Minister, Republic of Korea opened the conference. Se-hoon Oh, the Mayor of Seoul, hosted the opening reception. H.E. Dr. Jun Kwang-Woo, Chairman of the Korean Financial Services Commission, was the guest speaker at the Gala Dinner held in the historic Changgyeong Palace where Nell Minnow, Editor and co-founder of The Corporate Library, was named as the winner of the 2008 ICGN Award. ICGN Chairman, Peter Montagnon, presented the first Alastair Ross Goobey Memorial Scholarship to Md. Rashedur Rahman of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.
The theme of this year's event was the globalisation of capital markets and the impact this has on traditional corporate governance. Keynote speakers included Ángel Gurria, Secretary General, OECD, Ira Millstein, Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance, Yale SOM & Senior Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Eddy Wymeersch, Chairman, European Committee of Securities Regulators,
See the conference website for the programme of events. A video recording of the proceedings will soon be made available in the Members' area. |
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| Nearly 100 ICGN Members attended the 2008 ICGN Annual General Meeting which followed the Conference. The Meeting Agenda and accompanying papers for this meeting are available in the Members' area. |
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| The first ICGN mid-year meeting of 2008, hosted by OMX and AP2, took place in Gothenburg, Sweden on 5 March 2008. It focused on two broad topics: the global role and impact on corporate governance of sovereign wealth funds; and investor influence in the Nordic markets. Gao Xiqing, General Manager, Chinese Investment Corporation, Dr. Mahmoud Al Kandari, Director, Legal & Compliance Dept,
Kuwait Investment Authority, Anne Kvam, Head of Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management and Peter A. Kazakevitch, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation set out their perspectives and Sir David Tweedie, Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board gave the keynote address. A report will appear in due course. See: |
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Anne Simpson
ICGN Executive Director |
