Investors, Companies and ESG Conference

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What is the role of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations for today’s investors? For firms? This is among the hottest topics in corporate governance and asset management today. Join Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and the NYU Law Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance for a conference on whether and how recent concerns with ESG change what boards are supposed to do.

Topics of discussion include:

  • ESG and investors: what are investors telling companies?
  • What is the "ESG message"? Is it different for different stage companies? Newly public companies? Mature public companies?
  • ESG in the board room: what are directors hearing?
  • How does it affect engagement with shareholders?
  • Is "ESG" an investment opportunity?
  • How do ESG funds differ from other private investment vehicles?

 



AGENDA

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome & State of the Industry Remarks

Larry Sonsini, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. ESG and Investors: What are Investors Telling Companies?

Moderator: David Berger, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Panelists: Scott Kupor, Andresson Horowitz
  Joanne Medero, BlackRock
  Mark Wolfson, Jasper Ridge
  Eva Zlotnicka, ValueAct Capital
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. ESG in the Board Room: What are Directors Hearing

Moderator: Jeff Saper, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Panelists: Penny Herscher, Lumentum, Faurecia SA, PROS and
Verint Systems
  David Katz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  Christa Quarles, Kimberly-Clark
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Is "ESG" an Investment Opportunity?

Moderator: Edward Rock, NYU Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance
Panelists: Ken Bertsch, Council of Institutional Investors
  Paul Brest, Stanford University
  Dan Hanson, JANA Partners
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. A Luncheon Fireside Chat with Robert Jackson


PRESENTERS

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David Berger
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati

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Ken Bertsch
Executive Director
Council of Institutional Investors

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Paul Brest
Director of Law & Policy Lab Stanford University

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Dan Hanson
CFA
JANA Partners

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Penny Herscher
Director
Lumentum, Faurecia SA, PROS and Verint Systems

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David Katz
Partner
Wachtell Lipton


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Scott Kupor
Managing Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

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Joanne Medero
Managing Director
BlackRock, Inc.

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Christa Quarles
Director
Kimberly-Clark

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Edward Rock
Director
NYU Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance


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Jeff Saper
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati

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Larry Sonsini
Senior and Founding Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati

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Mark Wolfson
Founder & Managing Partner
Jasper Ridge

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Eva Zlotnicka
Founder & Managing
Vice President
ValueAct Capital




Friday, January 25, 2019

Registration/Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Pacific
Program - 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific

Rosewood Sand Hill
2825 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Program available by videoconference in our offices nationwide:

Austin
Conference: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central
900 South Capital of Texas Highway
Las Cimas IV, Fifth Floor
Austin, Texas

Boston
Conference: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
28 State Street
37th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts

Los Angeles
Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific

633 West Fifth Street, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, California

New York
Conference: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th floor
New York, New York

San Diego
Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific
12235 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, California

San Francisco
Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific
One Market Plaza
Spear Tower, 19th Floor
San Francisco, California

Seattle
Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Pacific
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
Seattle, Washington

Washington, D.C.
Conference: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C.

Wilmington, DE
Conference: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 800
Wilmington, Delaware

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