International Corporate Governance and Law Forum:
“Key corporate governance themes and issues in a globalised and internationalised world”
Forum Program
Monday 4 November 2013
| 8.30am-9.00am | Registration: JurGrad, Königsstraße 51 – 53 (2nd floor), 48143 Muenster |
| 9.am-9.15am | Official Opening of Forum: Professor Dr. Ursula Nelles, Rector, University of Muenster |
| 9.15am-10.00am Chair: Prof. Jean du Plessis |
Session 1: Professor Ingo, Saenger, University of Muenster “The best interests of the corporation, procedural questions of enforcing individual and corporate rights and legal actions against board members” |
| 10.00am-10.45am Chair: Prof. Jean du Plessis |
Session 2: Professor Brian Cheffins, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University “International perspectives on legal actions against board members, shareholder activism and governance/business regulation substitution” |
| 10.45-11.00am | Morning Tea / Coffee |
| 11.00 – 11.45pm Chair: Prof. Ingo Saenger |
Session 3: Professor Claus Luttermann, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt “International perspectives regarding legal actions against directors, corporate finance and governance and establishing a world monopoly of corporate valuation with IFRS/XBRL” |
| 11.45-12.30 Chair: Prof Ingo Saenger |
Session 4: Professor Ian Ramsay, University of Melbourne “Increased corporate governance powers of shareholders and regulators and the role of the corporate regulator in enforcing duties owed by corporate directors and managers” |
| 12.30-1.15pm | Lunch: JurGrad, Königsstraße 51 – 53, 48143 Münster |
| 1.15pm-1.45pm Chair: Prof Jean du Plessis |
Open Session A: Comments and questions from observers / attendees on Sessions 1-4 |
| 1.45pm-2.30pm Chair: Prof Brian Cheffins |
Session 5: Professor John Farrar, Bond University “The move from private enforcement to public enforcement and now the move to shareholder activism: Internationally, are we entering a new era of enforcement in corporate law?” |
| 2.30pm-2.45 | Afternoon Coffee / Tea |
| 2.45pm-3.30pm Hair: Prof. Matthias Casper |
Session 6: Professor Bernard Grossfeld, University of Muenster “Geography and semiotics in accounting: The challenge of globalization, focusing on the future of corporate conflict of law rules” |
| 3.30pm-4.15pm Prof. Janet Dine |
Session 7: Professor Junhai Liu, Renmin University “Internationalisation of Chinese corporate law and corporate governance: How to make the hybrid of civil law and common law work?” |
| 4.15pm-4.45pm Chair: Prof. Jean du Plessis |
Open Session B: Comments and questions from observers / attendees on Sessions 5-7 |
| 4.45pm-5.15pm | Conclusion Day 1: Prof. Jean du Plessis and Prof. Ingo Saenger |
| 6.30pm for 7pm | Dinner: Altes Gasthaus Leve, Alter Steinweg 37, Muenster |
Tuesday 5 November 2013
| 9.am-9.15am | Early Coffee / Tea |
| 9.15am – 10.00am Chair: Professor Kent Greenfield |
Session 8: Professor Otto Sandrock, University of Muenster “German and international perspectives on the German model of codetermination” |
| 10.00am-10.45am Prof. Bernard Grossfeld |
Session 9: Professor Kent Greenfield, Boston College Law School “International perspectives regarding board diversity and group decisions, corporations and global human rights and codetermination” |
| 10.45-11.00am | Morning Tea / Coffee |
| 11.00 – 11.45pm Prof. Claus Luttermann |
Session 10: Professor Janet Dine, Queen Mary, University of London “Corporate regulation and climate change: Corporate governance and corporate law challenges and balances in an internationalised and globalised world” |
| 11.45-12.30 Prof. Junhai Liu |
Session 11: Professor Matthias Casper, University of Muenster “Business rescues and wrongful/insolvent trading, supervisory law for financial institutions and perspectives on Islamic financial institutions” |
| 12.30-1.15pm | Lunch: JurGrad, Königsstraße 51 – 53, 48143 Münster |
| 1.15pm-1.45pm Prof. Jean du Plessis |
Open Session D: Comments and questions from observers / attendees on Sessions 10-11 |
| 1.45pm-2.30pm Professor Otto Sandrock |
Session 12: Doctor Barnali Choudhury, Queen Mary, University of London “Gender Diversity on Boards: Beyond Quotas“ |
| 2.30pm-2.45 | Afternoon tea / coffee |
| 2.45pm-4.00pm Prof. Jean du Plessis |
Open Session E: Comments and questions from observers / attendees on Sessions 12 and any other Sessions |
| 4.00pm-4.30pm | Conclusion of Forum and Future Plans: Prof. Jean du Plessis and Prof. Ingo Saenger |