Conference Materials

PowerPoint Presentation

Ira M. Millstein Opening Remarks

SESSION I: Prosperity and the Future of the Corporation

• Future of the Corporation Research Summaries (British Academy)

• Reforming Business for the 21st Century (British Academy)

• The Future of the Corporation: Towards Humane Business (Colin Mayer)

• The Voice of Business (Lucy Parker)

• Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors (Martin Lipton, Steven A. Rosenblum, Karessa L. Cain, Sabastian V. Niles)

• It’s Time To Adopt The New Paradigm (Martin Lipton, Steven A. Rosenblum, Karessa L. Cain, Sabastian V. Niles, Amanda S. Blackett, Kathleen C. Iannone) 

• Spotlight on Boards (Martin Lipton)

SESSION II: “Counter Counter-Narratives”: Corporate Governance’s Limited Role in the Current Malaise

• Is Corporate Governance a First Order Cause of the Current Malaise? (Jeffrey N. Gordon)

• Board 3.0 -- An Introduction (Ronald J. Gilson and Jeffrey N. Gordon)

• Long-Term Bias (Michal Barzuza and Eric Talley)

SESSION III: How Should a Securities Regulator Confront Questions of Corporate Purpose and Shareholder Value(s)?

• N/A

SESSION IV: Power Within the Corporation and Corporate Purpose: The Inescapable Link

• Corporate Power is Corporate Purpose I: Evidence from My Hometown (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Corporate Power is Corporate Purpose II: An Encouragement for Future Consideration from Professors Johnson and Millon (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Can We Do Better by Ordinary Investors? A Pragmatic Reaction to the Dueling Ideological Mythologists of Corporate Law (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Who Bleeds When the Wolves Bite? A Flesh-And-Blood Perspective on Hedge Fund Activism and Our Strange Corporate Governance System (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Made for This Moment: The Enduring Relevance of Adolf Berle's Belief in a Global New Deal (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Human Freedom and Two Friedmen: Musings on the Implications of Globalization for the Effective Regulation of Corporate Behavior (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

• Securing Our Nation’s Economic Future:  A Sensible, Nonpartisan Agenda to Increase Long-Term Investment and Job Creation in the United States (Leo E. Strine, Jr.)

SESSION V: Corporate Governance in the Context of Global Economic Circumstances

• The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms (David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson andJohn Van Reenen)

• Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work (Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo)