The Conference Board Governance Watch Webcasts

The Conference Board and Cleary Gottlieb frequently collaborate on panel discussions addressing issues and developments affecting corporate governance.

View previously recorded webcasts (login may be required):

• Shareholder Activism: Expectations for 2025 (February 27, 2025)
• Highlights From the 2024 Proxy Season (August 13, 2024)
• What Is the Future of ESG in Corporate Debt Markets? (May 21, 2024)
• 2024 Proxy Season Preview (February 14, 2024)
• Global Compensation and Benefits Watch: Resetting Executive Compensation in a New Era of Regulation and Economic Uncertainty (November 21, 2023)
• Shareholder Activism: Beyond the Headlines (September 12, 2023)
• Data Privacy & Cybersecurity: Even More Risk and Regulation in 2023 (April 4, 2023)
• 2023 Proxy Season Preview (February 6, 2023)
• The New Executive Compensation Regulatory Regime - What the SEC’s Rules and Requirements Under the Dodd-Frank Act Mean for Businesses (December 12, 2022)
• Shareholder Activism (September 22, 2022)
• Highlights From the 2022 Proxy Season (August 9, 2022)
• Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Regulations, Risks, and Litigation (May 3, 2022)
• Briefing on Proposed SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Rules (April 21, 2022)
• Outlook for 2022 Proxy Season (January 13, 2022)
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: From Principle to Practice in Executive Compensation (November 15, 2021)
• Highlights From the 2021 Proxy Season – and How to Prepare for the Challenges Ahead (July 26, 2021)
• The New Era of Shareholder Activism (June 28, 2021)
• ESG Watch: Crisis Management Beyond COVID-19 (April 26, 2021)
• Focus on the Vaccine - Legal and Governance Challenges (February 22, 2021)
• Outlook for 2021 Proxy Season (December 15, 2020)
• Global Compensation & Benefits Watch: Executive Compensation in a Time of Crisis (December 7, 2020)
• Government Enforcement During and After COVID-19 (October 13, 2020)
• Highlights From the 2020 Proxy Season (July 23, 2020)
• Briefing on Key Legal Issues Associated With Returning to the Workplace (June 23, 2020)
• Reopen Ready: Managing Governance and Legal Risks in the New Normal(s) (May 18, 2020)
• COVID-19: Tackling Key Governance & Legal Issues (April 9, 2020)
• Shareholder Activism in 2020 (February 25, 2020)
• What’s ahead for corporate governance in 2020? (December 2, 2019)
• M&A Transactions: What Boards and Advisors Need to Know (September 24, 2019)
• Highlights from the 2019 Proxy Season (July 18, 2019)
• Recent Changes to SEC Disclosure Requirements (May 29, 2019)
• Corporate Prosecutions: What Companies, Boards and Executives Need to Know (March 25, 2019)
• Cybersecurity and the Board (January 28, 2019)
• Governance Perspectives - A Discussion on Long-Termism, Activist Hedge Funds and Staggered Boards (January 9, 2019)
• Corporate Governance Outlook for 2019 (November 13, 2018)
• The Job of the Corporate Director (September 18, 2018)
• “The Big Reveal” - Highlights from the 2018 Proxy Season (July 10, 2018)
• SASB and The Future of Sustainability Reporting (May 21, 2018)
• Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPEs): What is a PIPE Deal and what’s “In the Pipeline” for these Discount-Price Stock Transactions (May 8, 2018)
• Why Board Oversight is Critical in Helping Stop Harassment (March 6, 2018)
• Outlook for 2018 (November 14, 2017)
• Recent Whistleblower Issues (September 12, 2017)
• The Current Immigration Enforcement Environment (May 9, 2017)
• Global Crisis Management: Legal Privilege in the Cross-Border Context (July 11, 2017)
• Impact of Tax Reform (April 17, 2017)
• Outlook for 2017 (February 14, 2017)
• Lessons Learned from Recent FCPA Enforcement Trends (December 6, 2016)
• Agreements Not to Compete - What the Board Needs to Know! (October 18, 2016)
• Investor Tactics & other Highlights from the 2016 Proxy Season (August 4, 2016)
• The Use and Misuse of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (June 14, 2016)
• 2016 Executive Compensation Trends and Best Practices (April 19, 2016)
• International Corporate Governance Trends (February 16, 2016)
• Implications of Short-Termism on Long-term Business Prosperity (December 9, 2015)
• Recent Developments About Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank and the SEC’s Whistleblower Program (August 20, 2015)
• Implications of Trapped Offshore Cash (June 18, 2015)
• Do ‘Golden Leash’ Board Arrangements Create Impermissible Conflicts of Interest? (April 16, 2015)
• Proxy Access - Perspectives on the Short and Long Terms (February 19, 2015)
• Planning for Divestitures (December 18, 2014)
• Global Investigations (November 20, 2014)
• Recent Developments Related to Earnings Guidance (October 16, 2014)
• The Implications of Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund (June 24, 2014)
• Activism’s chemistry with non-activist investors and the role of the Board (March 10, 2014)
• Governance Considerations in BEPS (December 4, 2013)
• Supplemental Pay Disclosures (October 21, 2013)
• Cyber Security (August 7, 2013)
• Corporate Political Spending (June 12, 2013)
• Foreign Policy Implications for Business (April 3, 2013)
• Lessons for Acquirers and their Boards (February 6, 2013)
• Social Technology in the Boardroom (December 5, 2012)
• Officer and Director Indemnification – Considerations for Companies (November 8, 2012)
• Has it Moved the Needle or Not? (May 2, 2012)
• Governance Watch (March 7, 2012)
• Governance Watch (January 5, 2012)
• Governance Watch (December 16, 2011)
• Governance Watch (November 2, 2011)