Media, SEC members, attorneys, business leaders and academics to examine impact of corporate governance reforms Sept. 29-Oct. 1

Sept. 15, 2005 -- Over the past five years, corporate governance has undergone historic changes. In addition to new policies enacted by state judiciaries and attorneys general, Congress adopted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enacted important securities law reforms, and the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ reformed listing standards.

The world's leading experts on corporate governance will come together to discuss the impact of these changes during a conference at Washington University in St. Louis Sept. 29 - Oct. 1.

"The 'New' Corporate Governance: How are Reforms Working?" presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS) and cosponsored by the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies at the School of Law, will feature three days of panel discussions among media, SEC members, business leaders, academics and attorneys.

"The time is right for a serious examination of corporate governance reforms," said John Drobak, the George Alexander Madill Professor of Law and CIS. "Leading experts from around the world will bring a variety of perspectives to this conference, generating exciting discussion and insightful assessments of corporate governance today and into the future."

Discussion topics include:

• The Role of the CEO: Celebrity, Monarch or Manager?

• The Energized Board of Directors

• The Why, When, How and How Much of Executive Pay

• The Active Shareholder

• The Media and Corporate Governance: Praise or Shame?

• A View from Afar: International Perspectives

Roel Campos, SEC Commissioner; Michael Jensen, the emeritus Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and managing director of the organizational strategy practice at the Monitor Company; and Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester and author of Securities Regulation, will serve as keynote speakers during the conference.

Panel discussions will be held in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall and are free and open to the public.

Conference agenda and registration information is available at: http://law.wustl.edu/centeris/Fall05/CorpGov/index.html. For more information, call Linda McClain at the CIS at 935-7988 or e-mail at lmcclain@wulaw.wustl.edu.