Directors Forum Conference Agenda

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Self-Serve Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:40 am

Opening Comments

8:40 am – 9:30 am

KEYNOTE: Adam Bryant
Managing Director, The ExCo Group; New York Times Bestselling Author; Fmr. Journalist, The New York Times

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Panel: The Future of Strategy
Long-Term Planning In A Black Swan World

10:30 am – 10:40 am

Break

10:40 am – 11:30 am

Panel: What Comes After Z?
Attracting, Engaging, and Retaining the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Roundtables: Leading and Managing Through Ceaseless Turbulence

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

LUNCH & KEYNOTE: Paula Boggs
Founder, Boggs Media, LLC; Fmr. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Starbucks Corporation; Director, Various

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Panel: Is the Bloom Off the ESG Rose?
Exploring the Implications of Sustainability Backlash, Whiplash & Retrenchment

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Panel: They Said What?!
Whether and How Businesses Leaders Should Comment on Hot-Button Social Issues (or Any Issues)

4:00 pm – 4:10 pm

Break

4:10 pm – 5:00 pm

Roundtables: Balancing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations
What to Do and What to Say?

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

RECEPTION & KEYNOTE: Aron Cramer
President & CEO, BSR; Director, We Mean Business Coalition; Member, CEO Advisory Board, SAP and Recruit Holdings; Author

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Self-Serve Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:30 am

KEYNOTE: Holly Gregory
Partner & Co-Chair, Global Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice, Sidley Austin LLP

9:30 am – 10:20 am

Panel: A Fresh Look at Activism and Its Impacts Inside Boardrooms and C-Suites

10:20 am – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Panel: What’s Happening at the SEC, and Why Boards, Executives, and Shareholders Should Care

11:30 am – 12:20 pm

Roundtables: How Governance Trends Are Impacting Your Business

12:20 pm – 12:30 pm

Break

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch and Christina de Vaca’s Retirement Celebration

Corporate Directors Forum is a San Diego-based, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1991. Its purpose is to help directors, and those who support them, build more effective boards through continuous learning and peer-networking. We believe that boards of directors are strategic assets of corporations, education makes better directors, better directors make boards more effective, and more effective boards make better corporations.

For questions about the Directors Forum conference or sponsorship details, please contact Corporate Directors Forum at 858.455-7930 or via email at sponsorships@directorsforum.com.