Second International Conference

“Corporate Governance and Sustainable Business Development: Strategic Role of Boards”

Conference Program

29 November 2007

9:30 – 10:00 Registration

Session 4. 10:00 – 12:30 Research on Corporate Governance

Chair: Irina Belyaeva, Professor, Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Igor Filatotchev, Professor, Faculty of Management, Sir John Cass Business School, City University London, UK, “An Organizational: Approach to Comparative Corporate Governance: Costs, Contingencies, and Complementarities”

Sergey Guriev, Rector, New Economics School, “The Resource Curse: A Corporate Transparency Channel”

Alexander Settles, Professor, State University – Higher School of Economics, “The Corporate Governance Changes Due to Exposure to the International Capital Market: The role of IPOs, SPOs, and Debt Issuance Experience of Russia Firm Practice 2003-2007”

Ichiro Iwasaki, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.  “Board of Directors Structure Determinants in Transition Economy: Research in Russia”

J. Augusto Felício. ISEG – School of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon,Portugal. Family Firms Governance, and Performance: Empirical Study of Small and Medium Firms

Ekaterina Nikitchanoa , Head of Expert Center, RID, Konstantin Gulyaev, Deputy Head of Expert Center, RID, “Trends of Corporate Governance Development of Russian Companies in 2003-2006”

Lyudmila Ruzhanskaya, Associate Professor, Yekaterinburg State University, “Mechanism Development in Board of Directors: Does the Theory Fit Russian Practice?”

Evgeny Frank, Samara State Economic University, “Corporate Governance in CIS Companies: Comparative Analysis”

Irina Ivashkovskaya, State University – Higher School of Economics and Anastasia Stepanova, ,  State University – Higher School of Economics,  Renaissance Capital, “The Effect of Ownership Structure on the Corporate Performance in Emerging Markets”

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

Session 5. 13:30 – 15:30 Sustainable Growth 

Chair: Igor Filatotchev, Professor, Sir John Cass Business School, City University London, UK.

Djordjija Petkoski, World Bank Institute, World Bank Group “Corporate Governance and Regional Competitiveness”

Irina Belyaeva, Professor, Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, “Corporate Social Responsibility: Problems of Business and Government Interaction”

Leonid Polishchuk, Professor, State University - Higher School of Economics, IRIS Center, University of Maryland, “Why Corporate Social Responsibility? Normative Foundations, Business Case, and Implementation Practices”

Alexei Kostin, Executive Director, Non-Government Organization Corporate Social Responsibility Center – Russia, “Corporate Social Responsibility: Why Does Business Need It and What is the Role of the State?”

Elena Feoktistova, Deputy Head Department on Social Policy, RSPP “Interaction with the Stakeholders as an Element of Responsibility Governance”

Libov Alenicheva, Development Director, Agency for Social Information “Overview of non-financial reports issued in Russia”

Stanislav Kolesnichenko, Senior Consultant, Corporate Finance Department, KPMG, “Corporate Governance in the View of Stakeholders”.

Victor Solntsev, Academician, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Member of Independent Directors Association, “Implementing Corporate Governance in Russian Middle Sized Enterprises”

Irina Tkachenko, Professor, Director, Institute of Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship, Ural State Economic University, “The Experience of the Development and Realization of Corporate Governance Education Projects”

Denis Gavrilov, State University – Higher School of Economics, Institute of Programs and Politics Assessment, “Social Corporate Responsibility Programs Influence on Company’s Image Assessment”

Dmitriy Mikheev, Director of the Center for Corporate Instruction, IBS of the Academy of the National Economy, “Strategy of Prosperity: Formation of Harmonious Relations with Medium Sized Businesses”

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee-Break

16:00 – 18:30 Business Roundtable on Corporate Governance and Sustainable Growth

Chair: Gennady Konstantinov, Professor, State University – Higher School of Economics

Speakers:

Aleksandår Shkolnikov, Program Officer, Global, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington, D.C. USA, “ Civilized Economy Development: The Role of Corporate Governance in Competitiveness Creation”

Galina Efremova, Corporate Governance Director, KPMG

Olga Miller, Corporate Governance Director, JSC «TransContainer», “Corporate Governance in Holding Companies”

Svetlena Lakina, Corporate Governance Director, JSC “Holding Optima-Invest”, “Dividend Policy as a Value Management Tool of a Company, or How to come to an Agreement about Profit Distribution”

Oxana Derisheva, Head of Securities Listing Department JSC «Stock Exchange RTS», “Obligatory Corporate Behavior Requirements for Listing in Russia”

Nicholas C. Rytel, Ernst & Young, Senior Manager, Financial Reporting Group

Anna Matkova, Securities Listing Department JSC «Stock Exchange RTS», “Corporate Governance in Russia: Foreign Investor Point of View”

Vladimir Verbitsky, Deputy Director RID, Member of Board of Directors JSC
«Novorossisk Shipping Company» and JSC  «Concern Eneromera» , “Board of Directors Experience in Mid-sized Russian Companies and Companies with Government Interference”

Sergei Andreikin, Deputy Head, Associated and Dependent Companies’ Governance Department JSC «Russian Railways», Head, Finance and Economic Planning of Associated and Dependent Companies Department, “Corporate Governance Development Vectors (Problem Field Dynamics)”

Roman Kuvshinov, Secretariat Member of Board of Directors and Management ÑJSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company”, Head of Investor Relations Department, “Corporate Governance in Russia: “Consumers” Point of View, the Evolution of Opinions”

Yuri Gusev, Consortium “Business and Society” Advisor, “Interaction Between Business, State and Civil Society: International Experience and Russian Practice of Risk Management”

Sergei Moiseev, Center for Economic Research Director, Moscow University of Industry and Finance, “Remuneration Policy of Top Management in Russian Banks”

Andrei Borzykh, Head of Web-project “Corporations:  Law, Economics, Management”, “What Should Be the Indicator of Corporate Governance in Russia?”