2017 WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Global Institute

Navigating the Unpredictable

JPMorgan Chase | 383 Madison Avenue | New York, NY 10154 | 2nd Floor (Entrance on Vanderbilt & 47th Street)


Tuesday, May 9, 2017

8:30 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
Family Business Governance Institute at KPMG Offices

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Working Lunch served at Family Business Governance Institute

3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Coffee, Tea, and Dessert Reception

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cocktails

JPMorgan Chase | 270 Park Avenue | New York, NY 10017 | 50th Floor

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Dinner

JPMorgan Chase | 270 Park Avenue | New York, NY 10017 | 50th Floor


Wednesday, May 10, 2017

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration, Greetings, and Networking

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
Opening of the Global Institute
  • Susan S. Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation, Co-Author of Women on Board
  • JPMorgan

  • 8:40 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
    Panel 1: International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Anu Aiyengar (United States) (Moderator), Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (North America) Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan; WCD Member
  • Julianne Canavaggio (Panama), Head of Central America & Caribbean, Lazard; Director, Conservatorio and Inversiones Malemar; WCD Member
  • Nathalie Bourque (Canada), Director, Héroux-Devtek, Alimentation Couche-Tard, and McGill University; Québec chair, H+K Strategies; WCD Member
  • Sarah Bower (China), Partner, Chief Legal Counsel, KPMG China; WCD Chapter Chair
  • Trina Van Pelt (United States), Vice President, Intel Corporation; Managing Director, Internet of Things – Intel Capital
  • Jennifer Perkins (United States), Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

  • 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
    Break

    10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Panel 2: Exciting Companies Don't Just Shake UP Existing Industries, They Also Create New Ones
  • Deborah Caplan (United States) (Moderator), Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services, NextEra Energy, Inc.; WCD Member
  • Laurie Ann Goldman (United States), Director, ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. and Francesca’s Holding Corporation; WCD Member
  • Vinod Kumar (India), Managing Director and Group CEO, Tata Communications
  • Susan Peters (United States), Senior Vice President, Human Resources, GE; Director, Girl Scouts of the USA
  • Joyce M. Roché (United States), Director, AT&T, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., Macy's, Inc., and Tupperware Brands Corporation; WCD Member

  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
    Break

    11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
    A Conversation With:
  • Marion Blakey (United States), Director, Alaska Air Group Inc.; President and CEO, Rolls Royce North America Inc.; former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
  • Bradley Tildon (United States), President and CEO, Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group Inc.; Director, Nordstrom, Inc.
  • Interviewed by Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-Author of Women on Board

  • 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
    Break

    12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
    Roundtable Lunch

    1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
    Break

    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
    Panel 3: The Geography of Future Markets
  • Juliet de Baubigny (Invited) (United States), Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Advisory Board Member, CHIME FOR CHANGE
  • Clarissa Desjardins (Invited) (Canada), CEO and Founder, Clementia
  • Frances Kang (Invited) (Hong Kong), Project Director, Horizons Ventures; Director, Slice Labs Inc., Friendsurance and Blockstream
  • Diane Greene (Invited) (United States), Director, Alphabet and Google
  • Hold

  • 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
    Break

    2:50 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
    Panel 4: Liquid Assets: Water - Governance, Risk, and Opportunity
  • Elisa M. Speranza (United States) (Moderator), President, Seventh Ward Strategies, LLC; former, Senior Vice President and Director, CH2M; Senior Fellow, U.S. Water Alliance; WCD Member
  • Debra G. Coy (United States), Director, Headworks International Inc.; Partner at XPV Water Partners
  • Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren (Mongolia), Chair of the Global Water Partnership; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia; WCD Chapter Chair
  • Cindy Wallis-Lage (United States), President, Global Water Business at Black & Veatch; WCD Member

  • 3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
    Closing of the Day
  • KPMG

  • 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    Break

    6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
    Visionary Awards Reception

    InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel | 111 E. 48th Street | New York, NY 10017

    7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
    Visionary Awards Dinner

    InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel | 111 E. 48th Street | New York, NY 10017


    Thursday, May 11, 2017

    8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
    Registration, Greetings, and Networking
  • Continental Breakfast to be provided

  • 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
    Opening of the Day

    9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
    Panel 5: The Visionary Board at Work: Developing a Culture of Leadership
  • Cindy Fornelli (United States) (Moderator), Executive Director, Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)
  • Marina Brogi (Italy), Director of Luxottica Group and Salini Impregilo; Full Professor of International Banking and Capital Markets, Sapienza University; WCD Family Business Co-Chair, WCD Chapter Chair, and Advisory Board Member
  • Aliza Knox (Singapore), VP, Twitter APAC; Non-Executive Director, Scentre Group, Singapore Post, and GfK; Advisor, ANZ Bank Board Tech Subcommittee; WCD Member
  • Scott Page (Invited) (United States), Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems at University of Michigan
  • Hold for Pearl Meyer

  • 10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
    Break

    10:30 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
    A Conversation With:
  • Isabelle Marcoux (Canada), Chairman, Transcontinental Inc.; Director, George Weston Limited, Rogers Communications Inc., Power Corporation of Canada, and The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation; 2017 Visionary Award Winner; WCD Member
  • Interviewed by Estelle Metayer (Canada), Director, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, BRP (Bombardier Recreational Products) Inc., and Zag Bank; WCD Chapter Chair and Co-Chair Visionary Awards Committee

  • 11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
    Break

    11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Panel 6: Dealing with Tough Issues in the Boardroom
  • Phyllis Campbell (United States) (Moderator), Chairman, Pacific Northwest, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Lead Director, Alaska Air Group; former WCD Chapter Chair, WCD Advisory Board Member and Asia Pacific Chair
  • Jan Babiak (United States), Director, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Bank of Montreal; WCD Chapter Chair
  • Caroline Blitzer Phillips (United States), Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson&Elkins
  • Eunice Nyala (Kenya), Director, Sales & Marketing G4S Kenya
  • Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher (United States), Director, Sea World, eHealth, Inc., and Edison International

  • 12:30 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.
    Break

    12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
    Luncheon

    1:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
    Closing of the Institute
  • Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-Author of Women on Board

  • 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
    Optional Breakout Sessions
    Getting More Women onto Private Equity and Investment Boards
  • Chris St.Clare (United States), Director, Fibrocell Science, Inc., and AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.; former Director, Polymer Group, Inc.; former WCD Advisory Board Member

  • Director-Investor Engagement: The Good, The Bad, and The Misunderstood
  • Susan Angele (United States) (Moderator), Senior Advisor, Board Governance, KPMG; WCD Member

  • Success Strategies for U.S. Women on Boards
  • Joann Lublin (United States) (Moderator), Management News Editor, Wall Street Journal; Author of "Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World"
  • Stephanie Sonnabend (United States), Board Director, Speaker and Executive Coach; Former CEO and President Sonesta International Hotels
  • Anne Stevens (United States), Director, Anglo American plc, Lockheed Martin, and XL Group

  • 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
    WCD Chapter Chair Meeting