BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:262080fc72187ef46e80fdffc7494021 DTSTAMP:20240504T024044Z SUMMARY:2019 Corporate Governance Conference DESCRIPTION: \n\nREGISTRATION IS CLOSED AT THIS POINT.\n\nIf you have any q uestions\, please reach out to Cassie Brown\n(clb87@drexel.edu) or Michell e Lowry (michelle.lowry@drexel.edu).\n\nCONFERENCE INFORMATION\n\nRegistra tion\, Breakfast & Lunch\, Coffee Breaks: Gerri C. LeBow Hall\,\nroom 406 Program: Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, room 408 Reception: Gerri C.\nLeBow Hall\, 7th floor lounge\n\nThe Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute invites you to join us for\nour 12th Annual Corporate Governance Conference. This yea r’s\nconference honoree is David Denis\n[https://www.business.pitt.edu/p eople/david-denis]\, Roger S.\nAhlbrandt\, Sr. Chair Professor of Business Administration at the\nUniversity of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business. Previous recipients\ninclude Michael Jensen\, Rene Stulz\, Andrei Shleifer \, Steven Kaplan\,\nHarold Demsetz\, Kevin Murphy\, Michael Weisbach\, Lau ra Starks\, Jonathan\nKarpoff\, Luigi Zingales\, and David Yermack.\n\nFor the first time this year\, there will be a best paper award of\n$1\,000 s ponsored by WRDS.\n\nCONFERENCE WELCOME DINNER\n\nYou are invited to join us for the conference welcome dinner to be\nheld at Barbuzzo Restaurant. T he award winning\, “Best of Philly”\nBarbuzzo features a menu of authe ntic specialties\, simply prepared\,\nrepresenting the best of Mediterrane an cuisine. The dinner will take\nplace on Thursday\, April 11 at 6:00 p.m . This year\, the evening will\nfeature a special recognition of everythin g Ralph Walkling has done to\ndevelop this conference into what it is toda y. Ralph started this\nconference 12 years ago\, and under his leadership it has grown into a\nleading academic conference within the field of corpo rate governance.\nWe look forward to a few select people offering their ow n perspectives\non Ralph’s contributions – and entertaining us with so me good\nstories!\n\nACCOMMODATIONS\n\nHotel accommodations at reduced rat es for this conference have been\narranged at The Study at University City \n[https://www.thestudyatuniversitycity.com/].\nReserve your room.\n[https ://reservations.travelclick.com/99716?groupID=2389142] To\nreceive the gro up rate\, please use booking code 4392731. PLEASE\nRESERVE YOUR ROOM BY MA RCH 18\, 2019\; AFTER WHICH TIME THE ROOM BLOCK\nWILL BE RELEASED TO THE P UBLIC.\n\n2019 CONFERENCE PAPERS _(FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA AND PAPERS BELOW )_\n\n• Director Bankruptcy experience and corporate risk taking. by\nGo palan\, Gormley and Kalda • Organized crime and firms: evidence\nfrom It aly. by Slutzky and Zeume • Why are firms with more\nmanagerial ownershi p worth less? by Fabisik\, Fahlenbrach\, Stulz\, and\nTaillard • Quasi-i nsider shareholder activism: corporate governance\nat the periphery of con trol. by Cohn\, Towner and Virani • Corporate\nGovernance through voice and exit. by Becht\, Franks and Wagner\n\n_We are hoping to welcome you ag ain next year at the 13th Annual\nCorporate Governance Conference on April 17\, 2020._\n DTSTART:20190412T123000Z DTEND:20190412T210000Z LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 406\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR