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SUMMARY:2016 Directors Dialogue Program
DESCRIPTION: \n\n2016 DIRECTORS DIALOGUE - THE FRESH PERSPECTIVE OF GOVERNA
 NCE IN THE\nBOARDROOM\n\nTHURSDAY APRIL 7\, 2016\n\nPROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: MAT
 T ESPE AND STEVE ZARRILLI\n\nDirectors Dialogue is an annual full-day prog
 ram designed for\ncorporate leaders to promote candid discussions of impor
 tant\ngovernance issues\, supported by the latest practical research. It i
 s\none of the Center’s signature events and is considered by many to be\
 none of the foremost corporate governance events of the year.\n\n2016 SPEA
 KERS AND TOPICS INCLUDE:\n\nSESSION I: REGULATORY UPDATE ON CORPORATE GOVE
 RNANCE\n\nRalph Walkling\, PhD will begin the morning with a candid discus
 sion\nbetween two of the country’s regulatory experts through the\npersp
 ectives on the 2016 proxy season.\n\nDISCUSSION LEADER: Ralph A. Walkling\
 , Stratakis Chair and Founder\,\nCenter for Corporate Governance\, Drexel 
 University LeBow College of\nBusiness\n\nPANELISTS:\n\n * Daniel Gallagher
 \, Former Commissioner\, US Securities and Exchange\nCommission\n * Mark F
 lannery\, Chief Economist\, US Securities and Exchange\nCommission\n\nSESS
 ION II: DIALOGUE WANTED IN THE BOARDROOM: THE CEO AND MANAGEMENT\nPERSPECT
 IVE\n\nHow does management want to engage and utilize its board in terms o
 f\nstrategy? This session will give corporate directors insight on how\nma
 nagement values their contributions to the board.\n\nDISCUSSION LEADER: St
 eve Zarrilli\, President and CEO\, Safeguard\nScientifics\, Inc.\, Directo
 r\, Virtus Investment Partners\n\nPANELISTS:\n\n * Joseph Berquist\, Vice 
 President and Managing Director – North\nAmerica\, Quaker Chemical\n * V
 ic Grizzle\, CEO\, Armstrong Building Products\n * Dawn Zier\, President &
  CEO of Nutrisystem\n\nSESSION III: SUCCESSION PLANNING: THE NEW CONSTRUCT
 \n\nThe Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee is the change\nag
 ent on any board when it comes to succession planning. In this\nsession\, 
 panelists will focus on the succession planning strategy for\nreplacing th
 e Board and Committee Chairs and what\, if anything\,\nactivists are looki
 ng for when it comes to succession plans in a\ntarget company.\n\nDiscussi
 on Leader: Matthew J. Espe\, President and CEO\, Armstrong World\nIndustri
 es\, Inc.\, Director\, Con-Way Inc.\n\nPANELISTS:\n\n * Edward P. Garden\,
  CIO and Founding Partner\, Trian Partners\n * Ron Lumbra\, Regional Leade
 r Global Chief Executive Officer & Board\nof Directors Practice\, Heidrick
  & Struggles\n * R. David Yost\, Director\, Bank of America\, ITT Exelis\,
  Marsh &\nMcLennan\, and Tyco International\n\nSESSION IV: CAPITAL ALLOCAT
 ION AND SPIN-OFFS\n\nDiscussion of the types of questions directors should
  ask themselves\nwith the best interest of the company in mind. This sessi
 on will\nexplore why management can control capital better than shareholde
 rs\nand how the US differs from the UK. Panelists will also discuss the\nm
 otivating factors behind recent\, high profile occurrences.\n\nDISCUSSION 
 LEADER: Jack Brennan\, Chairman Emeritus and Sr. Advisor\,\nThe Vanguard G
 roup\n\nPANELISTS:\n\n * Matthew J. Espe\, President & CEO\, Armstrong Wor
 ld Industries\,\nInc.\, Director\, NCI Building Systems\n * Raj L. Gupta\,
  Former Chairman\, President & CEO\, Rohm & Haas Co.\,\nChairman\, Delphi 
 Automotive Plc\, Director\, The Vanguard Group\, Tyco\nInternational Ltd a
 nd Hewlett-Packard Company\n * David W. Palmer\, Senior Managing Director\
 , Wellington Management\n\nTHE DIRECTORS DIALOGUE DINNER\n\nThe 2016 Direc
 tors Dialogue Dinner will follow the Directors Dialogue\nprogram on April 
 7\, 2016 at the Crystal Tea Room with cocktails\nbeginning at 5:30 p.m and
  dinner at 6:30 p.m. We are delighted to\nannounce EDWARD D. BREEN\, CEO O
 F DUPONT\, as the keynote dinner\nspeaker.\n\nPlease be sure to select the
  appropriate registration option if you\nwould like to join us for the din
 ner as well. For additional\ninformation on how to invest in a table at th
 e dinner please contact\nAlyssa Abbott at aa976@drexel.edu.\n 
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LOCATION:PricewaterhouseCoopers\, LLP\, 2001 Market Street\, Suite 1800\, P
 hiladelphia\, PA 19104
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