The Conference Board Governance Watch Webcasts

The Conference Board and Cleary Gottlieb frequently collaborate on panel discussions addressing issues and developments affecting corporate governance.

Upcoming webcasts:

• Governance Watch Webcast: 2025 Proxy Season Highlights (August 5, 2025)

Previously recorded webcasts (login may be required):

• Shareholder Activism: Expectations for 2025 (February 27, 2025)
• Highlights From the 2024 Proxy Season (August 13, 2024)
• What Is the Future of ESG in Corporate Debt Markets? (May 21, 2024)
• 2024 Proxy Season Preview (February 14, 2024)
• Global Compensation and Benefits Watch: Resetting Executive Compensation in a New Era of Regulation and Economic Uncertainty (November 21, 2023)
• Shareholder Activism: Beyond the Headlines (September 12, 2023)
• Data Privacy & Cybersecurity: Even More Risk and Regulation in 2023 (April 4, 2023)
• 2023 Proxy Season Preview (February 6, 2023)
• The New Executive Compensation Regulatory Regime - What the SEC’s Rules and Requirements Under the Dodd-Frank Act Mean for Businesses (December 12, 2022)
• Shareholder Activism (September 22, 2022)
• Highlights From the 2022 Proxy Season (August 9, 2022)
• Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Regulations, Risks, and Litigation (May 3, 2022)
• Briefing on Proposed SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Rules (April 21, 2022)
• Outlook for 2022 Proxy Season (January 13, 2022)
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: From Principle to Practice in Executive Compensation (November 15, 2021)
• Highlights From the 2021 Proxy Season – and How to Prepare for the Challenges Ahead (July 26, 2021)
• The New Era of Shareholder Activism (June 28, 2021)
• ESG Watch: Crisis Management Beyond COVID-19 (April 26, 2021)
• Focus on the Vaccine - Legal and Governance Challenges (February 22, 2021)
• Outlook for 2021 Proxy Season (December 15, 2020)
• Global Compensation & Benefits Watch: Executive Compensation in a Time of Crisis (December 7, 2020)
• Government Enforcement During and After COVID-19 (October 13, 2020)
• Highlights From the 2020 Proxy Season (July 23, 2020)
• Briefing on Key Legal Issues Associated With Returning to the Workplace (June 23, 2020)
• Reopen Ready: Managing Governance and Legal Risks in the New Normal(s) (May 18, 2020)
• COVID-19: Tackling Key Governance & Legal Issues (April 9, 2020)
• Shareholder Activism in 2020 (February 25, 2020)
• What’s ahead for corporate governance in 2020? (December 2, 2019)
• M&A Transactions: What Boards and Advisors Need to Know (September 24, 2019)
• Highlights from the 2019 Proxy Season (July 18, 2019)
• Recent Changes to SEC Disclosure Requirements (May 29, 2019)
• Corporate Prosecutions: What Companies, Boards and Executives Need to Know (March 25, 2019)
• Cybersecurity and the Board (January 28, 2019)
• Governance Perspectives - A Discussion on Long-Termism, Activist Hedge Funds and Staggered Boards (January 9, 2019)
• Corporate Governance Outlook for 2019 (November 13, 2018)
• The Job of the Corporate Director (September 18, 2018)
• “The Big Reveal” - Highlights from the 2018 Proxy Season (July 10, 2018)
• SASB and The Future of Sustainability Reporting (May 21, 2018)
• Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPEs): What is a PIPE Deal and what’s “In the Pipeline” for these Discount-Price Stock Transactions (May 8, 2018)
• Why Board Oversight is Critical in Helping Stop Harassment (March 6, 2018)
• Outlook for 2018 (November 14, 2017)
• Recent Whistleblower Issues (September 12, 2017)
• The Current Immigration Enforcement Environment (May 9, 2017)
• Global Crisis Management: Legal Privilege in the Cross-Border Context (July 11, 2017)
• Impact of Tax Reform (April 17, 2017)
• Outlook for 2017 (February 14, 2017)
• Lessons Learned from Recent FCPA Enforcement Trends (December 6, 2016)
• Agreements Not to Compete - What the Board Needs to Know! (October 18, 2016)
• Investor Tactics & other Highlights from the 2016 Proxy Season (August 4, 2016)
• The Use and Misuse of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (June 14, 2016)
• 2016 Executive Compensation Trends and Best Practices (April 19, 2016)
• International Corporate Governance Trends (February 16, 2016)
• Implications of Short-Termism on Long-term Business Prosperity (December 9, 2015)
• Recent Developments About Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank and the SEC’s Whistleblower Program (August 20, 2015)
• Implications of Trapped Offshore Cash (June 18, 2015)
• Do ‘Golden Leash’ Board Arrangements Create Impermissible Conflicts of Interest? (April 16, 2015)
• Proxy Access - Perspectives on the Short and Long Terms (February 19, 2015)
• Planning for Divestitures (December 18, 2014)
• Global Investigations (November 20, 2014)
• Recent Developments Related to Earnings Guidance (October 16, 2014)
• The Implications of Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund (June 24, 2014)
• Activism’s chemistry with non-activist investors and the role of the Board (March 10, 2014)
• Governance Considerations in BEPS (December 4, 2013)
• Supplemental Pay Disclosures (October 21, 2013)
• Cyber Security (August 7, 2013)
• Corporate Political Spending (June 12, 2013)
• Foreign Policy Implications for Business (April 3, 2013)
• Lessons for Acquirers and their Boards (February 6, 2013)
• Social Technology in the Boardroom (December 5, 2012)
• Officer and Director Indemnification – Considerations for Companies (November 8, 2012)
• Has it Moved the Needle or Not? (May 2, 2012)
• Governance Watch (March 7, 2012)
• Governance Watch (January 5, 2012)
• Governance Watch (December 16, 2011)
• Governance Watch (November 2, 2011)