Programm

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

18.30 | Get-together and Dinner

Location: BRLO BRWHOUSE, Schöneberger Str. 16, 10963 Berlin

Thursday, 14 September 2017

Location: Quartier Zukunft der Deutschen Bank, Friedrichstr. 181, 10117 Berlin

08.30 | Breakfast

09.00 | Official welcome

09.15 | Presentation and discussion of the current CRiFC study "Strategies in Financial Communicaion"

• Prof. Dr. Christian Hoffmann, Academic Lead of the Center for Research in Financial Communication

10.20 | Keynotes and discussion "Corporate Governance - What institutional investors expect nowadays"

• Tim Albrecht, DWS, Equity funds manager of the funds DWS Deutschland and Deutsche Invest I German Equities as well as Head of DACH Equities
• Mahesh Jayakumar, State Street Global Advisors, Vice President and Senior Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investment Strategist
• Prof. Dr. Katja Langenbucher, Professor for Private Law, Corporate and Financial Law, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt & Professeur affiliée, Ecole de droit, SciencePo, Paris

11.20 | Coffee break

11.45 | Panel discussion "Shareholder Activism: Challenges, strategies and perspectives"

• Christoph Sieder, ABB Group Ltd., Head of Group Corporate Communications
• Winnie Lerner, Finsbury, Managing Director
• Prof. Dr. Katja Langenbucher, Professor for Private Law, Corporate and Financial Law, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt & Professeur affiliée, Ecole de droit, SciencePo, Paris

12.50 | Roundtable and discussion: Future research

13.30 | Closing and snacks

14.30 | End of event