TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2003 |
| 11:00
am - 7:00pm |
Program
Registration at the Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel
Program Registration
Desk
Caribbean Corporate Governance Forum Registration Suite
Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel
|
WENESDAY
SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2003 |
| 8:00
am |
Departure
of Buses from Royal St. Kitts Marriott to ECCB Conference Center
|
| 8:00
am - 8:45 am |
On-Site
Registration
|
| 8:45
am - 10:00 am |
OPENING
SESSION
-Welcoming
Remarks from Sponsors
-Feature Address
|
| 10:00
am-10:10 am |
Objectives
of the Caribbean Corporate Governance Forum and Expected Outputs
Mr. Baljit Vohra, General Manager, Eastern Caribbean
Securities Exchange |
| 10:10
am -10:50am |
Global
Trends and Challenges in Corporate Governance
Speaker: Mr.
Winston Cox, Deputy Secretary General, Commonwealth Secretariat
and Mr. Peter
Dey, Partner, Osler, Hoskins and Harcourt LLP and Member of
the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Global Corporate Governance
Forum (GCGF)
-Evolving Trends in Corporate Governance
-Review of Various International Codes of Best Practices
-Linking Principles and Practices in Corporate Governance
-Regional Challenges in Applying Corporate Governance Principles
-Future of Corporate Governance Internationally
|
| 10:50
am -11:15am |
TEA/COFFEE
BREAK
-Press Interviews Scheduled to Take Place During
the Tea/Coffee Break
-Photo Session
|
| 11:15
am -11:45am |
The Corporate
Governance Challenge for the Caribbean
Speaker: Dr
Jeannine Comma, Managing Director, Center for Management Development,
UWI, Barbados and Mr
Kevin Higgins, Adviser, Central Bank of the Bahamas
-Status
of the Corporate Governance Movement in the Caribbean
-Corporate and Public Sector Governance in the Caribbean
-Politics and Governance of Companies
-Cultural Context of Corporate Governance
-Future of Corporate Governance in the Region
|
| 11:45
am -12:30pm |
Discussion
|
| 12:30
pm. - 2:00pm |
LUNCH
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Executive Dining Complex
|
| 2:00
pm - 3:00 pm |
Corporate
Governance Globally and in the Caribbean: An Institutional Investor
and Rating Agency Perspective
Speaker: Mr.
Peter Dey, Partner, Osler, Hoskins and Harcourt LLP and Member
of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Global Corporate Governance
Forum (GCGF), Mr.
Mark Singh, Managing Director, RBTT Merchant Bank Limited
and Mr.
Gerard Pemberton, Chief Executive Officer, DFL Caribbean Ltd.,
Trinidad and Tobago
-Role of
Institutional Investors in the Area of Corporate Governance
-Views of Institutional Investors on Corporate Governance Issues
in the Region
-Basis for Assessing Corporate Governance Practices in Corporations
-How Corporate Governance Influences Investment Decisions by Institutional
Investors
|
| 3:00
pm - 3:30 pm |
Discussion
|
| 3:30
pm - 3:45 pm |
TEA/COFFEE
BREAK
|
| 3:45
pm - 5:00 pm |
BREAKOUT
SESSIONS: COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS ON STATUS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
EFFORTS
Room
A: Current Corporate Governance Activities and Needs in Group
A
Room B: Current Corporate Governance Activities and Needs
in Group B
Room C: Current Corporate Governance Activities and Needs
in Group C
Room D: Current Corporate Governance Activities and Needs
in Group D
(Presentations on Current Corporate Governance Activities of Each
Country within the Sub-Region)
|
| 5:15
pm |
Buses
Depart for Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel
|
| 7:15
pm |
Buses
Depart for the ECCB Complex
|
| 7:30
pm |
COCKTAIL
RECEPTION SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK
Fountain-side- ECCB Head Quarters |
THURSDAY
SEMPTEMBER 4TH, 2003 |
| 8:15
am |
Departure
from Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel to the ECCB Conference Center
|
| 8:30
am - 9:00 am |
Establishing
the Basis for a Consensus Position on the Caribbean Concept of Corporate
Governance
Speaker: Mr.
Michael Gillibrand, Commonwealth Secretariat, Mr.
Trevor Blake, Director, Financial and Enterprise Development
Department, ECCB and Mr.
Baljit Vohra, General Manager, ECSE
-Basis
for Establishing a Generic or Sub-Regional Code of Corporate Governance
-Role of Governments in Corporate Governance
-Approaches for Complying with International Standards (OECD Principles,
etc.) to Boost Investment in Regional Equity Markets
-Scope of the Application of These Standards (should it also include
state-enterprises, statutory corporations, cooperatives, credit
unions, SMEs, etc.)
-Banking Sector Approaches to Corporate Governance Through Systematic
Risk Management
-Institutional Investor Response and Approaches to Corporate Governance
in the Region
-Consensus Position from Regional Equity Markets
|
| 9:00
am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
|
| 9:30
am - 10:00 am |
Role
of Caribbean Governments in Promoting Healthy Corporate Governance
Practices
Speaker: Mr.
Wendell Lawrence, Financial Secretary, Government of St. Kitts
and Nevis and Mr.
Andrew Wilson, Director, Center for International Private Enterprise
(CIPE), Washington,
D.C.
-Leading
by Example and Ensuring Compliance with the Highest Standards
of Corporate Governance in the Business of Government; in Public
Administration; in State-Enterprises, in Statutory Bodies and
Municipal Corporations
-Building Consensus Around Corporate Governance Requirements in
Government and Business Sectors
-Coordination Efforts between Business Community and Governments
to Promote Healthy Corporate Governance Practices
-Promoting Standards of Business Ethics in Public and Business
Sectors
-Facilitating Regional Cooperation and Harmonization of Corporate
Governance Standards
|
| 10:00
am -10:30am |
Discussion
|
| 10:30
am -10:45am |
TEA/COFFEE
BREAK |
| 10:45
am -11:15am |
Role of
Banks in Corporate Governance
Speakers:
Mr. Luigi
Passamonti, World Bank and Mr.
Patrick McDonald, Partner, Hart Muirhead Satta, Jamaica
-Banking
Sector Role in Screening and Monitoring Corporate Governance Practices
Within the Institution and With Clients
-Loan Funding Requirements
-Credit Risk Analysis for Large Companies and SMEs
-Risk Management Requirements
-Recommendations on Effective Corporate Governance Practices
|
| 11:15
am -11:45am |
Discussion
|
| 11:45
am -12:15pm |
Corporate
Governance Issues for Non-Bank Financial Institutions
Speakers:
Mr. YRK Reddy,
Administrative Staff College, India and Mr.
Melvin Edwards, Project Manager, Caribbean Regional HRD Programme
for Economic Competitiveness (CPEC) and 2nd Vice President of
the World Council of Credit Unions
-Corporate
Governance Issues for Credit Unions, Cooperatives and Insurance
Companies
-Instilling Healthy Governance Practices in NBFIs
|
| 12:15
pm -12:45pm |
Discussion
|
| 12:45
pm - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Executive Dining
Complex |
| 1:45
pm - 2:15 pm |
Effective
Corporate Governance: Perspectives for Caribbean Corporations and
SMEs
Speaker: Mr.
Bryan Gaunt, Executive Director, Internal Audit, First Caribbean
International Bank Ltd., and Ms.
Vicky Carmichael, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer,
London Life Reinsurance, Barbados
-Improving
Corporate Performance Through Healthy Corporate Governance Practices
in Corporations and SMEs
-Developments in Corporate Governance in Large, Small and Medium
Enterprises
-Embracing Corporate Governance Standards at the Company and SME
Level
-Response of Caribbean Businesses and SMEs to Emerging International
Standards of Corporate Governance
|
| 2:15
pm - 2:45 pm |
Discussion
|
| 2:45
pm - 3:15 pm |
Addressing
Accounting, Auditing and Disclosure Standards and Corporate Governance
Issues in Regional Securities Markets
Speakers:
Ms. Jennifer
Lamie, Assistant General Counsel, Cincinnati Stock Exchange
and Dr Thomas
Calderon, Prof. of Accounting, University of Akron, Ohio
-Understanding
Disclosure and Introducing Uniform Accounting Standards in the
Caribbean
-Promoting Corporate Governance in Listed Companies
-Board Issues
-Remuneration
-Role of Shareholders
-Financial Reporting, Transparency and Audit
-Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its Implications
-Ethics
|
| 3:15
pm - 3:45 pm |
DISCUSSION
|
| 3:45
pm - 4:00 pm |
TEA/COFFEE
BREAK
|
| 4:00
pm - 6:00 pm |
BREAKOUT/WORKING
SESSIONS:
Establishment
of Task Forces to Develop Recommendations on Corporate Governance
Room
A/Task Force 1:
Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and Other Government Entities
Task Force
Room B/Task Force 2: Securities Markets and Institutional
Investor Task Force
Room C/Task Force 3: Banks Task Force
Room D/Task Force 4: Non-Bank Financial Institutions (Credit
Unions, Cooperatives and Insurance Companies) Task Force
Room E/Task Force 5: Industry Associations Task Force
|
| 6:15
pm |
Buses
Depart for Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel
|
| 8:00
pm |
BANQUET
-Royal St. Kitts Marriott Hotel
-Dinner Speaker: Sir K. Dwight Venner, Governor,
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
|
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2003 |
| 8:30
am |
Departure
from Royal St. Kitts Marriott to ECCB Conference Center
|
| 8:45
am - 10:30 am |
PRESENTATIONS
BY TASK FORCES
Recommendations from:
Task Force 1: Establishing a Generic or Sub-Regional Code
of Corporate Governance; Role of Governments and Scope of Application
of these Standards
Task Force 2: Approaches for Complying with International
Standards to Boost Investment in Regional Securities Markets
Task Force 3: Banking Institutions Response to Corporate
Governance Issues
|
| 10:30
am-10:45 am |
TEA/COFFEE
BREAK
|
| 10:45
am-12:00 Noon |
PRESENTATIONS
BY TASK FORCES (Continued)
Recommendations
from:
Task Force
4: Non-Bank Financial Institutions (Credit Unions, Cooperatives
and Insurance Companies) Response to Corporate Governance Issues
Task Force 5: Approach of Industry Associations to Facilitating
the Rollout of Corporate Governance Programs in the Region
|
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
|
CLOSING
SESSION
-Summary of Combined Recommendations Arising from
the Forum
-Next Steps
-Closing Address - Sir K. Dwight Venner,
Governor, ECCB
Press Conference
ADJOURNMENT
OF THE FORUM
|
| 1:00
pm |
LUNCH
|
| 2:30
pm - 4:00 pm |
Working
Group Meeting (Closed Session)
-Review
and Prioritize Recommendations of the Roundtable
-Further Discuss Next Steps
-Establish Parameters for the Overall Report of the Roundtable
-Finalize Terms of Reference for the Preparation of Final Report
-Commission the Preparation of Final Report
-Establish Dates for Follow-on Activities
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