Venue
The Venue at Madison Avenue Central Park
The Venue at Madison Avenue Central Park, 512 E Madison Ave, Derby, KS 67037, USA

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Event Date Tue Jan 30 CST (11 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Jan 29 11:00am - Mon Jan 29 11:00am
Location The Venue at Madison Avenue Central Park
512 E Madison Ave, Derby, KS 67037, USA
Region APAC
Details

ENGAGE:
• With industry thought leaders on why and how ongoing shareholder engagement and activism play a vital role in affecting share value

DISCOVER:
• How activist investors cultivate relationships with companies to positively influence sustained value creation

APPLY:
• The latest campaign practices of activists, how they unfold, their outcomes, and how boards and executives work constructively toward improved stock performance

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Fred R. Pletcher
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Eleazer Klein
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Bob Marese
President, MacKenzie Partners, Inc.

John Glenn Grau
President and CEO, InvestorCom

David Katz
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Charles Elson
Founding Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair of Corporate Governance (retired),
University of Delaware and Executive Editor, Directors & Boards Magazine

Phil Goldstein
Principal, Bulldog Investors

Eric Rosenfeld
CEO, Crescendo Partners

Sean Donahue
Partner, Chair of the Public Company Advisory practice and Co-Chair of the Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense practice, Paul Hastings LLP

Ronald Orol
Senior Editor, The Deal

Patricia Olasker
Senior Partner, Davies

Lindsay Frost
Senior Reporter, Agenda

Kai Liekefett
Partner and Co-Chair, Shareholder Activism & Corporate Defense Practice, Sidley Austin LLP

Jason Geeves-Booth
Shareholder Activism Editor, Diligent Market Insights

Gavriel Kahane
Founder and Managing Partner, Arkhouse

Richard Mansouri
Managing Member/CEO, Ridge Road Equity Advisors, LLC

Felix Tabary
Co-Founder / CEO, Troop

Geordie Hebard
Investments, Arkhouse

Scott Grinsell
Managing Director and Head of Activist Engagement Strategy, Elliott Investment Management

Tim McCormick
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Gabriel Radzyminski
Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Sandon Capital Investments

Roy Katzovicz
CEO, Saddle Point Management, L.P.

David Pogemiller
CEO, Boardroom Alpha

Sebastian Alsheimer
Partner, Co-Head of Shareholder Engagement & Activism Practice, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

David Benoit
Deputy Wall Street Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

Danielle McLaughlin
JetStream TV Host and Skytop Contributing Author

Ed Mullane
Editor, Mergermarket’s Activistmonitor

Tom Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, H/Advisors Abernathy

Nick Graziano
Partner, 2717 Partners, and Skytop Contributing Author & Host of "Inside the Corporate Boardroom, Skytop's JetStreamTV Talk Show Series

Michael R. Levin
Activist Investor and Founder, The Activist Investor, and Skytop Contributing Author & Host of "The Activist Investor", Skytop's JetStreamTV Talk, Show Series

Arthur Kohn
General Counsel, Leading Corporate Governance Expert,and Skytop Contributing Author, Editorial Committee Chair and Conference Co-Chair,
Skytop Media Group

Jeremy Fielding
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Partner, Kekst CNC, and Skytop Contributing Author & Host of "Board GPS", Skytop's JetStreamTV Talk Show Series

Jay Clayton
Former Chair, SEC, Chair Executive Committee, Apollo Global Management, Board Member, American Express, and Senior Policy Advisor & Of
Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Adam Kommel
Activism Product Manager, Bloomberg

Josh Hochberg
Global COO, Edelman Smithfield

Lisa Silverman
Head of Activism Practice, K2 Integrity

Paul Haggis
Board Director

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Watchell Lipton Rosen & Katz
• Schrotzab
• Wilson Sonsini
• SID

AMBASSADOR SPONSOR:
• KEKST CNC

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Troop

PROGRAM SPONSORS:
• Davies
• Mackenzie Partners, Inc.
• Inve Shareho
• Edelman Smithfield
• K2 Integrity
• Board Room Alpha
• Paul Hastings
• H/Advisors Abernathy