What: 21st Century Governance for Early Stage Companies Conference
Who: Officers, directors and board members of early stage companies
When: Thurs., May 25, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Where: The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, Houston, Texas
Other: This conference is accredited by the Institutional Shareholder
Services' Accredited Director Education Program
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin's IC2 Institute, School
of Law and the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship will host a major conference
on corporate governance for directors and officers of early stage companies
on Thurs., May 25, at The Houstonian Hotel in Houston. The event, now in its
second year, is designed to aid pre- and post-IPO companies navigate the complex
world of corporate governance. According to at least one governance expert,
last year’s event was the first conference ever devoted exclusively to
practical, nuts-and-bolts corporate governance training for early stage companies.
Conference speakers will discuss: CEO role, selection and succession planning;
the selection retention, and compensation of directors; and the roles and responsibilities
of the audit and compensation committees. In addition, a roundtable of chief
executive officers will discuss effective early stage governance strategies.
Among the keynote speakers, Southwest Airline founder Herb Kelleher will discuss
the role his board played in the early years of Southwest Airlines, and University
of Texas at Austin president Bill Powers, author of The Powers Report Enron
investigation, will discuss the lessons of Enron for growing companies.
The conference is accredited for director education by the Institutional Shareholder
Services. Conference organizers say their goal is to become the nationally recognized
leaders in corporate governance for early stage companies.
IC2 Institute and the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship are research
centers of the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin.
Related Links:
For more information about the Conference on Governance for Early Stage Companies,
including a complete listing of speakers, go to:
http://www.ic2.org/corporategovernance/.
About Bill Powers: http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/wpowers/.