Topic:  Corporate Governance - Stakeholders V. Stockholders: Whose Corporation is it anyhow?

Kenneth Bertsch - Director, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF

James J. Hanks, Jr. - Senior Partner, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll - Baltimore, MD

The Honorable Stephen P. Lamb - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

Damon Silvers - Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO

The Honorable Myron Steele - Justice,  Supreme Court of Delaware

Topic:  Corporate Philanthropy: Societal Boom or Shareholder Bust?

Jill Fisch - Professor, Fordham Law School

Jonathan Gottlieb - Division of Corporate Finance, SEC

James Hale - Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Target Corporation

The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III - Senior Partner, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell- Wilmington, DE

The Honorable Joseph T. Walsh - Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware

Topic:  Executive Overcompensation - A problem or a solution?

Alfred DeCrane - Ex-Chairman and CEO, Texaco Inc.

Jay Eisenhofer - Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A.

Pearl Meyer - President, Pearl Meyer & Partners

Cynthia Richson - Investor Responsibility Program Officer, State of Wisconsin

E. Norman Veasey - Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

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Topic:  The Poison Pill - Shareholder Toxin or Value Creator?

The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

Paul Rowe - Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz

The Honorable Stephen P. Lamb - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

William Crowley - President & COO, ESL Investments

Steve Lipin - Finance Editor,  Wall Street Journal

Raymond McGuire - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Topic:  Corporate Democracy and the Shareholder Resolution -- A failed "Hyde Park Corner" or legitimate governance tool?

Stuart Gillan - Research Economist, TIAA_CREF

The Honorable Randy Holland - Justice, Delaware Supreme Court

Louise Lancaster - Corporate Secretary, DuPont

Ann Yerger - Director of Council Research, Council of Institutional Investors

Topic:  Audit Committee Reform and Financial Misconduct - Effective Medicine or Placebo?

William Bishop - President, Institute of Internal Auditors

Robin Blumenthal - Reporter, Barron's

The Honorable William B. Chandler, III - Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery

Michael Cook - Former Chairman & CEO, Deloitte & Touche

Catherine Dixon - Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges - Washington, D.C.; Former Chief Counsel, Division of Corporate Finance, SEC

Amy Goodman - Of Counsel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher - Washington, D.C.

Topic:  Corporate Governance Guidelines: Common Ground - Realistic Expectations?

Carolyn Brancato - Research Director, The Conference Board

Mark Goldfus - Senior Vice President/General Counsel Corporate Law, Merrill Lynch

Phillip Lochner - former SEC Commissioner; former General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, Time Warner

Nils H. Okeson - Partner, Alston & Bird, Technology Group

David Smith - President, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Inc.

The Honorable Leo E. Strine - Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery