Conference Day One - Optimising Corporate Governance & Reporting 2009, Hong Kong

Main Conference Day One
Date: Wednesday,9 December 2009
Time: 09:00 - 17:00

09:00	Welcome Address by the Conference Chairperson Scott Lane, Principal, The Red Flag Group
09:15	Keynote Address: How is Corporate Governance Changing and What do you Need to do to Comply with New reporting Requirements? Introducing the new guide to Corporate Governance: How can it be used to both raise the standards of the subverted bodies, and to ensure greater consistency by the government departments that oversee them? How has Sarbanes-Oxley and other international regulations impacted corporate governance? How does transparency and accountability contribute towards best practice corporate governance in today's market? How do Asian companies compare with international companies in terms of governance and reporting? Kim Salkeld, Head, Efficiency Unit, HKSAR GOVERNMENT

09:55	Achieving best practice corporate governance: Lessons from the winners of the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards 2009 Case studies of China Agri-Industries Holdings and MELCO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Andy Li, VP, CHINA AGRI-INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS Samuel Tsang, Group Legal Counsel & Company Secretary, MELCO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Panel discussion: Five steps towards improved corporate governance. How can international firms improve their standards? Moderator: Mike Wong,CEO, THE CHAMBER OF HONG KONG LISTED COMPANIES

10:55	Morning Refreshment Break

11:25	Strengthening Internal Controls by Building a Robust Compliance Policy for your Board of Directors & Independent Committees
	How latest developments in corporate governance and transparency have impacted the composition, selection and roles of the Board Defining the new role and risks for Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) Ensuring that the Remuneration Committees are structured appropriately and work in tandem with your governance and compliance policies Prof. Simon S.M. Ho , Vice Rector, UNIVERSITY OF MACAU

12:05	Networking Lunch

13:40	Special focus on Vietnam: Corporate Governance and Risk Management for Fund Managers
	Corporate governance in Vietnam - ambitions ahead of reality: What are the regulations and requirements for foreign investors? Development of securities markets and IPOs - How to manage risk when investing in a frontier market? Exploring operational challenges for an asset manager in a developing country Due diligence by institutional investors - what they expect to see before investing Aligning charitable and social initiatives to support corporate branding Hannes Valtonen, Director, VinaCapital
Strengthening Internal Controls
14:10	CASE STUDY: Embedding enterprise-wide risk management (ERM)
	How do Boards understand and manage risk, and what else do they need to do to preserve stakeholder value? How to start an ERM management process Conducting governance-gap analysis to identify your operational risk exposures Implementing ERM in your organisation – What are the key steps? Corporate culture and risk: Embedding risk management from the Board down Responding to unexpected risks: Managing crises and reputational risk Steve Tunstall, Group Risk Manager, CATHAY PACIFIC
14:50	Afternoon Refreshment Break

15:20	CASE STUDY: Building & reporting effective internal controls to maintain investor confidence Building internal controls to detect and prevent fraud Where can internal controls fail? Review of recent cases and the lessons we can learn from them, including: PCCW GM
16:00	CASE STUDY: How to Extend your Corporate Governance Programme to your Third Parties Communicating and selling your corporate governance to business partners Encouraging buy-in from: - Distributors - Dealers - Rural Banks - Micro-Finance Institutions - Cooperatives - Suppliers & Vendors - Business Partners How have Smart Communications managed with and with what results? Elmer D. Nitura, Head, Corporate Governance Office, SMART COMMUNICATIONS Inc
16:40	Summary of conference day one
16:45	End of day one conference