Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb
Znanstveni i stručni skupovi

Programme


May 3rd, Friday, 2013 

08:30-09:00 REGISTRATION

09:00-09:10 OPENING
Hana Horak, President of the Organizing Committee, Head of the Law department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Jean Monnet Chair
Jurica Pavičić, Vice Dean Faculty of Economics and Business
Boris Cota, special envoy of the President of Republic of Croatia

09:10-09:45 Key note speech
Siniša Petrović: Companies, corporate governance and interaction of European and national laws; do we need and can we expect new legal forms

10:00-12:00 1st Session - Transparency and disclosure as key elements for investors/ Transparency and disclosure in remuneration
Session chair: Christoph Van Der Elst
- Hana Horak / Kosjenka Dumančić: Transparency and disclosure as key elements for companies and markets
- Tatjana Josipović: Transparent public registers as an important condition for investments
- Roger Barker: The latest EU Action Plan on Corporate Governance and Company Law: A Positive Development for European Corporate Governance?
- Željka Bregeš / Sandra Mikinac: Transparency of the Commercial Court register
- Bistra Boeva: Corporate governance (corporate boards, disclosure) and company's competitiveness
- Ivana Gažić: Zagreb Stock Exchange: Establishing rules of transparency for Croatian companies in light of soon entrance to EU
- Melissa Rencanto: To Privatize or Not: The Delicate Role of the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) in Determining the Relevance of a State-Owned Enterprise

12:00-12:30 Coffee break

12:30-14:15 2nd Session - Board efficiency, employees’ participation/ Board diversity
Session chair: Roger Barker
- Christian Strenger: Board efficiency with special emphasis on employees participation: the German experience
- Nada Bodiroga Vukobrat / Ana Poščić / Adrijana Martinović: Employees representation and the sustainable company
- Joelle Simon: “The new French boards?“
- Cristoph Van Der Elst: Transparency of directors attributes
- Irena Prijović / Gorazd Podbevšek: Supervisory board evaluations-experience in Slovenia
- Mario Vinković: Diversity in board of directors – the cure for gender discrimination?
- Markus Stiglbauer / Patrick Velte: Unblocking women´s paths to the boardroom a critical note on the EC´s plans to regulate board diversity one-dimensionally

14:15-15:00 Lunch / coffee

15:00 - 16:30 3rd Session - Corporate governance in financial institutions/Accounting and auditing
Session chair: Christian Strenger
- Gian Piero Cigna: Corporate Governance of Banks in Southeast Europe
- Iris H Chiu: Corporate transparency for banks and financial institutions – enhanced accountability for the future
- Dionis Jurić: Implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive III rules on remuneration policies in financial institutions
- John Gašparac: The role of the audit committee in Corporate Governance
- Lajoš Žager / Sanja Sever Mališ: Financial statements auditing as the external surveillance mechanism of corporate governance
- Grzegorczyk Filip / Hejnar Jerzy: External auditor´s normative characteristics set out in the Directive 2006/43/EC as an element ensuring correctness of business entities´ disclosure


May 4rd, Saturday, 2013 

Guided tour around Zagreb