Calendar of Events

• Published date: 01 November 2018
• Date: 01 November 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/bl.30121

6 BOARD LEADERSHIP

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

novemBer 16, 2018

ICSA Subsidiary Governance

Conference

America Square Conference Centre,

1 America Square, 17 Crosswall,

London, England EC3N 2LB UK

The ICSA Subsidiary Governance

Conference is a practitioner-led half-

day event focused on the demanding

endeavor of operating a large com-

plex organization in light of increased

demands being made from investors,

regulators, politicians, employees,

and clients that complicate the

task of overseeing a large group of

companies.

Through case studies, workshops,

panel discussions, and technical

sessions, attendees will have the

opportunity to benchmark their own

governance arrangements and further

their understanding in key areas.

For more information, visit https://

bit.ly/2xmAhcE.

January 20–23, 2019

January Governance Institute

Leadership Conference

The Ritz-Carlton, 280 Vanderbilt Beach

Road, Naples, FL 34108 USA

The Governance Institute offers

current information, interactive ses-

sions, expert speakers, and the

opportunity to meet others with a

similar commitment to improving

governance and achieving optimal

board performance.

For more information, visit https://

bit.ly/2xpKp4a.

January 29–31, 2019

The Society for Corporate

Governance Essentials

Conference

The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach

Resort, 321 North Fort Lauderdale

Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

USA

Through a variety of plenary ses-

sions, the SCG Essentials Conference

will cover the basic fundamentals

of corporate governance, includ-

ing internal sources of and limits on

governance authority, board respon-

sibilities and structure, board and

committee meetings, corporate entity

management, records management

and cybersecurity, risk management,

minutes, and more.

For public companies, the topics

include regulation and disclosure,

shareholders, annual meetings, and

drafting the proxy.

The private company series of

breakout sessions will cover board

oversight, governance and compli-

ance, managing conflicts of interest,

and succession planning.

Senior SCG members and other

experts will offer practical solu-

tions and advice on how to handle

the varied responsibilities of the

corporate secretary, assistant

secretary, or other governance

professional.

For more information, visit https://

www.societycorpgov.org.

march 10–12, 2019

Governance Institute March

System Forum

The Ritz-Carlton, 160 E. Pearson St.,

Chicago, IL 60611 USA

This event offers attendees an

effective means to stay abreast of

current topics in health care and

board governance. Sessions and

workshops provide engaging and

relevant content to foster learning

opportunities and team building for

boards, health care executives, and

medical staff leadership. Attendees

also have ample opportunity to

network with like organizations facing

similar challenges.

For more information, visit https://

bit.ly/2Nu04Kc.

NEWS

Data show increasing female

representation on corporate

boards

Recent data on gender diversity indi-

cate that corporate boards are increas-

ing the number of female directors and

edging ever closer to gender parity.

Data from the second quarter of

2018, compiled by board intelligence

firm Equilar, show that the percent-

age of women on Russell 3000 boards

rose from 16.9 percent to 17.7 percent

between March 31 and June 30, 2018.

That’s the third consecutive quarter

to see an increase, and was enough

to push the Equilar Gender Diversity

Index to 0.35, where 1.0 represents

parity among men and women on cor-

porate boards.

According to the firm, this trend may

partly be attributed to the fact that the

number of new directorships that have

gone to women has steadily increased

over the last few years. That trend

remained consistent in Q2 2018, as

34.9 percent of new board seats were

appointed to women—up from 32 per-

cent in Q1 and 29.4 percent for 2017

as a whole. This is a promising sign that

companies are making a concerted

effort to promote diversity in corpo-

rate boardrooms, the company said.

While the steps toward gender par-

ity on boards are indeed welcoming,

there is still plenty of room for improve-

ment, the data show. The overall rep-

resentation of women on boards is still

below 20 percent, and 17.1 percent of

boards have no women directors.

However, over the last year, the push

for gender equality across corporate

America—both from shareholders

and lawmakers—has taken on greater

prominence, and resulted in tangible

improvements. In addition to the gains

reported above, the data show modest

increases in the number of Russell 3000

boards achieving gender parity and a

sizable boost in the number of those

boards with female representation

between 40 percent and 50 percent.

For more information, visit https://

www.equilar.com.