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July 17, 2000
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japna Corporate Governance Forum
About The ICGN Tokyo Conference
The International
Corporate Governance Network ("ICGN")
decided in its Business Meeting, held in New York on July
14, 2000, that the 7th Annual Conference be carried out
in Tokyo in 2001. ICGN is an international organization
aiming to promote corporate governance principles around
the world. Its 7th Annual Conference, the first one taking
place in Asia, will be co-hosted by Tokyo
Stock Exchange ("TSE") and Japan
Corporate Governance Forum ("JCGF").
@ICGN was founded by leading institutional
investors and corporate governance experts around the
World. They include the California Public Employees
Retirement System (CalPERS), the College Retirement
Equities Fund (TIAA - CREF) and Hermes etc. It provides
a unique forum, not only for exchanging views on corporate
governance but also for promoting mutual understanding
between issuers and institutional investors.
@ICGN has held its Annual Conference every
year in one of the major cities in the world. The 2001
Conference in Tokyo will follow those held in Washington
DC (1995), in London (1996), Paris (1997), San Francisco
(1998), Frankfurt (1999) and New York (2000). Its activity
has generated significant impact on the development
of international corporate governance practices, regulations
and codes of conduct. For example, the Statement of
ICGN Global Share Voting Principles advanced on July
10, 1998, at its Annual Conference has been reflected
in the gOECD Principles of Corporate Governanceh. The
total amount of funds held by the ICGN members has swelled
to over 10 trillion US dollars.
@TSE and JCGF have participated in previous
ICGN Annual Conferences, and they both wished to host
one in Tokyo. It is therefore a great pleasure for us
that the ICGN Business Meeting held in New York formally
agreed that the 2001 ICGN Conference be held in Tokyo.
@TSE and JCGF sincerely hope that the 2001
ICGN Conference in Tokyo will contribute not only to
more active discussions on the development of corporate
governance in Japan, but also to a better understanding
of corporate governance issues in Asian countries.
- [General Information about the Tokyo
Conference]
- 1. Schedule and place
- July 11-13, 2001, in Hotel Okura
- 2. Co-Hosts
- Tokyo Stock Exchange Japan Corporate
Governance Forum
- 3. Cooperator
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
- 4. Sponsors
- Being negotiated with 18 associations.
- 5. Executive Committee
- Chairperson: Nobuo Takeishi, Chairman
of Omron Corporation
- Members: to be chosen from the co-hosts
and cooperators
- 6. Programs
- Welcome Reception (Welcome Speech), Keynote
Speech, Panel Discussion, Dinner (Guest Speech), etc.
- [History
of ICGN]
- 1995, Formally Established
- 1996, Annual Conference, London
- 1997, Annual Conference, Paris
- 1998, Annual Conference, San Francisco
- 1999, Annual Conference, Frankfurt
- 2000, Annual
Conference, New York
- 2001, Annual Conference, Tokyo (forthcoming)
Contact Address:
- Kobayashi (Tel: 0081-3-3665-2582,
Fax: 0081-3-3669-2745)
- Department of Listed Stocks,
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Secretary Office of the Executive
Committee,
- Tokyo Conference of ICGN
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