Providing knowledge, training and business opportunities to our members and stakeholders are of the highest priority to the BICG, as this will help the Baltic economy grow and thereby provide a better environment for implementing corporate governance, transparency and accountability.
BICG is therefore hosting a delegation of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian political and business leaders to New York on October 5 to 7, 2011.
Date: October, 5 to 7
Place: New York, NY
Number of participants: Max 30
Cost: 500 Euro, plus travel & hotel
Draft program:
Wednesday October 5:
Optional: Individually tailored meetings arranged on a one-to-one basis, provide BICG with your requests for meetings with US partners, political leaders or business opportunities and we will (try to) arrange meetings on your behalf.
19.00: Welcome reception and dinner for the delegation hosted by Microsoft, keynote speakers; Stephen Davis, Ph.D., Executive Director/Senior Fellow, and Ira Millstein, Chairman, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance & Performance, Yale School of Management.
Thursday October 6:
10.00: Visit to Global Headquarters of Thomson Reuters where we will be greeted by the CEO Mr. Thomas H Glocer, Mr. Glocer will share his personal experiences as a CEO and Board member.
14.00: Visit to the Global Headquarters of Deloitte, hosted by the Deloitte Center for Corporate Governance, this will include a high level seminar/executive education program.
17.00 – 19.00: Free time
19.00: Dinner hosted by Deloitte
Friday October 7:
10.00: Visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for a guided tour of the gold vault and a visit to the Bank’s museum followed by a seminar from the bank.
12.00: TBC
15.00-17.00: Visit to Nasdaq OMX Global headquarters: the delegation vill visit the Nasdaq OMX market site where we will officially close the Nasdaq market for the Colombus day weekend, this will be transmitted live globally. Following the closing Nasdaq will host a seminar on Capital market developments. We will finish the U.S. trip with a farewell reception overlooking New York‘s Famous Time Square, hosted by Nasdaq OMX.
Registration and travel arrangements:
Please register via email to: km@corporategovernance.lt (you are only registered when you receive a written confirmation). You can then choose to arrange your own travel and hotel or to use Westexpress.
Westexpress contact details: doloresa.burdinaite@westexpress.lt +370 5 266 1182
