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| Posted by: | Amir Licht |
| Title/Position: | affiliated professor |
| School/Organization: | Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | February 14th, 2006 |
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Conference Announcement
Corporate Governance in East Asia:
Culture, Psychology, Economics and Law
May 4-5, 2006
Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Is there something “different” about East Asian culture and psychology that means that any attempt to reform corporate governance through the adoption of Western norms is destined to fail? Or is the notion of “difference” simply an excuse for corruption and lack of transparency? And then again, do East Asian culture and psychology hold strengths for corporate governance that wait to be discovered?
In a unique but essential dialogue, psychologists, economists, legal scholars and practitioners from the West, China and Korea will debate these questions and propose solutions at “Corporate Governance in East Asia: Culture, Psychology, Economics and Law.”
Keynote speakers include the founder of the World Bank’s Global Corporate Governance Forum, Stjin Claessans, and psychologist Richard Nisbett, author of “The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners think Differently… and Why.”
For anyone trying to conduct business or simply understand East Asian cultures, this conference will provide unparalleled depth and breadth of insights.
11 hours of MCLE credit is available.
Preliminary Conference Program:
Day 1 – Thursday, May 4, 2006
Continental Breakfast and Registration
Opening and Welcome
Session 1: Cultural and Psychological Foundations
• Michael Harris Bond, Professor of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Kaiping Peng, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
• Lilach Sagiv, Senior Lecturer, School of Business Administration, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Discussant: Robert C. Berring, Jr., Walter Perry Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
• Discussant: Donald Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University School of Law
Lunch and Keynote Speaker
• Stijn Claessens, Senior Advisor, Operations and Policy Department, Financial Sector Vice-Presidency, The World Bank; Co-founder and former Co-Chairman, Global Corporate Governance Academic Network; Professor of International Finance, University of Amsterdam
Session 2: Perspectives from Economics
• Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Joseph Fan, Professor and Deputy Director of Centre for Institutions and Governance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Yingyi Qian, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• T.J. Wong, Professor and Director of the Centre for Institutions and Governance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Discussant: Wang Lei, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, Peking University
• Discussant: Frank Wang, Professor, Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Visiting Professor, McGeorge University and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; Partner, Wang and Wang
Coffee Break
Session 3: Principles for Corporate Governance
• Hasung Jang, Dean and Professor of Finance, Korea University Business School; Director of the Asian Institute of Corporate Governance
• Amir Licht, Dean of the School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel
• Curtis Milhaupt, Fuyo Professor of Law; Director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies; Chair, Transactional Studies Program, Columbia University School of Law
• Discussant: Katharina Pistor, Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law
Reception and Cocktails
Day 2 – Friday, May 5, 2006
Session 4: The Legal Environment
• Donald Clarke, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Konsik Kim, Professor of Law, Seoul National University
• Stanley Lubman, Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
• Xin Tang, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law
• Discussant: Richard M. Buxbaum, Associate Dean and Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
• Discussant: Jordan Siegel, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
Coffee Break
Session 5: Panel – Reflections from Practice
• Carmen Chang, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Richard M. Frasch, Vice President, Business Development and Legal Affairs, GlobiTech Holding Company
• Thomas Manning, Chairman, China Board Directors, Limited
• David Mapplebeck, Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign Global Investment, Ltd.
• Moderator: Laura Young, Professor, Kenneth Wang School of Law, Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Visiting Professor, McGeorge University and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; Partner, Wang and Wang
Lunch and Keynote Speaker
• Richard Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan and Author: The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently … And Why
Further Information and On-Line Registration:
For further information about the conference or to register by phone contact Theresa Molino at tmolino@law.berkeley.edu or call 510-643-8138.
To register online, please go to:
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/bclbe/symposia/corporategovernance/register.html
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