2005 DIRECTORS INSTITUTE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

All events will be held at Lewis & Clark Law School, Room 8, Wood Hall

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Current Governance Risks and Opportunities: What You Should Know for 2006

Jennifer Johnson, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
Rodney Rogers, Associate Dean, Portland State University

9:00 a.m. Session I - Does Governance Pay?

Howard Sherman, COO, GovernanceMetrics International, New York, N.Y.

GovernanceMetrics International is an independent corporate governance research and rating agency. Learn how governance ratings are put together, how they are being used in the market, their correlation enterprise performance, the potential costs to companies with weak governance and the benefits to firms with strong governance practices.

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Session II - Board Composition and Dynamics

Moderator - Patrick Simpson, Partner, Perkins Coie.
Panelists - Jim Richardson, Riverlake Partners LLC, Board Member and Strategic Financial Consultant; Director, Digimarc Corporation, FEI Company, Plumtree Software, Inc., and Tripwire, Inc.
Ralph Shaw, President/General Partner, Shaw Management Company; Director, Schnitzer Steel, Providence/St. Vincent Medical Foundation, Rentrak Corporation, Tax Free Trust of Oregon
P. Anthony Price, Russell Reynolds Associates; Director, Bay Area Council


Boards of directors face increased scrutiny, regulatory requirements and potential liability, creating tensions among directors and between boards and management. This highly interactive panel discussion involving seasoned directors and advisors will explore the effect of these developments on board composition and boardroom dynamics.

11:45 p.m. Lunch

Introduction - John Kroeger, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
Keynote - Enron: A Prosecutor’s Perspective
Leslie Caldwell, Partner, Morgan Lewis, New York, N.Y. former Director, Enron Task Force,
U.S. Department of Justice

Critical Liability Issues - Rich Baum, Partner, Perkins Coie

1:15 p.m. Session III - Emerging Issues and Best Practices in Corporate Governance

Moderator - Roy Tucker, Partner, Perkins Coie

Panelists - Stephen Babson, Principal, Endeavour Capital; Director, Columbia Sportswear
Roger Cooke, Vice President, Regulatory & Legal Affairs, Precision Castparts Corp.
Scott Gibson, President, Gibson Enterprises; Chairman of the Board, Radisys; Vice Chair Oregon Health and Science University Governing Board; Director, NW Natural, TriQuint, Pixelworks, Electroglas, OHSU Foundation, and Oregon Community Foundation
Colin Slade, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Tektronix, Inc.; Director, AMIS Holdings and AMI Semiconductor, Inc.

While recent corporate governance reforms have improved corporate compliance and disclosure, shareholder discontent and director liability concerns remain. This interactive panel presentation features directors on the front lines sharing real lessons and strategies for improving public and shareholder trust, corporate integrity and results.

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Mock Board Breakout Exercise

Mock Board Chairs - Fred Buckman, Director, Stancorp
Duane McDougall, Director, Cascade Corporation, Greenbrier Company, and Infocus Corporation
Kirby Dyess, Principal, Austin Capital Management; Chairman of the Board, Prolifiq Software Inc.; Director, Merix Corporation, Menasha Corporation, Octavian Scientific and Compli

5:00 p.m. Reception Sponsored by Bowne Global Solutions, Inc.