Established in 2004 by the ECGI and the American Law Institute in order to bring together leading academics from law, economics and finance, regulators, judges, law makers, corporate leaders, investors and other corporate constituencies to engage in forward-looking discussions of corporate governance issues that are or will be at the forefront of policymaking on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2008, the Brookings Institution and Columbia Law School superseded the ALI as the ECGI's US partners.

European Corporate Governance Institute
Background to the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue

In 2004, the European Corporate Governance Institute and the American Law Institute (ALI) established the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue in order to bring together leading academics from law, economics and finance, regulators, judges, law makers, corporate leaders, investors and other corporate constituencies to engage in forward-looking discussions of corporate governance issues that are or will be at the forefront of policymaking on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2008, the Brookings Institution and Columbia University superseded the ALI as the ECGI's US partners.  The Dialogue is endorsed by the European Commission.

The Dialogue was launched with a full-day public conference held in Brussels on 12 July 2004 thanks to support from the European Commission.  In subsequent years, a conference has been held alternately in the United States and Europe. See below for further details of each conference.

2009 Conference: Washington

The sixth conference in the series will take place in Washington on Thursday, 17th September 2009. The keynote speaker will be Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

A conference programme and registration will be posted on this website in due course.
2008 Conference: Brussels

The theme of the 2008 Conference was "Corporate Governance Standards and Financial Stability". The Conference took place on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 at the Charlemagne Building, Brussels.

Conference Programme
Presentations
Video recordings
List of attendees
Photo gallery
2007 Conference: Washington DC

The theme of the 2007 Conference was "Corporate Governance Standards and Capital Market Competitiveness". The Conference took place on Tuesday, 9 October 2007 at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C. See:

Conference Programme
Presentations
Transcripts and video recording
List of attendees
2006 Conference: Brussels

The theme of the 2006 Conference was "Controlling shareholders and corporate governance: Better monitors or more self-dealing?". The Conference took place on Tuesday, 27 June 2006 at the Charlemagne Building, Brussels. See:

Conference Programme
Transcripts and speeches
List of attendees
Photo gallery
2005 Conference: New York
In 2005, the twin themes of the Conference were "Corporate Board Elections and Internal Controls". It took place at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday, 27 September 2005.

Conference Programme
Transcript of the speeches
"US audit watchdog warns about industry" by Andrew Parker in the FT, 27 September 2005 (subscription to ft.com required)
Launch Conference: Brussels

The theme of the launch Conference was “Regulatory Competition and Subsidiarity in Corporate Governance in a Transatlantic Perspective”. Over 220 delegates attended the Conference which was held in Brussels at La Maison de l'Europe at la Bibliothèque Solvay on Monday, 12th July 2004. See:

Conference Programme
Transcript of the speeches
List of those who attended the event