Are you interested in networking with professionals and other business-minded international students?

Join us for a discussion with two corporate leaders: Charles Elson, Chair in Corporate Governance and Founding Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, and the Executive Editor at Large for Directors and Boards and Martin Gelter, Professor of Law at Fordham University. They will discuss best practices for companies in communicating corporate governance issues, including shareholder activism, and you'll have a chance to offer your experiences and opinions to them in this open dialogue. This is a great chance to learn about an important issue that affects us all, while networking with a top professional in the corporate world! More details about the speakers below:
Charles Elson
Charles M. Elson practices in Holland & Knight's Tampa office in the areas of corporate and securities law. Mr. Elson has vast experience in corporations, securities regulation and corporate governance. He is currently first occupant of the Edgar S. Woolard Jr. Chair of Corporate Governance and the director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
Martin Gelter
An expert in comparative corporate law and governance, Martin Gelter joined the faculty of Fordham Law School in 2009. He has been a Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University and University of Paris-II, a Considine Fellow in Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, a Visiting Fellow at the University of Bologna, and an assistant professor at the WU Vienna University of Economics. Martin has been an ECGI research member since 2006. Among other degrees, Martin holds an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.A. in Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences from Columbia University.
Attending this event is also an opportunity to qualify for a scholarship of up to $750!

To apply, please submit an essay of no more than 900 words answering the question: "What is the number one corporate governance issue in your home country and how would you address it?" You can email a PDF of your submission to me at [email protected] to be considered for a first-place prize of $750 and a second-place prize of $500, made possible by the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust. Please also include your name, contact information, field of study, university, and home country.

The application for the scholarship deadline is: Monday, May 2nd at 10:00AM EST