MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015

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1 MONDAY, JUNE 15, :00 PM 6:15 PM OPENING RECEPTION 6:15 PM 8:30 PM DINNER AND EVENING Gallery Ballroom WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Gerard Baker Editor in Chief IS IT SAFE YET? Cyber hacking, ISIS, land grabs by Russia and China: Is it getting safer or more dangerous to do business in a global setting? General Michael Hayden Principal, The Chertoff Group Director, Central Intelligence Agency ( ) Director, National Security Agency ( ) Gerard Baker Editor in Chief 8:30 PM NIGHTCAPS AND NETWORKING TUESDAY, JUNE 16, :00 AM 8:00 AM BREAKFAST 8:00 AM 8:40 AM OPENING REMARKS Gallery Ballroom John Bussey Associate Editor THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK The U.S. is growing again, but it s largely a single engine pulling the global (and struggling) economic train. What U.S. growth policies might speed up the momentum? Jeffrey Zients Director, National Economic Council Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Greg Ip Chief Economics Commentator

2 8:40 AM 9:10 AM SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS They are shaking up companies across the corporate landscape. What should you do when the activists come calling? Perspectives: Charles Penner Partner and Chief Legal Officer JANA Partners LLC Chris Young Head of Contested Situations Credit Suisse Dennis K. Berman Business Editor 9:10 AM 9:40 AM AN Rx FOR HEALTH CARE Rising health care costs continue to pummel companies. How can the health care system cut costs and still deliver quality, innovation and consumer choice? Perspectives: John H. Noseworthy, M.D. President and CEO Mayo Clinic Bernard J. Tyson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Permanente Laura Landro Assistant Managing Editor 9:40 AM 10:10 AM REFRESHMENT BREAK 10:10 AM 10:35 AM EMERGING OPPORTUNITY Companies around the world are pinning their hopes on developing economies and their consumers. A report card on where it s going right, where it isn t and why. Jim Yong Kim President World Bank Group Rebecca Blumenstein Deputy Editor in Chief

3 10:35 AM 11:05 AM TAXING ISSUES Will tax reform ever be for real? And how will it affect for better or worse your business? Paul Ryan Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means U.S. Representative (R., Wis.) Kimberley A. Strassel Editorial Board Member 11:15 AM 12:45 PM CONCURRENT TASK FORCE SESSIONS Ballroom Level and Mezzanine Level Participants will discuss specific action items to address an issue of common concern. The results will be reported back to conference participants in the afternoon session and published exclusively in Network special report. ALL THAT CASH Companies have stockpiled a record amount of cash even though the economy has recovered. Is it time to deploy this key asset and, if so, what are the best strategies and objectives? Karen McLoughlin Cognizant Technology Solutions Lori A. Varlas SVP, and Secretary Central Garden & Pet Company Jim Kaitz President and CEO Association for Financial Professionals Dennis K. Berman Business Editor

4 CONCURRENT TASK FORCE SESSIONS (continued) INCENTIVES AND HEALTH CARE Employees are key partners in bringing down health care costs. What are the best incentives companies can use to get workers to take a more active role in managing health care costs? Mark Guinan and SVP Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Francis J. Shammo EVP and Verizon Communications Inc. A. Bowen Garrett, Ph.D. Senior Fellow Urban Institute Laura Landro Assistant Managing Editor FOSTERING INNOVATION Everyone wants an innovative workforce. But making that happen in big companies is sometimes daunting. What are the most effective ways to boost innovation from the mailroom up? Hope Cochran King Digital Entertainment Plc Dominique Thormann EVP and, Renault Chairman, RCI Banque Beth Altringer Head of Desirability Lab and Lecturer on Innovation and Design, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard Graduate School of Design Harvard Rebecca Blumenstein Deputy Editor in Chief

5 CONCURRENT TASK FORCE SESSIONS (continued) RETHINKING THE Business models change constantly. So how about the role and authority of the? How should it be retooled so the can best serve all stakeholders including the board, customers and shareholders? Bill Oplinger EVP and Alcoa Inc. Vanessa Wittman Dropbox John R. Graham D. Richard Mead Jr. Family Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business Duke University Vanessa O Connell Editor, Journal THE PURSUIT OF CYBERSECURITY We know we shouldn t click on the link. We know some hacking is inevitable. But what should companies be doing that they aren t already doing to mitigate network breaches? Patrick Grismer Yum! Brands Inc John Shrewsberry SEVP and Wells Fargo & Company James A. Lewis Director, Technology Program Center for Strategic and International Studies Kimberley A. Strassel Editorial Board Member

6 1:00 PM 2:25 PM LUNCHEON: THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA: A REPORT CARD Salons 1 4 Eight months after an historic election that expanded GOP control over both houses of Congress, what has happened to the Republican policy agenda and what does it mean for business? Debbie Stabenow U.S. Senator (D., Mich.) Gerald F. Seib Washington Bureau Chief Kevin McCarthy U.S. House Majority Leader U.S. Representative (R., Calif.) Gerald F. Seib Washington Bureau Chief 2:40 PM 3:05 PM FROM TO CEO Is it a logical fit? One s journey to chief executive, and the lessons learned. Gary D. Burnison CEO Korn Ferry Nikki Waller Bureau Chief, Management and Careers 3:05 PM 3:35 PM NEW PROSPECTS There s a potential sea change underway for global business: New trade pacts are in the works that would open big new markets across the world and empower new competitors, too. One effect: Your company may be about to become even more international. Perspectives: Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky Senior International Partner, WilmerHale U.S. Trade Representative ( ) Ambassador Michael Froman U.S. Trade Representative John Bussey Associate Editor 3:35 PM 4:15 PM TASK FORCE SESSION RESPONSES AND VOTING Co-chairs of the task force sessions will present their findings to all members, who then vote to prioritize action items. The recommendations will be published in Network special report.

7 4:15 PM 4:45 PM REFRESHMENT BREAK 4:45 PM 5:15 PM THE REGULATORS Gallery Ballroom Accounting, disclosure, compliance and plenty of interpretation. One of the top cops on the beat tells us what s on the SEC s agenda for rules governing corporate finance. Keith F. Higgins Director, Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Dennis K. Berman Business Editor 5:15 PM 5:45 PM MANAGING THE BOOKS The U.S. budget deficit has plummeted in recent years, but will the good news be negated by future spending on national priorities? We talk to the nation s about the country s goals and the management strategies he uses to achieve them. Shaun Donovan Director Office of Management and Budget Neil King Global Economics Editor 5:45 PM 7:00 PM CLOSING RECEPTION