IESE is proud to host the ECGI’s 6th General Assembly. The European Corporate Governance Institute is an international scientific non-profit organization that provides a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues and thereby promoting best practice.

This year, its Annual Lecture will be open to ECGI’s members and IESE alumni. It will be a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with one of the most well-known professors in corporate governance and financial development.

Luigi Zingales is the Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. In 2003 he won the Bernacer Prize for the best European young financial economist. His research interests span from corporate governance to financial development, from political economy to the economic effects of culture.

12.00 - 12.15	Introduction and Welcome
	Jordi Canals  Professor of Economics and Strategic Management Mr Antonio Borges Vice Chairman Goldman Sachs International
12.15 - 14.00	Keynote speech: "Board elections: Is Italy a Model for the Rest of Us?"
	Italy is known for its exquisite food, wonderful monuments, and sleek design. But it is not known for the quality of its corporate governance system and even less so for the quality of its laws protecting minority investors. Nevertheless, in Italy one of the most interesting experiments in corporate governance is taking place. A law introduced the requirement that at least one Board Member of every listed company be appointed by minority shareholders. Does this system work? While it is too early to be able to provide a systematic analysis, Professor Zingales will discuss costs and benefits of this system and the challenges ahead. Professor Luigi Zingales Robert C. McCormack Professor Entrepreneurship & Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
	The lecture and the subsequent debate will be conducted under the Chatham House rule .
Panel	Mr. David Kidd,  Partner, Egon Zehnder International Professor Joan Enric Ricart,  Professor of Strategic Management and Economics  Professor Roberta Romano , Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate  Law, Yale Law School Moderator Professor Klaus Hopt , Director, Max-Planck Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht   Q&A from the floor
Summing up	Professor Guido Ferrarini, Professor of Business Law and Capital Markets Law, University of Genoa