Centre for Asian Legal Studies

Conference Programme

Thursday, 26 February 2015 (Day 1)
8.30am	Transport pick-up from Amoy Hotel Meet in Amoy Hotel lobby at 8:25am
9:00am - 9:30am	Registration Lee Sheridan Conference Room, Eu Tong Sen Building
9:30am - 9:35am	Welcome and Introduction Andrew Harding DIRECTOR ASIAN LAW INSTITUTE CENTRE FOR ASIAN LEGAL STUDIES FACULTY OF LAW, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
9:35 am - 9:45am	Opening Speech Dan W. Puchniak CENTRE FOR ASIAN LEGAL STUDIES, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER CENTRE FOR LAW & BUSINESS, DIRECTOR FOR CORPORATE LAW FACULTY OF LAW, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
9:45am - 10:30am	Independent Directors in India Board Independence in India Umakanth Varottil, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Vikramaditya Khanna, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (UNABLE TO ATTEND)
10:30am - 10:45am	Morning Tea Break (Outside Lee Sheridan Conference Room)
10:45am - 11:30am	Independent Directors in Singapore Puzzling Compliance Requiring Explanation Dan W. Puchniak, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Luh Luh Lan, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
11:30am - 12:15am	Independent Directors in Hong Kong The Controlling Shareholder Conundrum Vivienne Bath, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
12:15pm - 1:20pm	Lunch (Staff Lounge @ Block B)
1:20pm - 2:05pm	Independent Directors in China A Venerable Institution with Considerable Room for Reform Xin Tang, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
2:05pm - 2.50pm	Independent Directors in Taiwan Lost in Transition Hsin-Ti Chang, NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY Yu-Hsin Lin, CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Ying-Hsin Tsai, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
2:50pm - 3:05am	Afternoon Tea Break (Outside Lee Sheridan Conference Room)
3:05pm - 3:50pm	Independent Directors in Korea Korea's Mandatory Independent Directors: Expected and Unexpected Roles Presented by: Kon Sik Kim, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Kyung-Hoon Chun, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (UNABLE TO ATTEND)
3:50pm - 4:35pm	Independent Directors in Japan Japan's Gradual Reception of Independent Directors and Persistent Reluctance to Them: An Empirical and Politico-Economic Analysis Souichirou Kozuka, GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY Manabu Matsunaka, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY Gen Goto, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (UNABLE TO ATTEND)
4:35pm - 4:45pm	Group Photo
4:50pm	Transport back to Amoy Hotel
6:00pm	Amoy Hotel pick up Meet at 5:55pm in Amoy Hotel lobby
6:30pm	Singapore Explorer Boat Ride Conference Dinner (by invitation only) Din Tai Fung Marina Bay Link Mall 8A Marina Boulevard #B2-05 Singapore 018984 Short (20 minute) stroll from Din Tai Fung through Gardens by the Bay to meet private shuttle bus
9:15pm	Bus to Amoy Hotel
Friday, 27 February 2015 (Day 2)
9.10am	Transport pick-up from Amoy Hotel Meet in Amoy Hotel lobby at 9:05am
9:30am - 9:35am	Welcome Remarks Tan Cheng Han CHAIRMAN OF NUS CENTER OF LAW AND BUSINESS FACULTY OF LAW, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
9:35am - 10:20am	Independent Directors in Australia The Rise of Independent Directors in Australia: Adoption, Reform and Uncertainty Fady Aoun, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Luke Nottage, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
10:20am - 11:05am	Independent Directors in Russia Aleksandr Molotnikov, LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (UNABLE TO ATTEND) Dmitry Kopylov, LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
11:05am - 11:25am	Morning Tea Break (Outside Lee Sheridan Conference Room)
11:25am - 12:10am	The Rise of the Independent Director in the West -Understanding the Origins of Asia's Legal Transplant- Harald Baum, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW
12:10pm - 1:40pm	Lunch (Staff Lounge @ Block B)
1:40pm - 2:15pm	Theoretical Framework: The Role of Independent Directors Georg Ringe, COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL & OXFORD LAW SCHOOL
2:15pm - 3:00pm	Case Studies of Independent Directors in Asia Bruce Aronson, HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY
3:00pm - 3:20pm	Afternoon Tea Break (Outside Lee Sheridan Conference Room)
3:20pm - 4:05pm	Independent Directors in Asia: A Historical, Contextual and Comparative Approach Kon Sik Kim, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Dan W. Puchniak, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
4:05pm - 4:50pm	Authors & Editors Publication Round-up
5:00pm	Transport back to Amoy Hotel

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