Twice a year non-executive directors from Germany and other European countries as well as politicians and representatives of industry meet and discuss Corporate Governance issues relating to their practical work at the German Directors‘ Conference. The participants are Supervisory Board Members and Non-Executive-Directors. The centre of the conference are the participants themselves: the speeches and presentations just initiate their dialogue. The program starts on Thursday evening with a dinner and keynote speech, followed by an all day conference on Friday The German Directors‘ Conference is an initiative of supervisory board directors for other board directors in Germany. The main goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of experience between colleagues in Germany, Europe and World-wide

1. German Directors in dialogue
www.deutscher-aufsichtsratstag.de
Twice a year non-executive directors from Germany and other European countries as well as
politicians and representatives of industry meet and discuss Corporate Governance
issues relating to their practical work at the German Directors‘ Conference.
The participants are Supervisory Board Members and Non-Executive-Directors .
The centre of the conference are the participants themselves:
the speeches and presentations just initiate their dialogue.
The program starts on Thursday evening with a dinner and keynote speech,
followed by an all day conference on Friday.
The venue:
Industrie-Club Düsseldorf
Elberfelder Straße 6 I 40213 Düsseldorf I Germany
A GermanBoardRoom-Dialogue: In cooperation with:
The European Confederation of
Directors‘ Associations
www.germanboardroom.com www.vard.de www.ecoda.org

2. Thursday, October 24, 2013
6.00 p.m. I Registration
7.00 p.m. I Introduction*
Peter H. Dehnen
GermanBoardRoom GmbH
7.15 p.m.I Dinner and Keynote
„The Non-Executive Director on International
Boards“
Frank Dangeard*
Chairman Goldbridge Capital Partners, UK
Deputy-Chairman of Telenor, Norway
Friday, October 25, 2013
8.30 a.m. I Registration
8.55 a.m. I Introduction*
Peter H. Dehnen
GermanBoardRoom GmbH
9.00 a.m. I „Quo vadis Aufsichtsrat? Family
Business - Women - Occupational profile“*
Astrid Hamker
President
German Directors‘ Association (VARD)
9.30a.m. I Coffee Break
09.45 a.m. I „Report from Brussels“*
Klaus-Heiner Lehne
European Parliament, Brussels
10.15 a.m. I „Compliance of Corporate Go-
vernance and Rating“ *
Torsten Hinrichs
Managing Director
Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services
Europe Ltd
11.00 a.m. I Coffee Break
11.15 a.m. I Investors Panel: „The Dialogue
between Investors and the Supervisory
Board“
Presentations and discussions with:
Sasja Beslik *
Head of Governance
Nordea Asset Management, Schweden
Rogier Snijdewind
Advisor Responsible Investment
PGGM Investments, Niederlande
Amra Balic
Director Head of Corporate Governance
BLACKROCK, UK
Jean-Nicolas Caprasse
Director - ISS Europe
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), UK
Moderation:
Christian Strenger
Multi-Board Member
12.45 p.m.I Lunch
14.00 I Supervisory Board Future Forum: Field Re-
ports *
Dr. Jürgen Heraeus *
Chairman
Heraeus Holding AG
Friedrich Merz *
Multi-Board Member
Member Advisory Board VARD
Heinz-Peter Schlüter *
Chairman
TRIMET Aluminium SE
Moderation:
Peter H. Dehnen *
GermanBoardRoom GmbH
15.30 I Networking and drinks at the bar
* Presented in German language. (Simultanious translation will be available)