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SUMMARY:Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute: Directors Academy Certifica
 te Program 
DESCRIPTION: \n\nDIRECTORS ACADEMY FALL 2023\n\nDirectors Academy’s board
 room setting provides a small and targeted\nenvironment to foster interact
 ive dialogue between participants and\nleading executives\, corporate dire
 ctors and governance experts.\nDirectors Academy provides participants an 
 understanding of the\nincreasingly complex and ever-changing role of a cor
 porate board\nmember prepared to contribute to discussions occurring in th
 e\nboardroom.\n\nUpon completion of this two-day program\, graduates are a
 warded a\nCertificate in Director Education. With over 40 graduates\, Dire
 ctors\nAcademy supports graduates’ journeys to the boardroom. Alumni\nre
 ceive special access to resources such as current thought\nleadership\, fu
 ture Directors Academy program resources and priority\ninvitations to key 
 Gupta Governance Institute programs. The Institute\nalso hosts alumni boar
 d biographies on its website\, which serves as a\nresource for Nominating 
 and Governance Committees and executive search\nfirms who are seeking new 
 board candidates.\n\nKEY BENEFITS:\n\n * Earn credits toward a Certificate
  in Director Education\, alerting\nother corporate directors\, investors\,
  regulators and stakeholders to\nyour commitment to continued director edu
 cation\, leading governance\npractices and board leadership.\n * Earn twel
 ve Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits per\nprogram.\n * Gain 
 a board biography on the Gupta Governance Institute’s\nwebsite upon comp
 letion of the program.\n\nDAY 1: TUESDAY\, OCTOBER 24\, 2023\n\n_8 – 8:3
 0 a.m. Breakfast and networking_\n\n8:30 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. SESSION I: TH
 E BIG PICTURE In this session\,\nexperts will cover the Board’s purpose\
 , operating model\, and\ncommittees therein\, including the Audit\, Compen
 sation\, Nominating and\nGovernance\, and Ad Hoc Committees. We will then 
 cover director\nfiduciary duties and responsibilities toward shareholders 
 and\nstakeholders.\n\n_12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch_\n\n1:15 – 5 P.M. SESSI
 ON II: BOARD OVERSIGHT In Session II we will\nexpand upon the topics learn
 ed in Session I to cover corporate\nstrategy\, plus risk\, crisis\, and ta
 lent management. Performance\noversight and regulatory affairs will be dis
 cussed\, including\nfinancial oversight\, defining\, and measuring perform
 ance\, Mergers &\nAcquisitions\, and Ethics & Compliance.\n\n_5 – 7 p.m.
  Reception_\n\nDAY 2: WEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 25\, 2023\n\n_8 – 8:30 a.m. Br
 eakfast and networking_\n\n8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. SESSION III: THE EXPAN
 DED OVERSIGHT OF THE\nBOARD The role of the corporate director has never b
 een as complex as\nit is today. Topics previously considered to exist sole
 ly in corporate\nmanagement’s purview are now considered to be areas of 
 oversight for\nthe Board of Directors\, including cybersecurity\, disclosu
 res and\nreporting\, data privacy\, and diversity\, equity\, and inclusion
 . We will\nthen expand into the realm of environmental\, social\, and gove
 rnance\nmatters\, which have been elevated to levels of extreme value and\
 nimportance in today’s corporations.\n\n_12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch_\n\n1
 :30 – 4 P.M.: SESSION IV: JOURNEY TO THE BOARDROOM In Session IV we\nwil
 l hear from acting corporate directors regarding boardroom culture\,\nposi
 tioning yourself for a board role\, and presenting yourself as a\ndirector
 \, including resources to create and improve upon your board\nbio and resu
 me.\n\n_4 – 5 p.m. Presentation of certificates and wrap-up_\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 12th floor conference r
 oom\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104
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