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This interactive, practical learning experience will guide you toward finding solutions for your specific challenges. The full series of presentations and workshops by our faculty of experienced family business executives, experts, and board members is as follows:

Tuesday - June 16, 2009

               12:00 - 5:00 Registration
           Pre-conference
               1:00 - 4:00

Valuation for Families in Business--What the Company Is Really Worth 
Mary Daugherty

               5:00 Welcome & Intros
               6:00 Social
               6:45 Dinner with Anne Eiting Klamar - CEO of Midmark, Inc., Our Board as a Strategic Asset
               8:00 What are my issues?

Wednesday - June 17, 2009

               8:00

Early Stage Boards

               9:00 How Boards Add Value progression of ownership and boards, roles and responsibilities
               10:00 Break
               10:15 Family Governance responsibilities of the family as owners
               11:45 Lunch with John Santa of Santa Energy
Stories on Strategy, Succession, & Trust
               1:15 The Right Time to Form a Board
Case A
- deciding to form a board
               2:15 Board’s Role in Succession Planning
               3:20 Faculty Breakouts
opportunity for small groups to meet with individual faculty
               4:40 Depart for dinner cruise at Jones Landing on Peak's Island, Casco Bay

Thursday - June 18, 2009

               8:00

Board Operations
Mechanics and Dynamics

               9:00 Financial Oversight
audit role; linking finances & operations
               10:00 Break
               10:15 CEO Evaluation andCompensation - Case B
               11:45 Lunch
               1:00

Board’s Role in Strategy  
discussion of real-life issues in the board room

               2:00 Recruiting Indep Directors
               3:00 Break
               3:15 Owner / Management Issues
               4:45 Faculty Breakouts
opportunity for small groups to meet with individual faculty
               6:00 Social
               6:45 Dinner with Dan Hatzenbueler - CEO of E.Ritter and Company
Restructuring Governance for the Next Generation

Friday - June 19, 2009

               8:00

Planning for Longevity

               9:00 Keys to High-Performing Boards
recap of key points
               9:30 What are my plans?
               11:00 Leading Change: A Final Roundtable 
Applying this program to making changes
               12:45 Closing remarks