Post Date: March 3, 2005

Harvard Law School's Program on International Financial Systems will host a panel discussion with senior government and industry officials to address the effect of regulations on the capital markets. "The Current State of Regulation of the Capital Markets: Too Much, Too Little or Just Right?" will take place on March 7 in Ames Courtroom from 2 - 5 p.m. A reception will begin at 5 p.m. following the discussion.

"After almost three years since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are holding this panel discussion to explore the effectiveness of legislation, regulation and enforcement actions to address the perceived ills of Enron and other scandals in the corporate and financial communities," said Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and director of the Program on International Financial Systems. "We hope that the discussion will stimulate a new awareness about how to approach the existing capital markets regulatory environment."

Confirmed panelists include:

• Brandon Becker, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
• Roel Campos, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Peter Clapman, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF
• Robert Glauber, CEO and President, NASD
• Kenneth Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group
• John Grout, Technical Director, The Association of Corporate Treasurers
• Richard Herring, Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking; Co-Director of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Suzanne Nora Johnson, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs
• Richard Ketchum, Chief Regulatory Officer, Regulation, New York Stock Exchange
• Marc Lackritz, President, Securites Industry Association
• Thomas J. Lehner, Director, Public Policy, The Business Roundtable
• William J. McDonough, Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• William Parrett, CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

The panel discussion will be moderated by Professor Scott. Dean Elena Kagan will extend a welcome greeting, followed by opening remarks offered by Vickie A. Tillman, Standard & Poor's executive vice president.

All members of the Harvard community are invited to attend this event. For more information or to RSVP, please contact mgreven@law.harvard.edu.

The event is made possible through the sponsorship of Standard & Poor's.