Past Conferences
Montreal 2026
The 12th Annual ICGS Conference:
Purposeful Governance in a Changing World
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October 3-4, 2026
HEC Montreal, QC, Canada
Conference Co-Chairs:
Eduardo Schiehll & Zvi Singer
Awards 2026
Bill Q. Judge Best Paper Award Winner:
Sponsored by Wiley
Bill Q. Judge Best Paper Award Runner Up:
Sponsored by Wiley
Authors:
Marie-Ann Betschinger, Daniel Waeger, Alaric Bourgoin, Sebastian Hafenbrädl
Title:
“After the Backlash: CEO Flip-Flopping and Social Evaluations in Sustainability Controversies”
Authors:
Thomas Poulsen, Andrew Pendleton, Andrew Robinson, Graema Nuttall
Title:
“Employee Ownership, Productivity, and Surplus Sharing: Evidence from UK Employee Ownership Trusts”
Board Dynamics and Strategic Leadership Best Paper Award Winner:
Sponsored by Board Foundation
Best Paper Award presented at the Paper Development Workshop
Sponsored by Wiley
Authors:
Michelle Weck, Maximilian Weis, Maximilian Braun, Fabian Ahrens
Title:
“Political Polarization in Strategic Leadership Systems and Strategic Paralysis”
Authors:
Janet Yaru Yang & Wanli Zhao
Title:
“Benefit from Shareholders: Evidence from Public Contracting”
Manchester 2025
The 11th Annual ICGS Conference:
Transformative Corporate Governance
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October 18-19, 2025
University of Manchester, UK
Awards 2025
Bill Q. Judge Best Paper Award Winner:
Sponsored by Wiley
Authors:
Tobias Coutinho Parente & Marina Amado Bahia Gama
Title:
Comply-Or-Explain in Brazil: What Makes Companies Adhere to Recommended Practices?
Bill Q. Judge Best Paper Award Runner Up:
Sponsored by Wiley
Authors:
Kurt Desender & Mónica López-Puertas Lamy
Title:
The Boardroom Firewall: Gender Diversity and Cybersecurity
Board Dynamics and Strategic Leadership Best Paper Award Winner:
Sponsored by Board Foundation
Best Paper Award presented at the PDW
Sponsored by Wiley
Authors:
Robert Langan, Markus Meierer, & Salome Lang
Title:
Who has done the Homework? Preparedness of Directors for Corporate Board Meetings
Authors:
Yujia Chen
Title:
When Shareholder Power Meets Social Conservatism: Big Three Ownership, Board Gender Reforms, and the Media Coverage
Conference Sponsors:
Arizona 2024
The 10th Annual ICGS Conference:
An Integrative View of Corporate Governance Theory and Research
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November 9-10, 2024
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Conference Co-Chairs:
Amy Hillman & Christine Shropshire
Awards 2024
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Hoa Briscoe-Tran
Title:
Do Employees Have Useful Information About Firms' ESG Practices?
Best Paper Runner-Up:
Authors:
Canquan (Charles) Li & Shuping Li
Title:
Be Open or Overwhelmed? CEOs' Exposure to Plural Orientations of Shareholder Activists and Firms' Responses to Subsequent Activism
Madrid 2023
The 9th Annual ICGS Conference:
Sustainable Corporate Governance
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October 21-22, 2023
IE University, Madrid, Spain
Awards 2023
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Charlotte Antoons, Eddy Cardinaels, & Liesbeth Bruynseels
Title:
ESG contracting and imitation behavior: Does the channel via which imitation arises matter?
Best Paper
Runner-Up:
Authors:
Justin Chircop, Monika Tarsalewska, & Agnieszka Trzeciakiewicz
Title:
CEO Risk Taking Equity Incentives and Workplace Misconduct
Miami 2022
The 8th Annual ICGS Conference:
Corporate Governance in a Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities
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November 11-12, 2022
Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami, FL
Conference Co-Chairs:
Fabrizio Ferri & Wei Shi
Awards 2022
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Mario Daniele Amore
Title:
Neighborhood CEOs
Best Paper Runner-Up:
Authors:
Jonas Heese & Joseph Pacelli
Title:
Does information technology reduce corporate misconduct?
Groningen 2021
The 7th Annual ICGS Conference:
Corporate Governance in Times of Disruption
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October 9-10, 2021
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Awards 2021
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Paul Decaire & Denis Sosyura
Title:
CEO Pet Projects
Best Paper
Runner-Up:
Authors:
Mark Desjardine, Wei Shi,
& Zhihui Sun
Title:
Different Shades: The Effects of Hedge Fund Activism and Corporate Shareholder Activism on Competitive Actions