{"id":999,"date":"2024-03-12T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/denny-center-2\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:24:11","slug":"conversations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/denny-center\/events\/conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>In a transcript (edited for length and clarity) of the Denny Center event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/denny-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/04\/In-Search-of-Adam-Smith-Transcript-FINAL-Fall-2023-.pdf\">In Search of Adam Smith: What Might He Think of Today&#8217;s Economy?<\/a>, panelists Richard Boyd, Georgetown University Associate Professor of Government; Adam Dixon, Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism, Panmure House; James Feinmerman, James &amp; Catherine Denny Chair in Democratic Capitalism; and David Schmidtz, Presidential Chair of Moral Science, WVU discuss the legacy of Adam Smith&#8217;s work and his legacy in the modern context.<\/li>\n<li>Kimberly Simpson, COO and General Counsel at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/denny-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/12\/NACD-Kimberly-Simpson-at-Georgetown-Law-FINAL-Nov-2023.pdf\">important corporate governance topics including how boards are prioritizing their time and agendas, whether stakeholder and shareholder tradeoffs are really zero-sum, how boards oversee moving ESG aspirations into tangible strategies, and CEO pay from the board\u2019s perspective<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2023).<\/li>\n<li>Professor Heather McGregor, Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, and Dr. Caroline Howitt, Programme Director of Adam Smith\u2019s Panmure House,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/denny-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2021\/10\/FINAL-DC-Panmure-House-Conversation-Nov-2021.pdf\">on long-term thinking and how corporate profits and purpose fit together<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2021).<\/li>\n<li>Natalia Nicolaidis, Founder &amp; 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