Compliance Week’s annual conference happens in Washington, D.C., this week, and promises to be an information-packed event as usual. This is always my favorite week of the year—not just because the bar in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel is legendary (although that helps), but also because this conference is the central way-station where those traveling the many paths of “corporate governance” converge.

I get to attend almost all sessions over the next three days, and I’m sure each will serve up excellent insights for the particular slice of governance it’s exploring. But for the attendees still deciding where they want to go, here’s my take on what’s likely to be most interesting: