Wednesday, June 15th*
Agenda
Education Track |
Discussion Track |
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast and Registration |
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Equilar Product Training** |
Industry/Group Roundtables (Details) |
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Equilar Product Training (Continued) |
Industry/Group Roundtables (Continued) |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
WorldatWork Exec Comp Course (Details) |
Topical Roundtables |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
WorldatWork Exec Comp Course (Continued) |
Topical Roundtables |
**Laptop required
Industry Roundtables
| Industry | Practitioners |
| Business Services |
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| Consumer Packaged Goods |
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| Energy |
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| Financial Services |
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| Healthcare & Life Sciences |
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| Industrial Manufacturing |
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| Insurance |
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| Media |
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| Retail |
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| Technology |
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| All Industries |
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Topical Roundtables
| Topic | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Proxy Season Trends |
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| West to East: What Drives Differences in Global Compensation |
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| Incentive Plan Design: Pay and Performance in Long-Term Performance Plans |
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| Change in Control Severance – Understanding the Drivers of the Golden Parachute Debate and what the Future Holds |
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| Pay for Performance |
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| Topic | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
| Proxy Advisory & Investor Management – How to Engage Your Shareholder Base and the Advisory Firms |
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| Tricks of the Trade: Ensuring Success for Your Compensation Committee Meetings |
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Education Track
How to Work with the Compensation Committee and Your Shareholders: Real World Perspectives from Successful Practitioners
Attracting, motivating and retaining valuable employees is crucial to the success of any business. Companies large and small depend on Executive Compensation practitioners to help them achieve their business goals. In this moderated panel discussion and interactive forum, leading executive compensation professionals address two things every executive compensation practitioner needs to know: the subtleties of preparing for a compensation committee meeting, and how to gain shareholder approval for an equity plan in today's environment.
- How to Prepare for a Compensation Committee Meeting
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Our panelists, veterans of many committee meetings, share their experiences
- How to plan the Compensation Committee Annual Calendar
- How to prepare for a meeting (determining content, securing internal buy-in, understanding historical context, knowing your comp committee members)
- How to present complex information clearly and concisely
- How to work with the Compensation Committee’s consultant (or not!)
- How to Gain Shareholder Approval for an Equity Incentive Plan
- The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Our panelists, veterans of the shareholder approval process, share their experiences
- How to develop a comprehensive process and identify critical players
- How to determine key plan design provisions, including vehicle type, vesting and termination provisions, exercise price, pool replenishment, number of shares, etc.
- How to work with the Proxy Solicitor to assess likelihood of approval
- How to address Institutional Shareholder concerns (or not)
- How to gain Compensation Committee support
Featured Panel
- Brit Wittman, Director, Executive Compensation, Intel Corporation
- Brynn Evanson, VP, Compensation & Benefits, JC Penney
- Chris Gann, VP, Total Pay, Starbucks
- Steve Pennacchio, SVP, Executive Compensation Strategy & Programs, Pfizer
*Subject to change
