All companies claim pay should align with performance, but what are the best practices to make that happen? Shareholders continue to push for more alignment, but companies disagree on the most effective means of doing so. This panel will discuss the best ways to tie pay of executives to corporate performance and the keys to effective implementation.

• Charles Tharp, Chief Executive Officer, Center on Executive Compensation
• Cambria Allen, Corporate Governance Director, UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
• Steve Cross, Managing Partner, Cogent Compensation Partners
• Jannice Koors, Managing Director, Pearl Meyer & Partners
• Jennifer Reimert, VP, Total Rewards, Human Resources, Symantec Corporation

Rules and regulations are piling up as companies see an ever-growing need to be aware of what's going on in Washington and beyond. The SEC is still implementing many of the rules included in Dodd-Frank, but with an election year and potential legislative changes on the horizon, what more should you be worried about? This panel will look at the state of current regulations and look into the future to identify possible pitfalls and opportunities.

• Ryan Johnson, CCP, VP, Publishing and Community, WorldAtWork
• Bob Hartley, VP, Total Rewards and Talent Management, BMC Software
• Christine McCarthy, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
• Laura Thatcher, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Trust is often hard to find in the business world and, now more than ever, leaders who develop high-trust relationships within their organization tend to outpace the competition. Amy Lyman, author of The Trustworthy Leader and Co-Founder of the Great Place to Work Institute®, draws on 20 years of research and anecdotal evidence to describe the characteristics of the trustworthy leader and demonstrate how the principals of trust-based leadership can help propel an organization to excellence.

• Amy Lyman, Co-Founder, Great Place to Work Institute

• Judy Warner, Editor in Chief, National Association of Corporate Directors
• Ralph Beidelman, Senior Vice President of Total Rewards, Discovery Communications
• Blair Jones, CCP, Managing Principal, Semler Brossy Consulting Group

Now that the 2012 proxy season is over, it's time to look back and learn. How did companies deal with their most pressing issues over the past year? What problems are companies still struggling with, and what do they need to do to stay ahead? Hear opinions from some of the top experts in the compensation industry as they discuss what you can do to get ready for 2013.

• F. Daniel Siciliano, Professor & Faculty Director, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School
• Doug Friske, Managing Director, Towers Watson
• Ira Kay, Managing Partner, Pay Governance LLC
• George Paulin, Chairman and CEO, Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
• Aeisha Mastagni, Investment Officer, CalSTRS