Host Sponsors US One Day Sponsors	Date and Time 18 September 2003 8:30am – 4:45pm	For further event information contact: Suzanne Mannion (+1) 212 723 9813 – US/EDT
	Host location Citigroup 388 Greenwich Street New York, NY	For questions regarding registration contact: Pam Stetson (+1) 813 792 7913 – US/EDT
	Registration Fees $ 225 Service Provider Attendee $ 175 Corporate Issuer Attendee $ 150 Subsequent Attendees (additional attendees from the same organization, Provider or Issuer)	Schedule View the Schedule Speakers Who are the Speakers View Map Map to Location
	Sign Up Today Register for the Event	Registration Deadline 12 September 2003

Description of Event
Never have equity plan professionals faced such significant concurrent issues – changes in stock plan accounting, sweeping US tax legislation, rebounding capital markets, an uncertain job market, cynicism about stock-based compensation – what are we going to do? That’s what everyone is asking us – the Board of Directors, management, the media, and our employees.

You’re invited to participate in an all-day workshop with your peers, led by a panel of leading experts in this field, to develop a nuts-and-bolts plan for addressing the questions all global stock plan professionals are facing today. Should we keep granting stock options? Or consider restricted stock? Or performance shares? Should we continue our ownership strategy? Will these new ideas work outside the US?

This unique gathering will cover the gamut from compensation design strategy to the details of accounting, tax, and securities rules on a global basis. It’s a lot of ground to cover in one day, and we have assembled just the team to help you do it.

This is not just another conference where you hear a series of speakers talk in generalities. You’ll leave this event with a detailed understanding of the alternatives, implications, and action steps required for effectively facing this challenge. Join your colleagues at this uniquely-structured event.

Throughout the day, panels will focus on a specific topic (restricted stock, performance shares, option modification). All sessions will be moderated, and following each discussion, a wrap-up session will provide workshop attendees a point-by-point discussion of the key issues raised in the prior discussion.

	Accounting rules. Sarbanes Oxley. Reporting requirements. Investor and employee perceptions. But what do you do? What are others doing? What will the future hold?
	Can you afford to maintain the same plan design strategies? Will your employees continue to value your equity compensation plans? Are you providing the right amount to the right people? Are broad-based plans going away?
	What is available? What is feasible? Restricted stock. Restricted stock units (RSUs). Performance plans. Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs). What should you do?
	What issues will you face in implementing stock plans with these particular features? How will employees in India perceive RSUs? How do you handle reporting issues in Russia with SARs? Will switching from options to restricted stock cause problems with employees in France?

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