NECF 2013 Agenda

On 23-25 October, 2013, GEO was pleased to host attendees at our 2013 National Equity Compensation Forum. Thank you to everyone who attended, as well as to our speakers and event sponsors for their support. Presentation materials are available here.

Keynotes

Why Are Investors So Focused on Compensation?
With Katherine Rabin, CEO, Glass, Lewis & Company
Executive compensation – in particular, pay for performance -- continues to top the list of governance concerns among institutional investors. Companies in more than a dozen countries globally now offer shareholders a "say on pay," which is having a dramatic effect on the design and disclosure of compensation plans. Katherine ("KT") Rabin, CEO of Glass, Lewis & Co., one of the world's leading providers of governance and proxy voting services to the world's largest investors, will provide an insider's view on how investors evaluate compensation issues, including examples of best and bad practices, lessons learned from the 2013 proxy season and what to expect next year.

Katherine Rabin

Understanding Pay for Performance and Incentive Alignment in Today's Complex
Executive Compensation Landscape
With Dr. Carr Bettis, Founder, Chairman & Co-Chief Scientist, Incentive Lab
Today's complex and innovative executive compensation plans come with a cost; hard to understand incentive properties and confusing value of the total pay package. In this keynote presentation, Carr will illustrate how science can be used to quantify incentive alignment and determine the real value of plans with multiple performance targets in short-term and long-term pay.

Dr. Carr Bettis
Founder, Chairman & Co-Chief Scientist, Incentive Lab

Private Markets and their Impact on Employee Stock Plans - The New Paradigm
With Greg Brogger, President, NASDAQ Private Market and Carine Schneider, Accretive Solutions
With a growing economy and the start-up engine in full gear, we are entering an age of the private market. In an interview style presentation, Carine Schneider of Accretive Solutions and Greg Brogger, formerly CEO and Founder of SharesPost and now President of NASDAQ Private Market will discuss how the private market works, the impact on the labor market and the challenges and unintended consequences presented to both public and private companies as they design their employee stock plans in this new era where mature private companies are no longer the exception to the rule!

Greg Brogger
President
NASDAQ Private Market

Schedule (Subject to change)

October 23, 2013
09:00 – 08:30	Registration Open	02:00 – 04:30	Golf Outing at the Terranea Executive Course
09:00 – 11:00	Health and Wellness Programs (optional)	04:30 – 06:00	Speed Networking Reception • SPONSORED BY CHARLES SCHWAB
11:30 – 01:15	Issuer Roundtable and Luncheon (issuers only)	06:30 – 08:30	Opening Drinks and Buffet Reception • SPONSORED BY MORGAN STANLEY
01:30 – 04:30	Extended Learning Series

October 24, 2013
07:15 – 04:00	Registration Open	12:15 – 01:15	Lunch
07:15 – 08:00	Breakfast	01:15 – 02:15	Keynote II
08:00 – 08:30	Welcome Remarks	02:15 – 02:30	Room Transition
08:30 – 09:30	Keynote I	02:30 – 03:30	Breakout Series III
09:30 – 10:00	Morning Networking Break	03:30 – 04:00	Afternoon Networking Break
10:00 – 11:00	Breakout Series I	04:00 – 05:00	Breakout Series IV
11:00 – 11:15	Room Transition	05:30 – 08:30	Flavors of Southern California Sunset Dinner • SPONSORED BY FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
11:15 –12:15	Breakout Series II

October 25, 2013
08:15 – 04:30	Registration Open	01:00 – 02:00	Breakout Series VI
08:15 – 09:00	Breakfast	02:00 – 02:30	Afternoon Networking Break
09:00 – 09:15	Opening Remarks	02:30 – 03:30	Breakout Series VII
09:15 – 10:15	Keynote III	03:30 – 03:40	Room Transition
10:15 – 10:45	Morning Networking Break	03:40 – 04:40	Conversations Unplugged
10:45 – 11:45	Breakout Series V	04:40	Closing Remarks
11:45 – 01:00	Lunch and Film - showing of "We the Owners" (optional)