The 23rd Annual NASPP Conference & Exhibition

Your stock plans are under siege from Congress, the SEC, investors, the media and the economy. You cannot afford to fall behind in this rapidly changing environment—all companies need to think strategically about the design and management of their stock plans. It is critical that you—and your staff—have the best possible guidance. The NASPP Conference brings together top industry luminaries to provide the latest essential—and practical—implementation guidance that you need. 

The NASPP Conference will be essential to ensuring you can keep up during this time of unprecedented change. With the most respected experts in the field—the 23rd Annual NASPP Conference will be a "must" for anyone who has any role in design, oversight, or administration of stock and executive compensation.

Highlights from this year's program include:

- The full picture of how current economic conditions and regulatory reforms are reshaping stock and executive compensation—and the real-world, practical solutions you need to respond to this rapidly changing landscape.

- All the current hot topics in stock and executive compensation, including an update on the CEO pay ratio disclosure requirements, as well as other Dodd-Frank rulemaking projects and a round-up of regulatory developments over the past year.

- Current trends and new opportunities in stock plan design, including ISS's new Equity Plan Scorecard.

- The latest news in tax developments, straight from the IRS and Treasury.

- What to expect for the 2016 proxy season and best practices for executive compensation disclosures.

- The FASB's amendments to ASC 718 and other critical accounting developments.

- The latest technologies and innovations in administrative practices.

- Key international developments impacting overseas and globally mobile plan participants. 

Stock Planning Professionals and Talent Management Leaders:

Those whose responsibilities relate, directly or indirectly, to stock plan design and administration, including compensation and human resources professionals, stock plan administrators, securities and tax attorneys, accountants, compensation consultants, corporate secretaries, transfer agents, stock brokers, and software vendors.

Featured Mercer Session:

Track: Compensation Best Practices track

Session Title: Informed LTI Design Through Advanced Analytics (Session 7.2)

Date/Time: October 29, 2015 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM (PST)

Session Overview: Don’t operate your LTI program in the dark! This innovative session will explore proven strategies to evaluate the success of LTI programs. The presentation provides practical examples demonstrating the use of advanced analytics to understand the value employees place on LTI—and the impact your LTI programs have on retention and business unit performance. (Levels II, III. CPE Field of study: Personnel/HR) 

Agenda in detail

Mercer Speakers

Dr. Stefan Gaertner and Tauseef Rahman

About Stefan Gaertner, PhD., Mercer: Dr. Stefan Gaertner is a leading talent strategy and analytics expert who has helped organizations tell their story through hard facts and high end analytics for more than 15 years. He experienced the application of quantitative methods for solving business problems from within the HR function, as a business forecasting lead in the marketing function of a Fortune 500 company, as an external consultant and as a scientific researcher. He is currently a Principal in the Los Angeles office of Mercer.

Stefan has worked on countless quantitative and qualitative business analytics and human capital strategy projects. Examples include business forecasting and workforce planning, the measurement of linkages between human capital and business success, the computation of an ROI for people as well as R&D investments, the causes of employee turnover and the improvement of salesforce effectiveness. On the tactical side, Stefan also helped organizations build their own data infrastructure through the implementation of business intelligence software and by establishing a corporate HR metrics/analytics group.

Stefan holds a PhD in Human Resource Management from Georgia State University and an MBA equivalent degree from the University of Paderborn/Germany. His research was published in several journals including the Journal of Management and the Human Research Management Review. He also presented on the topic of human capital analytics at numerous academic and practitioner conferences throughout the US and Europe.

About Tauseef Rahman, Mercer: Tauseef is a senior consultant in the Mercer Talent business. Currently based in San Francisco, he has also been based in Mercer's Los Angeles, Dubai, Melbourne and Houston offices. He enables organizations for growth by developing and delivering strategy & analytics, career frameworks, and total rewards projects. He has global experience across a range of industries, but focuses on technically focused organizations in industries such as engineering, energy, technology, and life sciences. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College, in Claremont, California. He serves on the Board of Directors of his college's alumni association in a role that focuses on communications and engagement.