Top Ten Reasons You Need to Attend the 2007 NASPP Annual Conference

1. The past year has brought a host of 123(R) advancements and new compliance concerns—catch up with our Option Expensing and Beyond track.
    
2. Find out how your executive compensation disclosures stack up under the SEC's new rules, what you did right—and what you could have done better—by attending "Tackling Your 2008 Compensation Disclosures: The 2nd Annual Proxy Disclosure Conference" and the related sessions during the Conference.
    
3. The deadline for compliance with Section 409A is this year—make sure you're prepared by attending the three 409A sessions:  The IRS and Treasury Speak: Update on Section 409A, Avoid the Post-Deadline "Oops" - Identify and Correct Arrangements Affected by Section 409A Before It's Too Late, and 3.5 Designing and Administering Stock Plans After 409A.
    
4. Don't let your executive compensation program be the critic's next target—attend CompensationStandards.com's "4^th Annual Executive Compensation Conference" for practical what-to-do-now guidance in this highly visible area of compensation.
    
5. If you haven't already implemented a performance-based stock plan you will soon; avoid the mistakes others have made by attending the sessions on designing performance plans: Designing Performance-Based Equity Programs and Bullseye! Ensuring Your Performance Plan is on Target.
    
6. Google's transferable option program could mark a sea change in stock option plans; learn why and how Google implemented this innovative program, hear about the numerous legal challenges they faced, and find out how the program is working out in Google and Transferable Options – The Next "Big" Thing?
    
7. Right now, compensation committees everywhere (or your clients' compensation committees, if you are a service provider or counsel) are thinking about new awards and plan features, including restricted stock, stock-settled SARs, performance plans, and clawbacks—make sure you are prepared to respond to their ideas with our tracks on Rethinking Equity Compensation and Plan Design and Redesign.
    
8. A strong network can be an invaluable resource; build yours with all the networking opportunities at the Conference.
    
9. Is there a better mousetrap? Hear about the latest technologies, solutions, and services available for plan design, oversight, and administration in our exhibit hall, learn tips for evaluating service providers in Ready, Set, Go! Managing an RFP to Get What You Need and find out the pitfalls to avoid which switching providers in Navigating Problem Countries – Legal and Administrative Nightmares Around the Globe.
    
10. International laws impacting stock compensation continue to evolve at a rapid pace, with sweeping changes this year in India, China, and the EU.  Keep up with Key International Developments and Action Plans and the many other session on global plans.