23 - 24 October, 2012

Benefits of attending

• Cultivate successful working relationships between Compensation Committees and senior management while maintaining Committee independence 
• Manage the tension and apply the right balance between sometimes competing considerations: 1) Pay for performance vs. retention and motivation; 2) Short-term business success vs. long-term sustainability; and 3) What’s right for the organization vs. external standards of good governance
• Link leadership and succession strategies to compensation
• Promote clarity and transparency by effectively communicating and engaging with investors

Who should attend

This conference is intended for compensation committee members and senior executives who are accountable to shareholders of major corporations. Special discounts are available for directors attending with other company representatives.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8–9 AM

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 9–9:20 AM
Yale D. Tauber, Program Director, The Conference Board

A 9:20–10:15 AM

Managing a Persistent Tug-of-War ­ “Pay for Performance” vs. “Retention and Motivation”

David Pottruck, Compensation Committee Chair, Intel Corporation
Brit Wittman, Director, Executive Compensation and Corporate Design, Intel Corporation

B 10:15–11 AM

What Directors and Senior Executives Need to Know about Performance-aligned Compensation

Panel Moderator
Robin A. Ferracone, Chief Executive Officer, Farient Advisors LLC
Panelists
Prof. Charles M. Elson, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Chair, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware
Barbara Allen, Compensation Committee Chair, RLI Corp.

NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK 11–11:15 AM

C 11:15 AM–NOON

The Compensation Committee’s Role in Administering Compensation for Alignment

Panel Moderator
Arthur H. Kohn, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

D NOON–12:45 PM

Keynote Address: Why Executive Pay Matters to Investors

Glenn W. Welling, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Engaged Capital, LLC

NETWORKING LUNCHEON 12:45–2:15 PM

E 2:15–3 PM

Linking Leadership and Succession Strategy to Compensation  

Panel Moderator
Gary C. Hourihan, Senior Vice President, Farient Advisors LLC
Panelists
David Kristoff, Vice President, Compensation & Global Mobility, Newmont Mining Corporation
Larraine Segil, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member, Frontier Communications

NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK 3–3:15 PM

F 3:15– 4:45 PM

Improving Transparency, Disclosures and Say on Pay Results

Moderator
Karla Bos, Vice President - Proxy Voting, ING U.S. Investment Management
Panelists
Carol Bowie, Head of Americas Research, Institutional Shareholder Services
Aeisha Mastagni, Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System
Robert McCormick, Chief Policy Officer, Glass Lewis & Co., LLC
Robert Zivnuska, Director Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, BlackRock

G 4:45–5:30 PM

Positioning Your Pay Program for 2013

Panel Moderator
Robin A. Ferracone, Chief Executive Officer, Farient Advisors LLC
Panelists
Arthur H. Kohn, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 
Ron Miller, Corporate Vice President - Global Rewards, Human Resources, Applied Materials

H 5:30–5:45 PM

First Day Wrap Up

Yale D. Tauber, Program Director, The Conference Board

NETWORKING RECEPTION 5:45–6:45 PM

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

I 8–9 AM

Roundtable Breakfast Session

WELCOME BACK 9–9:15 AM
Yale D. Tauber, Program Director, The Conference Board

J 9:15–10:15 AM

Creating a Template for Effective Compensation Committee Performance

Panel Moderator
Michael  J. Berthelot, Compensation Committee Chair, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and Governance Committee Chair, Pro-Dex Inc. 
Panelists
Robert J. Centonze, Vice President Global Compensation & Benefits, Campbell Soup Company
Nancy L. Saunders , Senior  Vice President, Human Resources Operations, NetApp
Robert T. Wall, Compensation Committee. Chair, NetApp

NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK 10:15–10:30 AM

K 10:30 AM–12:30 PM

All Things Considered — A Mock Compensation Committee Meeting

Panel Moderator
Jill Kanin-Lovers, Compensation Committees Chair, Dot Foods, Inc. and Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
Panelists
Michael J. Berthelot, Compensation Committee Chair, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and Governance Committee Chair, Pro-Dex Inc. 
Robin A. Ferracone, Chief Executive Officer, Farient Advisors LLC
Nancy L. Saunders , Senior  Vice President, Human Resources Operations, NetApp
Robert T. Wall, Compensation Committee. Chair, NetApp

CONFERENCE ADJOURNS 12:30 PM

Alternate location
12-13 September, 2012 New York Executive Compensation Conference

For speaking and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Meg Gottemoeller at meg.gottemoeller@conferenceboard.org.