| PROGRAMME | |
| DAY ONE (26 September 2016) |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | The need to simplify regulations on employee share plans and equity-based compensation in order to promote employee share ownership and innovation in Thailand |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | The implications of Brexit on UK-based share plans and equity-based compensation strategy: what every international companies with UK operations must know
(Brexit panic wipes USD 2 trillion off world markets. This session will provide effective steps to combat the effects of Brexit on UK-based share plan and equity-based compensation, including insight into the main types of share plans and equity-based compensation available in the UK with practical guidance for international companies wishing to extend their existing plans to UK-based employees, managing the impact of share price and currency volatility in operating share plans and equity-based compensation as well as taking a closer look at the implications of Brexit on tax efficient of UK-based share plans and equity-based compensation). |
| 11:00 | Designing, implementing and operating share plans and equity-based compensation in line with the market |
| 11:45 | The use of discretions in employee share plans and equity-based compensation |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Avoiding some unexpected traps with employee share plans and equity-based compensation |
| 14:45 | Managing the impact of share price and currency volatility in operating share plans and equity-based compensation |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | The benefits and challenges of employee share plans and equity-based compensation |
| 16:30 | Panel discussion on why employee share plans and equity-based compensation, as an option to stimulate productivity and innovation that will boost the financial performance of the company |
| 17:00 | End of Day 1 |
| DAY TWO (27 September 2016) |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
| 09:15 | Employee share plans and equity-based compensation: Do they really motivate employees to think and act like owners? |
| 10:00 | Morning Refreshments |
| 10:15 | Designing and implementing tax-advantaged share plans and equity-based compensation |
| 11:00 | What is the most suitable share plan and equity-based compensation for your company and employees? |
| 11:45 | What organizations need to consider for their employee share plans and equity-based compensation when involved in an acquisition |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | The hidden value of employee share plans and equity-based compensation: What every HR professionals must know |
| 14:45 | Employee share plans and equity-based compensation: regulatory overview |
| 15:30 | Afternoon Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Avoiding the tax problem with employee share plans and equity-based compensation: considering alternatives |
| 16:30 | Panel Discussion on employee share plans and equity-based compensation as a strategy to conserve cash for cash-strapped companies, especially during economic downturns |
| 17:00 | End of Conference |
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Surviving an economic downturn can be challenging, as such, it is critical to review employee share plans and equity-based compensation that will provide an opportunity for all listed, unlisted and multinational companies to raise financing and improve employee benefits whilst reducing tax burden as well as to promote innovation and stimulate productivity, and above all, to strengthen business competitiveness in a tough economic environment In turbulent economic times, employee share plans and equity-based compensation have remained an important part of the corporate landscape for listed, unlisted and multinational companies. Employee share plans and equity-based compensation can conserve cash for cash-strapped companies. Whatever the arrangement, companies need to consider various issues before extending their employee share plans and equity-based compensation, including securities laws, taxation, the position of internationally mobile employees, reporting and withholding requirements, exchange control issues and employment and data protection laws. As such, World Employee Share Plans & Equity-based Compensation in Turbulent Economic Times Conference 2016, provides a timely platform to share perspective with fresh insight into the important legal and tax issues to be considered when operating employee share plans and equity-based compensation. As such, this conference is a timely platform for all forward-thinking legal, tax and HR professionals as well as private practice advisers working with them, in extending employee share plans and equity-based compensation, to attend this conference, in order to be updated on key issues and challenges pertaining to employee share plans and equity-based compensation that continues to provide challenges for listed, unlisted and multi-national companies, to provide the employees with a way to acquire an ownership interest in that company that will serve as an incentive to stimulate productivity, which will, in turn, boost the financial performance of the company, critically during an economic downturn. |