GEO Annual Conference, San Francisco

9th to 11th April 2008
Summary
Organized by Global Equity Organization (USA) it brought together key executives from Large and Medium Sized Companies, Venture Capitalist Funds, Consulting firms from across the world.
 
The challenge of creating and running global equity compensation plans is increasing along with the need to stay up to date on new rules and regulations in the ever-changing global market. The conference offered many informative sessions on many of these topics.
 
Presentation by ESOP Direct

Mr. Tarun Gulati, Vice President, ESOP Direct presented on the following:
Executive Plan practices in India - What are the latest trends and developments?

The session covered the India perspective in terms of equity plan practices and its evolvement over the past few years with a focus on the following:

1. Regulations for equity plans
2. Challenges in Plan design
3. Trends in plan design
4. Accounting for equity based compensation
5. Taxation
6. Recent developments in regulations and taxation rules