UK
London, 16 August 2010

This year Mercer is holding its annual Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Compensation and Benefits Conference on 7-8 October in Madrid. The event is part of Mercer’s signature event series and is designed for HR professionals with responsibility for global or European compensation, benefits and expatriate management issues.

The topics covered in the two-day conference will focus on key issues in compensation and benefits including:

Day one -

• Keynote topic: The current economy and the business expectations from the HR and compensation and benefits functions
• Compensation and benefits in mergers and acquisition
• Panel discussion: Global compensation and benefits trends
• Executive remuneration: Best practices from the financial services industry
• Pay equity: Where do we stand?
• Managing global compensation data in a de-centralised organisation

Day two -

• Leveraging quantitative and qualitative employee research to assess total rewards alignment
• Workshop session A:
  • Compensation and benefits in Africa
  • Workforce metrics
  • Executive remuneration
  •  M&A Ready™
  • International Position Evaluation System (IPE)
  • Trends in compensation planning
• Workshop session B:
  • Compensation and benefits trends in Asia Pacific
  • Compensation and benefits trends in Russia and the CIS countries
  • Workforce metrics
  • Executive remuneration
  • International Position Evaluation System (IPE)
  • Trends in compensation planning