The Workplace Excellence Awards Celebration recognizes our 2025 cohort of Leaders and Rising Stars.
Upcoming industry events
Join us at the following events, where you'll get the latest insights from thought leaders and industry experts while connecting with other industry professionals.
This year’s DCIIA Innovation Forum will spotlight the powerful theme of “The 3 C’s” — Convergence, Coopetition, and Customization. Together, these forces are reshaping the retirement and investment landscape, driving new opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and tailored solutions.
2026 NAPA 401(k) Summit
April 19-21, 2026
Join us and your peers at the NAPA 401(k) Summit, which stands out as the premier conference for retirement plan advisors across the nation. It’s the only industry event tailored specifically for advisors, offering actionable, unbiased insights that truly resonate. From cutting-edge updates on Capitol Hill to practical strategies that can help you manage and expand your business, the 401(k) Summit delivers a wealth of knowledge that you won’t want to miss!
This fully immersive experience is built to elevate your career, fuel innovation and advance the future of Total Rewards. Join us along with your peers for 100+ expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops and curated networking, you’ll explore fresh strategies and forward-thinking solutions that drive real business value.
Whether you're reimagining benefits, designing impactful compensation programs or leading with purpose, Total Rewards ’26 puts you at the center of a high-energy atmosphere where brave voices and big ideas come together to shape what’s next.
More than 350+ global share plan and executive compensation professionals, company directors, senior managers, stock plan, HR, reward and benefits professionals will fill the halls at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas.
GEO’s flagship conference is where the best equity minds meet. It brings together academics, thought leaders, stock plan experts and policy makers from across the globe to explore best practice in equity compensation and work together to drive a vision for future employee share ownership.
Unlock a world of possibilities – igniting inspiration regardless of your experience!
Beyond Grants and Vesting: Why Stock Ownership Patterns Matter for Your Equity Plans
Speakers:
Paul Kolano
Director, Equity Award Services
Workplace Benefits
Sean O’Brien
Managing Director, Head of Equity Trading
Merrill
Beyond the Basics: Elevating Executive Services for Impact
Speakers:
Sean O’Brien
Managing Director, Head of Equity Trading
Merrill
Debbie McGrath
Equity Advisory Services
Merrill
The Equity Games: The Global Stock Plan Showdown
Speakers:
Rob Miceli
Director, Equity Award Services
Workplace Benefits
Dave Lanka
Director, Equity Award Services
Workplace Benefits
Designing Global Equity at Scale: Inclusion, Adaptability, and Growth
Speaker:
Dave Lanka
Director, Equity Award Services
Workplace Benefits
Scaling Equity Globally: Visa’s Journey Across 100+ Countries
Speaker:
William (Pike) McCauley
Director, Senior Workplace Benefits Relationship Manager
Workplace Benefits
For more than 75 years, the Plan Sponsor Council of America’s annual conference has been the leading forum for the nation’s top retirement plan sponsors to connect, exchange insights, and strengthen their expertise. It brings together peers, innovators, and industry thought leaders to build meaningful relationships, refine strategies for guiding organizational retirement programs, and elevate their role as trusted partners supporting employees and enhancing overall retirement outcomes.
The Equilar Summit is the largest conference dedicated to executive compensation, attracting the brightest visionaries in the field to explore the complex, interrelated issues around Say on Pay, pay for performance, shareholder engagement, and executive pay regulations.
Past events
Take a look at the past events we have participated in and may have seen you at.
USI Houston 2026 Benefits Boot Camp
March 3, 2026
Houston, TX
49th National Labor and Management Conference
February 12 – 17, 2026
Hollywood, FL
East Coast Regional Event – Boston 2025 – Global Equity Organization
December 10, 2025
Boston, MA
2025 Bank of America Workplace BenefitsTM Consultant Summit
November 12 – 13, 2025
Boston, MA
NASPP Conference & Exhibition
October 21 – 24, 2025
Las Vegas, NV
GEO’s 15th Annual NORCAL Forum
September 17, 2025
San Mateo, CA
21st Annual CEPI Silicon Valley NASPP Symposium
July 22, 2025
Santa Clara, CA
NASPP Southwest Regional Summit
June 18, 2025
Houston, Texas
Equilar Summit2025
June 25 – 27, 2025
San Diego, CA
NASPP New England Summit
June 4 – 5, 2025
Smithfield, RI
PLANSPONSOR National Conference
June 3 – 6, 2025
Chicago, IL
World at Work
May 19 – 21, 2025
Orlando, FL
Employee Healthcare Conference
May 1 – 2, 2025
San Diego, CA
PSCA National Conference
April 30 – May 2, 2025
Las Vegas, NV
GEO’s 26th Annual Conference
April 28 – 30, 2025
Prague, Czech Republic
NAPA 401(k) Summit
April 28 – 30, 2025
Las Vegas, NV
Employee Healthcare Conference
April 8 – 9, 2025
New York, NY