Brookline, MA, March 5, 2004 - Bruce Brumberg, Editor-in-Chief of myStockOptions.com, will participate as a speaker at the NCEO/Beyster Institute's Joint Annual Conference, New Visions In Employee Ownership, taking place April 28-30, 2004, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, IL.

Bruce Brumberg, an expert on equity compensation and corporate communications and culture, will be a panelist at a session called Making The Link Between Equity Compensation & Ownership Thinking, to be held on April 28, 2004, at 4:15 p.m. This is one of over 50 sessions offered at this comprehensive three-day conference, which over 700 attendees from across the nation are expected to attend. This conference will feature keynote speakers Robert Levering, co-author of Fortune's annual list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For In America, and Fredrica Thode, President of Hot Dog on a Stick, a 100% employee-owned company.

The conference is co-hosted by the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) and The Beyster Institute for Entrepreneurial Employee Ownership. NCEO is a private, non-profit membership and research organization that serves as the leading source of accurate, unbiased information on employee ownership plans. The Beyster Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the use of entrepreneurial employee ownership worldwide.

Some of the other hot topics covered at this important three-day conference include:

• Emerging trends in equity compensation (e.g., stock options, restricted stock, and other forms of stock ownership)
• Techniques for creating a culture of owners
• The pros and cons of restricted stock, prompted by Microsoft's switch to restricted shares
• Corporate governance in employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) companies

We are offering a special $15 discount to registrants who reference receipt of this announcement. For more information about the conference or to register, contact:

NCEO or the Beyster Institute
http://www.nceo.org/conference
http://www.beysterinstitute.org
(510) 208-1304
(858) 826-1690