| 9:00 a.m. |
Call to Order (Conference Theater)
Jennifer A. Zepralka, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy
SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Opening Remarks
Anil K. Makhija, Dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business
The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
Introductions of Chair and Commissioners
William H. Hinman, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Remarks
- SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
- Commissioner Robert J. Jackson, Jr.
- Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
- Commissioner Elad L. Roisman
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| 9:45 a.m. |
How Capital Formation Options Are Working for Small Businesses, Including Small Businesses in the Midwest (Conference Theater)
Moderators:
- William H. Hinman, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
- Jennifer A. Zepralka, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy
SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Panelists:
- Wayne Embree, Executive Vice President, Investments & Venture Acceleration, Rev1Ventures, Columbus, Ohio
- Peter Harten, Operations Manager, GoSun, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
- Catherine V. Mott, CEO, BlueTree Capital Group, Wexford, Pennsylvania
- Eve Picker, Founder & CEO, SmallChange, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Michael S. Pieciak, President of the North American Securities Administrators Association and Commissioner, Vermont Department of Financial Regulation
- Jason Plourde, Partner, Grant Thornton, Chicago, Illinois
- Aaron Seamon, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Columbus, Ohio
- Scott Shane, Mixon Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University and Managing Director of Comeback Capital, Cleveland, Ohio
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:25 a.m. |
Capital Formation and Diversity (Conference Theater)
Moderator:
John Moses, Deputy Director, SEC Office of Minority and Women Inclusion
Panelists:
- Brandon Andrews, Co-Founder, Gauge, Washington, DC
- Falon Donahue, CEO, VentureOhio, Columbus, Ohio
- Candice Matthews, CEO, Hillman Accelerator, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Kim Tapia, Founder, Polanko Group, Columbus, Ohio
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Break
(Box lunches available in Fairfield Room, then assemble in either Hancock or Franklin/Hamilton room for working lunch breakout group sessions)
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| 12:40 p.m. |
Working Lunch in Breakout Groups
Two Breakout Groups Assemble to Develop Recommendations
- Exempt Securities Offerings (Hancock Room)
Moderators:
- Catherine V. Mott, CEO, BlueTree Capital Group, Wexford, Pennsylvania
- Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., Tampa, Florida
- Smaller Registered and Regulation A Securities Offerings (Franklin/Hamilton Room)
Moderators:
- Mark Elenowitz, Founder and CEO, TriPoint Global Equities, New York, New York
- Thomas A. Stewart, Executive Director, National Center for the Middle Market, The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Break
(Breakout Group participants welcome to switch breakout groups)
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| 2:10 p.m. |
Breakout Groups Reassemble to Develop Recommendations
(Continue breakout sessions in both Hancock and Franklin/Hamilton Rooms)
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Break
(All participants reassemble in Hancock Room for final Plenary Session)
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps(Breakout group moderators present rough draft of their recommendations)
Moderators:
- Jennifer A. Zepralka, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
- Mark Elenowitz, Founder and CEO, TriPoint Global Equities, New York, New York
- Catherine V. Mott, CEO, BlueTree Capital Group, Wexford, Pennsylvania
- Thomas A. Stewart, Executive Director, National Center for the Middle Market, The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business
- Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., Tampa, Florida
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| 4:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception at the Fawcett Center (Franklin/Hamilton Room)
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