2012 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation

• Gerald J. Laporte, Chief of Office of Small Business Policy in SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Introductions of Chairman and Commissioners

• Meredith B. Cross, Director of SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Remarks

• Chairman Mary L. Schapiro
• Commissioner Elisse B. Walter
• Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar
• Commissioner Troy A. Paredes
• Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher

Moderators:

• Meredith Cross, Director of SEC Division of Corporation Finance
• Gregory C. Yadley, Partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP in Tampa, Fla.

Panelists: (in order of presentation):

• Sara Hanks, Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCheck in Alexandria, Va.
• Jean Peters, Board Member at Angel Capital Association and Managing Director at Golden Seeds Fund LP
• Michael Lempres, Assistant General Counsel and Practice Head at Silicon Valley Bank in Palo Alto, Calif.
• William Beatty, Director of Securities at Washington State Department of Financial Institutions

Panel Discussion: Small Business Capital Formation Issues Not Addressed by the JOBS Act*

Moderators:

• Meredith Cross, Director of SEC Division of Corporation Finance
• Marty Dunn, Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, D.C.

Panelists: (in order of presentation):

• John Borer, Head of Investment Banking at The Benchmark Company LLC in New York
• Professor Robert Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
• Ann Yvonne Walker, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif.

Breakout Groups Meetings to Develop Recommendations
(Meet in Auditorium – for Room Assignments)

• Exempt Securities Offerings Breakout Group
  (SEC staff will escort to Multipurpose Room (L-006) – under stairs across from Auditorium)
  
  Moderators:
  • Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida
• Crowdfunding Breakout Group
  (SEC staff will escort to Room 3000)
  
  Moderators:
  • Sara Hanks, Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCheck in Alexandria, Va.
  • Vincent Molinari, Co-Founder and Chairman of GATE Technologies LLC in New York
• Securities Regulation of Smaller Public Companies Breakout Group
  (SEC staff will escort to Room 6000)
  
  Moderators:
  • Spencer G. Feldman, Partner at Greenberg Traurig in New York

• Gerald J. Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
• Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida

Modified: 11/14/2012