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2015 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
SEC Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
November 19, 2015
Agenda
9:00 a.m. | Call to Order
Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy
SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Introductions of Chair and Commissioners
Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Remarks
Chair Mary Jo White
Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar
Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar
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9:30 a.m. | Exempt Offerings — Post JOBS Act Implementation
Moderators:
Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of
Corporation Finance
Panelists:
Vladimir I. Ivanov, Senior Financial Economist, Office of Corporate Finance,
SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
Sara Hanks, Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCheck, Alexandria, Va
Anya Coverman, Deputy Director of Policy, North American Securities
Administrators Association
Kevin Laws, Chief Operating Officer, AngelList
Chris Weekes, Managing Director, Capital Markets, Cowen and Co.
Rick A. Fleming, Investor Advocate, SEC Office of the Investor Advocate
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11:10 a.m. | Break |
11:20 a.m. | Introduction of Commissioner Stein
Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Remarks
Commissioner Kara M. Stein |
11:30 a.m. | Registered Offerings — Post JOBS Act Implementation
Moderators:
Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of
Corporation Finance
Panelists:
Spencer G. Feldman, Olshan Frome Wolosky, LLP, New York, New York
William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Calithera
Biosciences, Inc.
Prof. Michael D. Guttentag, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA
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12:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
2:00 p.m. | Breakout Groups Assemble to Develop Recommendations
- Exempt Securities Offerings Breakout Group
Moderator:
Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa,
Florida
- Smaller Reporting Companies Breakout Group
Moderator:
Spencer G. Feldman, Olshan Frome Wolosky, LLP, New York, New York
- Proposed Amendments to Rules 147/504 Breakout Group
Moderator:
Sara Hanks, Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCheck, Alexandria, Va
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3:15 p.m. | Break
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3:30 p.m. | Breakout Group Develop Recommendations (continued) |
5:00 p.m. | Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps
Moderators:
Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of
Corporation Finance
Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida
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5:30 p.m. | Networking Reception at Nearby Restaurant |
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