Nov. 7, 2012
2012 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
9:00 a.m. |
Call to Order
- 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
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9:50 a.m. |
Panel Discussion: JOBS Act Implementation
Moderators: Meredith Cross and Gregory C. Yadley, Partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP in Tampa, Fla.
Panelists:
- William Beatty, Director of Securities at Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
- Jean Peters, Board Member at Angel Capital Association and Managing Director at Golden Seeds Fund LP
- Sara Hanks, Co-Founder and CEO at CrowdCheck in Alexandria, Va.
- Michael Lempres, Assistant General Counsel and Practice Head at Silicon Valley Bank in Palo Alto, Calif.
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11:10 a.m. |
Break |
11:20 a.m. |
Panel Discussion: Small Business Capital Formation Issues Not Addressed by the JOBS Act
Moderators: Meredith Cross and Marty Dunn, Partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, D.C.
Panelists:
- Professor Robert Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- John Borer, Head of Investment Banking at The Benchmark Company LLC in New York
- Ann Yvonne Walker, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif.
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
2:00 p.m. |
Breakout Groups Meetings to Develop Recommendations
- Exempt Securities Offerings Breakout Group
Moderator: Gregory Yadley
- Crowdfunding Breakout Group
Moderators: Vincent Molinari, Co-Founder and Chairman of GATE Technologies LLC in New York, and Sara Hanks
- Securities Regulation of Smaller Public Companies Breakout Group
Moderator: Spencer G. Feldman, Partner at Greenberg Traurig in New York
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3:15 p.m. |
Break |
3:30 p.m. |
Breakout Group Meetings Continued |
5:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps
Moderators: Gerald Laporte and Gregory Yadley |
5:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception |
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