Agenda

  • 9:00 a.m. | Doors Open

  • [+]9:00 a.m.| Call to Order (Hixson-Lied Auditorium)
    Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

    Remarks

    • SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
    • Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr
    • Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
    • Commissioner Elad L. Roisman
    • Commissioner Allison Herren Lee

    Opening Remarks

    • Dean Anthony R. Hendrickson, Heider College of Business, Creighton University

  • [+]9:30 a.m. | Capital Formation Success Stories from the Silicon Prairie

    Moderator: Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

    Panelists

    • Allie Esch, Principal, Dundee Venture Capital (Omaha, NE)
    • Keith Fix, Founder and CEO, Retail Aware (Omaha, NE)
    • Stephanie Luebbe, Executive Director, Nebraska Angels (Lincoln, NE)
    • Claire McHenry, Deputy Director, Bureau of Securities,
      Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance (Lincoln, NE)
    • Jeff Slobotski, Entrepreneur, Router Ventures, and
      Founder of Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News (Omaha, NE)
    • Heather Dawn Thompson, Founder and Lead Manager of Native American
      Capital’s Tribal Opportunity Zones Venture Group (Rapid City, SD)
    • John Wirtz, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Hudl (Lincoln, NE)

  • 11:00 a.m. | Break

  • [+]11:15 a.m. | Harmonization: What a Concept!
    Exploring Options to Reshape the Offering Framework

    Moderators

    • William Hinman, Division Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
    • Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

    Panelists

    • Bart Dillashaw, Founder, Enterprise Legal Studio
    • Sara Hanks, CEO, CrowdCheck, Inc.
    • Keith F. Higgins, Chair, Corporate and Securities Practice, Ropes & Gray LLP
    • Jennifer A. Zepralka, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

  • 12:15 p.m. | Instructions for Breakout Session Formulation of Issues and Recommendations

  • 12:30 p.m. | Lunch

  • [+]2:00 p.m. | Breakout Groups Assemble to Identify Capital Formation Issues and
    Develop Recommendations to Address Those Issues

    Small, Emerging Businesses

    • Moderator: Carla Garrett, Partner, Potomac Law Group

    Mature and Later Stage Private Companies

    • Moderator: Bart Dillashaw, Founder, Enterprise Legal Studio

    Small Reporting Companies

    • Moderator: Irina V. Fox, Associate Professor, Creighton University, School of Law

  • 3:00 p.m. | Break

  • 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Groups Reassemble

  • 4:30 p.m. | Vote to Prioritize Recommendations

  • 5:00 p.m. | Networking Reception (Hixson-Lied Auditorium Foyer)