Agenda
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9:00 a.m. | Doors Open
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[+]9:00 a.m.| Call to Order (Hixson-Lied Auditorium)
Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital FormationRemarks
- 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
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[+]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)
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11:00 a.m. | Break
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[+]11:15 a.m. | Harmonization: What a Concept!
Exploring Options to Reshape the Offering FrameworkModerators
- 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
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12:15 p.m. | Instructions for Breakout Session Formulation of Issues and Recommendations
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12:30 p.m. | Lunch
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[+]2:00 p.m. | Breakout Groups Assemble to Identify Capital Formation Issues and
Develop Recommendations to Address Those IssuesSmall, 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
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3:00 p.m. | Break
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3:15 p.m. | Breakout Groups Reassemble
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4:30 p.m. | Vote to Prioritize Recommendations
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5:00 p.m. | Networking Reception (Hixson-Lied Auditorium Foyer)