SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Small Business Forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for next week’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.

The November 21 event will begin at 9 a.m. and include two morning panel discussions.  The first panel will focus on evolving practices in the new world of Regulation D exempt offerings. The second panel will focus on what might be next for small business and markets once the JOBS Act is fully implemented.

In the afternoon session, breakout groups will develop recommendations on a variety of issues related to small business capital formation.

The small business forum, held annually at the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters, is open to the public and will be webcast live at www.sec.gov.  The webcast will not include the afternoon breakout group sessions, but they will be open to the public and accessible by phone.  Anyone wishing to participate in a breakout group session either in person or by phone must pre-register online by November 15.  More information is available on the small business forum webpage.

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Agenda and Panelists

9 a.m.    

Call to Order - Mauri L. Osheroff, Associate Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Introduction of Chair - Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Opening Remarks - SEC Chair Mary Jo White

9:20 a.m.        

Panel Discussion: Evolving Practices in New World of Regulation D Offerings

           Moderators:

• Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
• Gregory C. Yadley, Partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa, Fla.
  
  Panelists:

• Christopher Mirabile, Board Member at Angel Capital Association and Co-Managing Director, LaunchPad Venture Group in Boston.
• John H. Chory, Partner at Latham & Watkins in Boston
• Troy Foster, Partner at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Calif.
• Rick A. Fleming, Deputy General Counsel at North American Securities    Administrators Association in Washington, D.C.

10:45 a.m.      

Break

11:05 a.m.      

Panel Discussion: Crystal Ball: Now That You Raised the Money, What’s Next for the Company and the Markets?

Moderators:

• Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
• David M. Lynn, Partner at Morrison & Foerster in Washington D.C.

Panelists:

• Kim Wales, Founder and CEO at Wales Capital in New York
• Douglas S. Ellenoff, Partner at Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole in New York
• John D. Hogoboom, Partner at Lowenstein Sandler in Roseland, N.J.
• Annemarie Tierney, Executive Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel at SecondMarket in New York

12:30 p.m.      

Lunch break

2 p.m.             

Breakout Groups assemble to develop recommendations

• Securities-Based Crowdfunding Offerings Breakout Group
  Moderator: Douglas S. Ellenoff         

• Exempt Securities Offerings Breakout Group
  Moderator: Gregory C. Yadley

• Securities Regulation of Smaller Public Companies Breakout Group
  Moderator: Spencer G. Feldman, Partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York

3:15 p.m.        

Break (with opportunity to change breakout groups)

3:30 p.m.        

Breakout Groups continue

4:30 p.m.        

Break to reconvene for Plenary Session

4:45 p.m.        

Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps
Moderators: Mauri L. Osheroff and Gregory C. Yadley

5:30 p.m.        

Networking reception