Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation

The SEC hosts an annual forum that focuses on the capital formation concerns of small business. Called the "SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation," this gathering has assembled annually since 1982, as mandated by the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980. A major purpose of the Forum is to provide a platform for small business to highlight perceived unnecessary impediments to the capital-raising process. Previous Forums have developed numerous recommendations seeking legislative and regulatory changes in the areas of securities and financial services regulation, taxation and state and federal assistance. Participants in the Forum typically have included small business executives, venture capitalists, government officials, trade association representatives, lawyers, accountants, academics and small business advocates. In recent years, the format of the Forum typically has emphasized small interactive breakout groups developing recommendations for governmental action.

2011 Forum — The SEC plans to host its 2011 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation on Thursday, November 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at its Washington, D.C., headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Like last year, pre-registered participants will be able to take part in the Forum fully either in person or electronically.

The agenda for the 2011 Forum is available through the link below. The morning session will include remarks by SEC Commissioners and panel presentations. Participants will divide into breakout groups in the afternoon. The morning session will be webcast live on the SEC's home web page at www.SEC.gov from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Members of the public may attend the Forum in person without charge, but are asked to pre-register online. The afternoon breakout group meetings will not be webcast but will be open to the public and accessible by teleconference. Anyone wishing to participate in a breakout group meeting, either in person or by teleconference, must register online by November 14, 2011. A day or so before the Forum, the SEC staff will e-mail a call-in telephone number and access code to registrants who have indicated they plan to participate in a breakout group meeting by telephone conference call. You also may use the online registration form to let the SEC staff know you are interested in having your name on the mailing list for future Forums.

• Forum Program
   
• Webcast Archives
   
• Record of Proceedings
   
• Agenda
   
• Biographies
   
• Panelist Materials
   
• Press Releases
   
• October 21, 2011
• November 9, 2011

We encourage everyone to forward questions to be posed to Forum panelists, as well as topics and recommendations for facilitating small business capital formation to be considered at the Forum, by sending them to the SEC Office of Small Business Policy at SmallBusiness@sec.gov or to 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-3628. Questions may be directed to the SEC's Office of Small Business Policy at (202) 551-3460 or SmallBusiness@sec.gov.

Previous Forums — Final Reports of the SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation since June 1993.

http://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/sbforum.shtml