Coastal Shows has chosen New York City as the location for its next crowdfunding event, bringing industry experts and leaders together June 26 and 27 for the Crowdfund Global Expo (CFGE) Crowdfund Investment and Alternative Finance Summit.
Many leading capital markets experts will focus on crowdfunding and alternative finance, featuring keynote speakers and panels on cutting-edge topics in real estate, peer to peer lending, banking and the future of finance. Participants will explore new and exciting opportunities within the investment crowdfunding industry and discover alternative finance’s importance in the rapidly changing financial services sector. 
“Our highly curated and targeted programming allows the country’s leading crowdfunding and alternative finance experts to talk about the sizeable growth in new investment and lending opportunities and tell their personal stories of growth in this space,” said Andrea Downs, CEO of Coastal Shows. “We have a full program for institutional investors, financial advisors, inspiring executives and successful business owners. The networking opportunity alone is unparalleled.”
The conference at the Conrad Hilton will provide real estate professionals, hedge fund managers and other institutional investors and financial service professionals with education and excellent networking from some of the country’s leading experts in the space, including:
- Mark S. Roderick, Attorney, Flaster/Greenberg PC
- Joseph Barizoni, CEO, Community Leader
- Doug Atkin, Executive Director, Guggenheim
- Ed Dartley, Attorney, Pepper Hamilton and Bloomberg Alternatives Marketing Council
- Dr. Dolf De Roos, Senior Advisor, Wealth Migrate
- Lewis Feldman, Goodwin Procter
- Amy Cortese, Reporter, New York Times
- Tucker Max, Author, Co-founder, StoryArk
- Joe Elias, Co-Founder, Loquidity
- Rishi Thakkar, Realty Mogul
- DJ Paul, CSO, GATE Global Impact; Co-Chair, CIFRA
- Brandon Jenkins, Co-Founder, Head of Product Development, Fundrise
- Andrew Scharf, VP, OurCrowd
- Kevin Swill, COO, Carlton Group
- AdaPia d’Errico, CMO, Patch of Land
- Albert Periu, Director of Business Development, Funding Circle USA
- Scott Picken, Founder and CEO, Wealth Migrate
- Georgia Quinn, Senior Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Andrew Dix, Co-Founder, Crowdfund Insider
- Ryan Feit, Co-Founder and CEO, SeedInvest
- Manish Kapoor, Managing Partner, West Wheelock Capital
- Michael Finkelstein, CEO, Credit Junction
- David Snitkof, Founder, Orchard
- Ethan Senturia, CEO, Dealstruck
- JL Law, Co-Founder, Verify Investor
- Jesse Clem, Co-Founder, Loquidity
- Rob Snow, Founding Member, Carillion Capital
- Richard Weintraub, Chief Compliance Officer, CommunityLeader
- Patrick Hagen, Regional Business Development Manager, The Entrust Group
- Michael McNair, Trust Officer, IRA Trust Services Company
- Candace Klein, CSO, Dealstruck
- Joy Schoffler, Principal, Leverage PR
- Ryan W. Schneider, VP of Business Development, Self-directed IRA Services, Inc.
- Brian Korn, Corporate & Securities Lawyer, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Yoel Kranz, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
- Stefano D’Aniello, Co-Founder, Groundbreaker
Brett Johnson, Founder and CEO, OneMedPlace
“The CFGE Crowdfund Investment and Alternative Finance Summit is a great networking event for accredited and institutional investors. Where securities are sold only to accredited investors under Rule 506(b) or 506(c), the issuer is not required to provide the information described in Rule 506(b)2) – or any other information, for that matter. Investor verification, general solicitation and the new Title II rules as well as financial strategies will be covered by the high-level diversified speakers lined up by Coastal Shows,” Roderick said.