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SEC Government Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
November 20, 2014 @ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm EST
The SEC plans to conduct the annual SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation on Thursday, November 20, 2014, at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. We expect the Forum program to start at 9:00 a.m. and conclude with a networking opportunity at a neighboring location beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Registration required.
2014 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
SEC Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
November 20, 2014
Agenda
9:00 a.m. | Call to Order Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy SEC Division of Corporation FinanceIntroductions of Chair and Commissioners Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance Remarks |
9:50 a.m. | Secondary Market Liquidity for Securities of Small Businesses*Moderators: Stephen Luparello, Director, SEC Division of Trading and Markets Stanley Keller, Partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, Boston, MassachusettsPanelists: Vladimir Ivanov, Financial Economist, SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Michael L. Zuppone, Partner, Paul Hastings, New York, New York R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group, Inc. Robert Malin, Vice President of Sales, NASDAQ Private Market A. Heath Abshure, Arkansas Securities Commissioner, Little Rock, Arkansas
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11:10 a.m. | Break |
11:20 a.m. | Should the Commission Revise the Accredited Investor Definition?*Moderators: Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance Stanley Keller, Partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, Boston, Massachusetts Panelists: |
12:40 p.m. | Lunch Break |
2:00 p.m. | Breakout Groups Assemble to Develop Recommendations
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3:15 p.m. | Break |
3:30 p.m. | Breakout Group Develop Recommendations (continued) |
5:00 p.m. | Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps Moderators: Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida |
5:30 p.m. | Networking Reception at Nearby Restaurant |
* One or more SEC Commissioners may participate in this discussion.