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M&A Regulatory Revamp – Washington, DC
June 28, 2022 @ 8:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT
M&A Regulatory Revamp – Is the Innovation Ecosystem at Risk?
Congress and federal regulators are considering and debating actions and policies that would restrict and significantly intervene in M&A activity. Experts at this June 28 event will discuss how such policies and proposed actions could impact the U.S. startup and innovation ecosystem, and the nation’s economic competitiveness.
WELCOME
Karen KERRIGAN | President & CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
OPENING KEYNOTE
Maureen OHLHAUSEN | Partner, Baker Botts, Washington D. C., former Commissioner and Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
PANEL #1 THE VC’S PERSPECTIVEDaniel SOKOL | Professor, Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law and Business, Affiliate Professor of Business, Marshall School of Business, USC Gould School of Law
Discussion
Jeff FARRAH | General Counsel, National Venture Capital Association
Kellie KEMP | Senior Counsel, Competition & Litigation, UBER
Tom SCHUMANN | Executive Director, Center of Entrepreneurial Innovation*
Michael R. STRAIN | Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute*
Moderator
Raymond KEATING | Chief Economist, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
PANEL #2 THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PERSPECTIVE
John BELIZAIRE | CEO, Soluna, New York*
John DEARIE | President, Center for American Entrepreneurship
Karen KERRIGAN | President, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
Todd MCCRACKEN | President & CEO, National Small Business Association
Kate TUMMARELLO | Executive Director, Engine
Moderator
Andrew J. SHERMAN | Partner, Seyfarth, Washington D. C.
LUNCH SERVED