45th Annual Small Business Forum

Mar
09

Event details

Monday, 01:00 PM EDT
Washington, DC
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The SEC will host its 45th Annual Small Business Forum at SEC headquarters in Washington D.C. The event will be webcast live. Organized by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, the forum brings together members of the public and private sectors to collaborate and provide suggestions to improve policy affecting how entrepreneurs, small businesses, and smaller public companies raise capital from investors. 

Policy Recommendations

What makes the forum unique is the opportunity for the public to suggest and prioritize capital-raising policy recommendations that will be delivered to Congress. Please submit your policy recommendations in advance by emailing them to smallbusiness@sec.gov by noon ET on March 5. Voting will open at the end of the event and remain open until 9 p.m. ET on March 9.

Agenda

Time Description
1:00 pm

Opening Remarks by Commissioners

  • Chairman Paul Atkins
  • Commissioner Hester Peirce
  • Commissioner Mark Uyeda
1:20 pm

Funding for Founders: Empowering Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Julie Zelman Davis, SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

Panelists:

  • Mark Friedman, VP of Operations and Investments, Dental Innovation Alliance, Durham, NC
  • Sarah Hibbard, Snell & Willmer, San Diego, CA
  • Sue Mecham, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, NALA Membranes, Morrisville, NC
  • Shane Moise, Founding Director, UC San Diego Horizon, San Diego, CA
2:20 pm

Investing in Innovation: Supporting Growth-Stage Companies

Moderator: Jacob Krawitz, SEC Division of Investment Management

Panelists:

  • Dwayne Hyzak, CEO and Member of the Board, Main Street Capital, Houston, TX
  • Alyssa Jaffee, Partner, 7Wire Ventures, Chicago, IL
  • Holli Heiles Pandol, Senior Counsel and Head of U.S. Policy, Carta, Washington, DC
  • Jordan Walker, Co-Founder, Backtrack, Jacksonville, FL
3:20 pm Networking Break
3:35 pm

Public Company Perspectives: Considerations for IPOs and Small Caps

Moderator: Luna Bloom, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Panelists:

  • Joshua Colburn, Faegre Drinker, Minneapolis, MN
  • Sean Duffy, Co-Founder and CEO, Omada Health, San Francisco, CA
  • Reid Hooper, Cooley, Washington, DC
4:35 pm Open Mic: Audience Opportunity to Discuss Policy Recommendations
5:00 pm

Wrap-up and Adjournment

Voting on Recommendations Opens

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