SEC Announces Panelists, Agenda for Small Business Forum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2008-270
Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2008 — The Securities and Exchange
Commission today announced the agenda and expected panelists for its
November 20 forum on small business capital formation.
The SEC forum will begin at 9 a.m., ET, at its Washington D. C.
headquarters, with remarks by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. The forum will
focus on the impact of recent capital market events on small business
capital formation in the United States. Topics for discussion will include
the current credit crisis, regulatory initiatives to facilitate small
business capital formation, and intermediaries assisting small businesses
with raising capital and M&A activities.
Pre-registered members of the public may attend the forum without
charge. Online
registration is available at the SEC forum Web page. The forum also
will be webcast from the SEC's Web site.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Forum on Small
Business Capital Formation
Agenda & Panelists
9 a.m.
Roundtable Panel on Small Business Capital Formation and
the Current Credit Crisis
Moderators:
- Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
- Chad Moutray, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration
Panelists:
- David A. Bochnowski, Peoples Bank SB, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp
- Tom W. Burke, Wells Fargo & Company
- Daniel M. Covitz, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- James W. Hammersley, U.S. Small Business Administration
- Kenneth R. Pelowski, Pinnacle Ventures
- Edward Pollock, Office of Comptroller of the Currency
- Andrew J. Sherman, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
11 a.m.
Roundtable Panel on Current Issues in Securities
Regulation for Smaller Companies
Moderators:
- Steven E. Bochner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Gerald J. Laporte, SEC Office of Small Business Policy
Panelists:
- David A. Bochnowski, Peoples Bank SB, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp
- Brian V. Breheny, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
- Aaron M. Gurewitz, Roth Capital Partners, LLC
- Kara B. Jenny, Bluefly, Inc.
- William D. Lutz, SEC 21st Century Disclosure Initiative
- E. Rogers Novak, Jr., Novak Biddle Venture Partners
2:15 p.m.
Roundtable Panel on Private Placement and M&A
Brokers
Moderators:
- Brian A. Bussey, SEC Division of Trading and Markets
- Gregory C. Yadley, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Panelists:
- Faith Colish, Carter Ledyard & Milburn
- Denise Voight Crawford, Texas State Securities Board
- Kristina A. Fausti, SEC Division of Trading and Markets
- Shane B. Hansen, Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP
- Mike Ribet, Focus Capital Advisors
- Dennis Roberts, The McLean Group