The Securities and Exchange Commission will host the 35th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation tomorrow (Nov. 17) at the SEC’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. Interesting topics include: 

1. How Capital Formation Options Are Working for Small Businesses After the Implementation of the JOBS Act

2. Exempt Securities Offerings

3. Smaller Reporting Companies

4. Secondary Marketplace for Securities of Small Businesses

The small business forum is open to the public and the morning panel discussion will be webcast liveat www.sec.gov.  The webcast will not include the breakout group sessions, but the breakout group sessions will be open to the public and accessible by phone to anyone who pre-registers online.  More information, including forum materials, will be made available on the small business forum webpage.

The Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation will follow the agenda below:

9:00 a.m. — Call to Order

Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Introductions of Chair and Commissioners
Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Remarks

• Chair Mary Jo White

• Commissioner Kara M. Stein

• Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar

9:30 a.m. — How Capital Formation Options Are Working for Small Businesses After the Implementation of the JOBS Act

Moderators:

• Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

• Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

Panelists:

• Anya Coverman, Deputy Director of Policy and Associate General Counsel, North American Securities Administrators Association, Washington, D.C.

• Douglas S. Ellenoff, Partner, Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York

• Ryan Feit, CEO and Co-Founder, SeedInvest, New York, New York

• David N. Feldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York

• Stanley Keller, Of Counsel, Locke Lord LLP, Boston, Massachusetts

• Chris Tyrrell, Founder & CEO, OfferBoard Group, Princeton, New Jersey

• Jeffrey R. Vetter, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, California

11:00 a.m. Break

11:10 a.m. — Breakout Groups Assemble to Develop Recommendations

• Exempt Securities Offerings Breakout Group

  Moderators:

  • Douglas S. Ellenoff, Partner, Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York

  • Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida

• Smaller Reporting Companies Breakout Group

  Moderators:

  • David N. Feldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York

  • Bonnie J. Roe, Partner, Cohen & Gresser LLP, New York, New York

• Secondary Marketplace for Securities of Small Businesses

  Moderators:

  • Martin A. Hewitt, Attorney At Law, East Brunswick, New Jersey

  • Chris Tyrrell, Founder & CEO, OfferBoard Group, Princeton, New Jersey

12:30 pm. — Lunch Break

2:00 p.m. — Breakout Groups Assemble to Develop Recommendations

3:15 p.m. –Break

3:30 p.m. — Breakout Groups to Develop Recommendations (continued)

4:45 p.m. — Plenary Session to Develop Next Steps

Moderators:

• Anthony G. Barone, Special Counsel, 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

Find more information on the SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation HERE.