Friday, November 13, 2009
SEC Announces Speakers for Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
The SEC announced the agenda, speakers and panelists for its November 19 forum on small business capital formation. The morning forum panels will focus on the state of small business capital formation and the SEC's "accredited investor" definition. In the afternoon, forum breakout groups will develop recommendations to facilitate small business capital formation.
Participants include:
The State of Small Business Capital Formation
Todd Flemming, Infrasafe, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
Anna T. Pinedo, Morrison & Foerster
Andrew J. Sherman, Jones Day, and Adjunct Professor, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Barry E. Silbert, SecondMarket
Eric R. Zarnikow, Office of Capital Access, U.S. Small Business Administration
Academic Perspectives on the SEC's "Accredited Investor" Definition
Prof. Rutheford B. Campbell, Jr., University of Kentucky College of Law
Prof. Jill E. Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Prof. Donald C. Langevoort, Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. William K. Sjostrom, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/securities/2009/11/sec-announces-speakers-for-forum-on-small-business-capital-formation.html