The Forum, which is hosted by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, will be a completely virtual event conducted via livestreaming and video conferencing. It will highlight challenges faced by small businesses in the current environment as well as success stories from startups to small cap businesses from across the country. The event will also feature discussions about women-owned, minority-owned, and rural businesses and their investors in addition to explorations of the potential paths for the next generation of publicly-owned companies.

This year the Forum will take place beginning at noon ET on June 18th. It will start with a session highlighting perspectives and insights from leaders across the capital formation marketplace, followed by two consecutive sessions where participants will formulate capital formation policy recommendations for Congress and the SEC. Participants may register for this virtual event here. Information on the full agenda, including speakers, panel topics, and policy deliberation sessions, will be announced in the coming weeks and will be available on the Forum’s website. The public is invited to suggest topics to be discussed through the registration form or by contacting smallbusiness@sec.gov.

Sources:

SEC Announces 2020 Small Business Forum, to Be Held Virtually (www.sec.gov)

Virtual Small Business Forum (www.sec.gov)

Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (www.sec.gov)