U.S. Department of the Treasury

WASHINGTON – On Monday, June 10, 2013, Secretary Jacob J. Lew will deliver remarks at the Capital Access Innovation Summit. This conference, hosted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will focus on strengthening capital formation for start-ups and small businesses. The Secretary will also be joined by SBA Administrator Karen Mills, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling and other senior Treasury officials.

WHO:            Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew

Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance Mary Miller

Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Matthew Rutherford

Treasurer Rosie Rios

National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling

   

WHAT:The Capital Access Innovation Summit

   

WHEN:          Monday, June 10, 2013

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT

WHERE:       U.S. Department of the Treasury

  Cash Room

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

8:30-8:50a.m.            Opening remarks by Karen Mills, SBA Administrator and opening remarks by Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council

9:00-10:00a.m.          Panel 1: Public and Private Capital Markets Access for Small Businesses

Moderator: Matt Rutherford, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets

Panelists: Jeanne Hulit, Associate Administrator for Capital Access, SBA; Beth Mooney, Chairman, KeyBank (SBA 2012 Lender of the Year);  Jeffrey Solomon, CEO, Cowen and Company; Kate Mitchell, Partner, Scale Venture Partners; Mark Ein, Managing Partner, Venture House Group

10:00-11:00a.m.        Panel 2: Small Business Financing:  Data and Innovation

Moderator: Scott Case, CEO, Startup America

Panelists: Renaud Laplanche, CEO Lending Club; Noah Breslow, CEO, OnDeck Capital; Lisa Griffiths, VP Strategic Business Development, Funding Circle; Rob Frohwein, Founder and CEO, Kabbage; Emanuele A. Conti, President North America, D&B

11:15a.m.–12:15p.m. Panel 3: Engaging Large Companies to Promote Small Business Growth

Moderator: Rosie Rios, United States Treasurer

Panelists: Kelly Williams, Managing Director, Credit Suisse; Mark Lavelle, SVP Strategy and Business Development, PayPal; Aiaz Kazi, SVP Tech & Innovation Platform Strategy, SAP; Sherwin L. Prior, Managing Director, GM Ventures

3:45-4:00 p.m.           Readout from the Breakout Sessions by Don Graves, Deputy Assistant Secretary Small Business, Housing and Community Development Policy

4:00-4:15 p.m.           Closing remarks by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Under Secretary Mary Miller

This event is open press. A live webcast will also be available at this link: https://home.treasury.gov/news/webcasts.

 

All interested media must RSVP by 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 6 to Ronda Buckmon at Ronda.Buckmon@treasury.gov.  Media without press credentials issued by Treasury must provide Ms. Buckmon with the following information for access into the building: full legal name, date of birth, Social Security number and country of citizenship. 

 

Press with camera equipment must arrive at the Alexander Hamilton entrance (15th Street and Alexander Hamilton Avenue). Press without camera equipment must arrive at the Main entrance (15^th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue). There will be two windows of opportunity for arrival and departure:

 

Press with camera equipment:

·         Morning arrival: no later than 7:00 a.m.

·         First break down: 12:15pm

·         Afternoon arrival: no later than 2:30 p.m.

·         Second break down: 4:30pm

 

Press without camera equipment:

·         Morning arrival: 8:00 a.m.

·         Afternoon arrival: 3:15 p.m.

 

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