William Michael Cunningham to speak at International Crowdfunding Symposium

William Michael Cunningham will speak at a symposium and discussion on "Crowdfunding: state of the art and trends in the USA and Italy" at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC on September 16, 2015.
 
 
Embassy of Italy in DC
Embassy of Italy in DC
WASHINGTON - Sept. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- The Embassy of Italy is hosting an International Crowdfunding Roundtable on Wednesday, September 16th starting at 9:00 am.  The Agenda for the Roundtable is as follows:

9:00  am - Registration

9:30 - 9.35 am - Welcome and Introduction

9:35  to  9.55 am - William Michael Cunningham, Author and Crowdfunding expert: key trends in Crowdfunding

9:55 am to 10.15 am. -  Timothy J. White, Special Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Current status of the regulation implementing Title III of the Jobs Act 2012

10:15 am to 10.35 am - Silvia Carbone, Head of Regulation Impact Analysis Office, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB): Overview of the Italian Crowdfunding regulation

10:35 am to 10.55 am - Max Kirschenbaum, Fundrise: Experience from the field in the USA: the case of Fundrise.com

10:55 am to 11.15 am. Alessandro Lerro, President of the Italian Association of Equity Crowdfunding: Experience from the field in Italy: the new crowdfunding platforms

11.15 am to 12.00 noon. Q&A

12:00 noon. Conclusion

Of particular interest will be the comments from Mr. White at the SEC concerning progress toward Title III Crowdfunding,

We have stated before that we believe the SEC is seeking to delay the implementation of Title III of the JOBS Act. Title III allows companies to raise up to $1 million and is the truly exciting and revolutionary part of the Act since it allows anyone to buy equity in very small (micro) companies and startups. The SEC was to have enacted this section of the JOBS Act by 12/31/2012.

Under Title IV of the JOBS Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules to allow small and medium sized companies to raise up to $50 million via crowdfunding. State securities regulators in Montana and Massachusetts have challenged this part of the JOBS Act regulation in Court. Mr. Cunningham has filed an Amicus brief to participate in the case. See: http://www.prlog.org/12467945-william-michael-cunningham-...

Of critical importance will be feedback from the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), "the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian financial markets."

They have published an excellent Guide to Crowdfunding at: http://www.consob.it/mainen/consob/publications/EU_Crowdf...

Please register free of charge at: economici.washington@esteri.it

For more information on the event, please contact the:

Embassy of Italy
Economic, Commercial and Scientific Affairs Office
3000 Whitehaven St. NW
Washington, DC 20008

Embassy of Italy in the United States - Economic Affairs <econ.washington@esteri.it> or www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it

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